National League forecast and guide: King's Lynn Town modest betting favourite to get the better of Dover Athletic

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Walks (5733 seats)

These teams have both had some difficulties so far, but three lovely points in this important game would definitely be a big help. Get set for King's Lynn Town - Dover Athletic!

Insights:
  • King's Lynn Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals (41) in National League

King's Lynn Town and Dover Athletic should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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King's Lynn Town form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the National League this season. King's Lynn Town have only managed 0 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses from their games here at The Walks. King's are slowly digging their own grave here at The Walks with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Southend United match.

R. Barrows was the last player to score a league goal for King's and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as King's Lynn Town haven't scored in 219 minutes.

King's's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Aldershot Town (placed 18th).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-5 away at Stockport County.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does King's handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, five draws and four defeats.

The manager I. Culverhouse will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Halifax Town in only three days.

King's Lynn Town have scored 4 goals here in 9 league matches, a depressing statistic. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches. King's Lynn Town has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Dover Athletic form and stats

Dover Athletic have only collected 2 points from their away games in the National League, after 0-2-6 (8 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

The manager A. Hessenthaler was unhappy after their last game, a National League match played at their home ground The Perrys Crabble Stadium. Dover Athletic suffered a 0-1 loss to Wrexham (placed 4th).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Yeovil Town that ended 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Dover have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were five victories, four draws and two defeats.

The attacking power of Dover Athletic when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Dover Athletic concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Dover AthleticA. Cosgrove
A. Cosgrove
4 goals
King'sM. Clunan
M. Clunan
3 goals
Dover AthleticK. Arthur
K. Arthur
3 goals

King's Lynn Town missing players

Dover Athletic missing players

King's Lynn Town Dover Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 4 8 18
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
13 8 3 Lost L 3 6 14
15 4 0 Scored S 3 7 14
37 16 3 Conceded C 9 23 41
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
65% 44% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 72%
47% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 56%
35% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 50% 39%
35% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 50% 33%
47% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 75% 61%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
53% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 39%
 
4.9 5.8 8.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.9 4.5
5.1 5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.9 6.4
2.2 2.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.4 1.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.2 9 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 7.2 8.3
3 3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.1 3.7
29% 15% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 28% 21%
 
8.9 8.2 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 13.2 13.2
4.3 4.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 6.6 6.2
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Dover Athletic's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dover Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dover Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Dover Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest points (2) away in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals (23) away in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals (41) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-27) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have yet to win a game.
  • Dover Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • King's Lynn Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • King's Lynn Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • King's Lynn Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in National League
  • King's Lynn Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) in National League
  • King's Lynn Town have the fewest points (1) at home in National League
  • King's Lynn Town have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in National League
  • King's Lynn Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in National League
  • King's Lynn Town have the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in National League
  • King's Lynn Town have yet to win a game at home.
  • King's Lynn Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • King's Lynn Town is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 17 10 6 1 35 15 8 5 3 0 19 9 9 5 3 1 16 6 20 36
2 Boreham Wood 17 10 5 2 26 13 9 6 3 0 15 4 8 4 2 2 11 9 13 35
3 Bromley 18 10 4 4 34 22 10 7 1 2 22 10 8 3 3 2 12 12 12 34
4 Wrexham 19 9 6 4 34 20 8 3 4 1 7 5 11 6 2 3 27 15 14 33
5 Halifax Town 17 10 3 4 28 16 8 6 0 2 16 7 9 4 3 2 12 9 12 33
6 Grimsby Town 18 10 2 6 31 20 8 7 0 1 19 5 10 3 2 5 12 15 11 32
7 Notts County 18 9 5 4 29 21 9 6 2 1 16 12 9 3 3 3 13 9 8 32
8 Solihull Moors 18 9 5 4 24 20 11 6 3 2 18 11 7 3 2 2 6 9 4 32
9 Stockport County 17 9 3 5 28 20 8 3 2 3 11 10 9 6 1 2 17 10 8 30
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 19 9 2 8 37 26 10 5 2 3 25 16 9 4 0 5 12 10 11 29
11 Yeovil Town 17 8 4 5 19 15 9 3 3 3 8 9 8 5 1 2 11 6 4 28
12 Altrincham 18 7 4 7 33 28 8 4 1 3 15 11 10 3 3 4 18 17 5 25
13 Barnet 18 7 4 7 24 30 9 4 2 3 11 14 9 3 2 4 13 16 -6 25
14 Woking 18 8 0 10 30 28 8 3 0 5 11 13 10 5 0 5 19 15 2 24
15 Eastleigh 16 7 3 6 21 21 8 5 2 1 16 10 8 2 1 5 5 11 0 24
16 Torquay United 18 6 3 9 26 31 8 4 0 4 14 14 10 2 3 5 12 17 -5 21
17 Wealdstone 18 5 6 7 19 28 9 3 3 3 8 10 9 2 3 4 11 18 -9 21
18 Aldershot Town 18 5 2 11 20 32 10 2 1 7 9 20 8 3 1 4 11 12 -12 17
19 Weymouth 18 4 3 11 21 37 10 2 3 5 12 17 8 2 0 6 9 20 -16 15
20 Southend United 16 4 2 10 13 25 7 2 1 4 9 13 9 2 1 6 4 12 -12 14
21 Maidenhead United 16 4 2 10 18 33 8 3 1 4 15 18 8 1 1 6 3 15 -15 14
22 King's Lynn Town 17 2 2 13 15 37 9 0 1 8 4 16 8 2 1 5 11 21 -22 8
23 Dover Athletic 18 0 4 14 14 41 10 0 2 8 7 18 8 0 2 6 7 23 -27 -8

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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.