Gateshead vs Dorking Wanderers: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gateshead International Stadium (11800 seats)

Dorking Wanderers know they face a grim trip to Gateshead and their Gateshead International Stadium. This preview has all the intelligence you need ahead of the game.

Insights:
  • Gateshead have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in National League
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most conceded goals (64) in National League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Gateshead form and stats

With 2 National League wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Gateshead are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Gateshead's previous match was a Fa Trophy game also played at home, finishing 3-1 against Oldham Athletic. The home team hope to to continue in that form.

1-1 away at Barnet before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gateshead have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 4 and lost 2.

Sports bettors should know that 12 of the latest 15 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the National League game versus Wrexham in only three days. This game is also played here at Gateshead International Stadium.

Gateshead are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.

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Dorking Wanderers form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dorking Wanderers so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-8 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on White, the Dorking Wanderers manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

The regulars enjoyed Dorking Wanderers's previous match versus Kidderminster Harriers, a Fa Trophy win (3-2) played at home.

Preceding that, the 1-5 home loss versus Oldham Athletic.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Dorking Wanderers in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Wanderers, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Take note that 21 of this team's 27 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The National League trip to Boreham Wood.

Dorking Wanderers have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 19 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Dorking Wanderers concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H meeting ended Dorking Wanderers - Gateshead 2-1, earlier this season. McShane loves to play against Gateshead and have scored 2 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

Dorking WanderersJ. McShane
J. McShane
15 goals
Dorking WanderersR. Seager
R. Seager
10 goals
GatesheadA. Campbell
A. Campbell
6 goals

Gateshead missing players

Dorking Wanderers missing players

Gateshead Dorking Wanderers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 6 Played P 5 13 27
4 2 0 Won W 1 2 8
10 6 4 Drew D 2 3 6
11 4 2 Lost L 2 8 13
31 17 6 Scored S 12 19 44
41 19 9 Conceded C 12 34 64
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 92% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 93%
52% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 77% 78%
40% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 69% 67%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 80% 46% 44%
76% 83% 83% BTTS BTTS 100% 69% 74%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 7%
16% 17% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 19%
 
4.6 4.6 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.5 5.1
5.8 6.1 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 6.5 5.7
2 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.6 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.4 12.1 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.3 9.7
5.2 5.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 4.1
24% 25% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 40% 40%
 
9.9 9.8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 14.8 13.1
4.6 4.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.4 6.3 6
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Dorking Wanderers have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in National League
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most conceded goals (64) in National League
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in National League
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most matches over the total-line (21) in National League
  • Dorking Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gateshead have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Gateshead have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in National League
  • Gateshead have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in National League
  • Gateshead 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 Notts County 27 18 8 1 69 25 13 9 4 0 27 6 14 9 4 1 42 19 44 62
2 Wrexham 25 18 5 2 64 21 12 12 0 0 44 10 13 6 5 2 20 11 43 59
3 Woking 26 16 4 6 47 25 13 8 2 3 26 14 13 8 2 3 21 11 22 52
4 Chesterfield 23 15 4 4 49 27 12 10 0 2 28 13 11 5 4 2 21 14 22 49
5 Barnet 24 12 5 7 44 41 13 8 2 3 20 17 11 4 3 4 24 24 3 41
6 Southend United 25 10 8 7 33 21 13 6 4 3 18 9 12 4 4 4 15 12 12 38
7 Dagenham & Redbridge 24 11 5 8 39 38 13 7 3 3 26 20 11 4 2 5 13 18 1 38
8 Bromley 25 10 7 8 37 32 13 6 5 2 20 12 12 4 2 6 17 20 5 37
9 Wealdstone 25 10 7 8 32 36 12 5 4 3 17 17 13 5 3 5 15 19 -4 37
10 Eastleigh 26 10 5 11 32 33 13 9 2 2 21 10 13 1 3 9 11 23 -1 35
11 Boreham Wood 24 8 9 7 28 25 11 3 5 3 13 13 13 5 4 4 15 12 3 33
12 Solihull Moors 24 9 6 9 36 34 12 5 4 3 21 14 12 4 2 6 15 20 2 33
13 Altrincham 25 8 9 8 37 45 12 6 3 3 18 14 13 2 6 5 19 31 -8 33
14 York City 26 8 8 10 32 30 13 4 4 5 15 17 13 4 4 5 17 13 2 32
15 Halifax Town 25 9 5 11 24 32 12 7 2 3 15 13 13 2 3 8 9 19 -8 32
16 Dorking Wanderers 27 8 6 13 44 64 14 6 3 5 25 30 13 2 3 8 19 34 -20 30
17 Maidenhead United 26 8 5 13 27 37 13 5 4 4 15 14 13 3 1 9 12 23 -10 29
18 Yeovil Town 25 5 12 8 21 26 13 5 5 3 13 10 12 0 7 5 8 16 -5 27
19 Aldershot Town 25 8 2 15 32 44 13 4 1 8 17 22 12 4 1 7 15 22 -12 26
20 Oldham Athletic 24 6 6 12 30 40 11 5 2 4 19 19 13 1 4 8 11 21 -10 24
21 Gateshead 25 4 10 11 31 41 12 2 6 4 17 19 13 2 4 7 14 22 -10 22
22 Torquay United 26 5 7 14 29 49 13 2 6 5 22 27 13 3 1 9 7 22 -20 22
23 Maidstone United 27 5 6 16 31 59 13 3 5 5 14 19 14 2 1 11 17 40 -28 21
24 Scunthorpe United 27 4 7 16 32 55 14 4 2 8 21 29 13 0 5 8 11 26 -23 19

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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.