National League preview: Can Fylde edge out victory against Ebbsfleet United?

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mill Farm Stadium (6000 seats)

Fylde - Ebbsfleet United in National League: Statistics, team selections, results, trends and news. Check out our thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Fylde have the most conceded goals (35) in National League
  • Ebbsfleet United have the most conceded goals (21) away in National League

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the FA Cup. That game was also an away game, at Slough Town. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Fylde form and stats

Fylde's results here at Mill Farm Stadium in the National League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 4 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Fylde to get some points in this home game.

Fylde's previous fixture was a FA Cup game also played at their home, finishing 3-1 against Leek Town. The home team are looking to build on that result.

A National League defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Oxford City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fylde handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Some stats: A review of the 15 latest league matches highlights that 12 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Oldham Athletic are coming to town in three days.

Fylde are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Fylde with 16 goals conceded in these matches.

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Ebbsfleet United form and stats

Ebbsfleet United have only collected 4 points from their away games in the National League, after 1-1-5 (7 played). Ebbsfleet United seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Two away matches in a row for Ebbsfleet, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Slough Town in the FA Cup.

Ahead of that, 2-2 at home against Slough Town in the FA Cup. Ebbsfleet United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ebbsfleet United manager Kutrieb as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Southend United.

Ebbsfleet are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

Fylde have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (3-2-0) when facing Ebbsfleet United.

Top Goalscorers

Ebbsfleet UnitedD. Poleon
D. Poleon
7 goals
Ebbsfleet UnitedD. McQueen
D. McQueen
4 goals
FyldeN. Haughton
N. Haughton
3 goals

Fylde missing players

Ebbsfleet United missing players

Fylde Ebbsfleet United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 0 7 15
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 5
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 1
10 4 3 Lost L 0 5 9
20 10 1 Scored S 0 9 22
35 16 6 Conceded C 0 21 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 86% 80%
87% 71% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 71% 60%
47% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 57% 40%
20% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 57% 33%
80% 71% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 86% 60%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 20%
20% 29% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
5.7 6.9 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.6 5.1
4.9 4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.6 5.1
2.5 2.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.3 2.7
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11 13 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6.1 8.7
4.5 4.9 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.7 4.3
30% 29% 7% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 34%
 
11.9 9 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15.4 14
4.8 4.3 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6.1 5.7
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Fylde's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ebbsfleet United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ebbsfleet United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ebbsfleet United have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Ebbsfleet United have the most conceded goals (21) away in National League
  • Ebbsfleet United have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in National League
  • Ebbsfleet United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Fylde have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Fylde have the fewest clean sheets (0) in National League
  • Fylde have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in National League
  • Fylde have the fewest points (5) at home in National League
  • Fylde have the most conceded goals (35) in National League
  • Fylde have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in National League
  • Fylde have the most matches over the total-line (13) in National League
  • Fylde have the the worst goal difference (-15) in National League
  • Fylde have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in National League
  • Fylde have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Fylde haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chesterfield 15 12 2 1 36 21 7 6 1 0 19 11 8 6 1 1 17 10 15 38
2 Barnet 15 11 2 2 32 19 7 6 1 0 15 6 8 5 1 2 17 13 13 35
3 Solihull Moors 15 8 6 1 25 13 8 3 4 1 13 8 7 5 2 0 12 5 12 30
4 Altrincham 15 7 6 2 28 20 7 3 3 1 15 9 8 4 3 1 13 11 8 27
5 Bromley 15 7 5 3 22 16 7 5 1 1 14 6 8 2 4 2 8 10 6 26
6 Gateshead 15 7 4 4 34 19 8 4 2 2 17 11 7 3 2 2 17 8 15 25
7 Hartlepool United 15 7 1 7 25 27 8 5 0 3 13 11 7 2 1 4 12 16 -2 22
8 Halifax Town 15 5 6 4 16 14 7 1 4 2 6 6 8 4 2 2 10 8 2 21
9 Aldershot Town 15 6 3 6 25 27 7 3 3 1 17 12 8 3 0 5 8 15 -2 21
10 Rochdale 15 5 5 5 23 21 7 2 2 3 11 10 8 3 3 2 12 11 2 20
11 Eastleigh 15 5 5 5 22 26 7 3 3 1 15 14 8 2 2 4 7 12 -4 20
12 Oldham Athletic 15 4 7 4 20 19 8 3 3 2 14 7 7 1 4 2 6 12 1 19
13 Woking 15 5 4 6 18 17 8 2 2 4 11 13 7 3 2 2 7 4 1 19
14 Dorking Wanderers 15 5 3 7 17 21 8 2 2 4 10 12 7 3 1 3 7 9 -4 18
15 Wealdstone 15 4 4 7 16 22 7 4 2 1 9 7 8 0 2 6 7 15 -6 16
16 Ebbsfleet United 15 5 1 9 22 29 8 4 0 4 13 8 7 1 1 5 9 21 -7 16
17 York City 15 3 6 6 23 29 8 1 4 3 14 16 7 2 2 3 9 13 -6 15
18 Boreham Wood 15 3 6 6 15 22 8 2 2 4 6 8 7 1 4 2 9 14 -7 15
19 Southend United 15 7 3 5 25 17 7 5 0 2 15 6 8 2 3 3 10 11 8 14
20 Oxford City 15 3 5 7 22 28 8 3 1 4 14 11 7 0 4 3 8 17 -6 14
21 Dagenham & Redbridge 15 3 4 8 14 20 7 2 0 5 7 11 8 1 4 3 7 9 -6 13
22 Maidenhead United 15 2 7 6 11 20 8 1 5 2 6 7 7 1 2 4 5 13 -9 13
23 Kidderminster Harriers 15 3 4 8 9 18 8 1 4 3 4 6 7 2 0 5 5 12 -9 13
24 Fylde 15 2 3 10 20 35 7 1 2 4 10 16 8 1 1 6 10 19 -15 9

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The National League is the fifth highest level of the English football league system. 24 professional and semi-professional teams play a total of 552 fixtures to top the league table. The National League is the top division of the National League System which contains division levels five to eleven.