National League match preview: King's Lynn Town believed to be the weaker party when Stockport County pays a visit

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 27.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Walks (5733 seats)

Struggling King's Lynn Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Stockport County in the upcoming league round. It’s 21st vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • King's Lynn Town have the fewest clean sheets (4) in National League
  • Stockport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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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King's Lynn Town form and stats

4-5-7 (win-draw-lost) are the National League numbers at home for King's Lynn Town, who have the fewest clean sheets (4) in National League, so far this season.

King's travelled for their previous game, a trip to Aldershot Town that ended 1-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 2-4 away at Halifax Town.

King's are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 16 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the King's Lynn Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Stockport County form and stats

As the visiting team in National League matches, Stockport County have produced an overall stat of 9-3-5 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Stockport as they haven't lost any of their last ten games. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Stockport are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Stockport's last game was the home draw against Maidenhead United (2-2). Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against King's Lynn Town.

Stockport County are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 29 times in 17 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Stockport as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Stockport County - King's 4-0.

Top Goalscorers

Stockport CountyA. Reid
A. Reid
13 goals
Stockport CountyJ. Rooney
J. Rooney
12 goals
King's Lynn TownK. Mitchell
K. Mitchell
7 goals

King's Lynn Town missing players

Stockport County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
King's Lynn Town Stockport County
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 6 17 34
7 4 0 Won W 4 9 16
7 5 3 Drew D 1 3 11
19 7 3 Lost L 1 5 7
39 23 4 Scored S 17 29 52
69 27 8 Conceded C 6 16 28
97% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 85%
85% 81% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 71% 71%
64% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 47% 44%
45% 44% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 24% 21%
27% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 18% 9%
55% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 41% 41%
12% 12% 17% Clean Sheets C S 17% 29% 41%
36% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 17% 35% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.9 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.2 1.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
9.3 11.4 9.6 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 10.7 10.2
3.7 4.5 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.5 4.9 4.6
32% 34% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 35% 33%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • King's Lynn Town have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in National League
  • King's Lynn Town have the fewest clean sheets (4) in National League
  • Stockport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hartlepool United 36 19 10 7 54 33 18 12 3 3 27 14 18 7 7 4 27 19 21 67
2 Sutton United 33 19 9 5 55 27 16 9 4 3 31 13 17 10 5 2 24 14 28 66
3 Torquay United 34 20 6 8 55 31 16 9 3 4 25 14 18 11 3 4 30 17 24 66
4 Stockport County 34 16 11 7 52 28 17 7 8 2 23 12 17 9 3 5 29 16 24 59
5 Halifax Town 34 16 8 10 55 44 16 8 4 4 30 24 18 8 4 6 25 20 11 56
6 Wrexham 34 15 8 11 48 33 16 7 5 4 22 12 18 8 3 7 26 21 15 53
7 Chesterfield 33 16 4 13 45 33 17 8 2 7 26 15 16 8 2 6 19 18 12 52
8 Notts County 32 15 7 10 42 30 18 9 2 7 25 16 14 6 5 3 17 14 12 52
9 Bromley 34 14 10 10 52 46 18 6 6 6 27 26 16 8 4 4 25 20 6 52
10 Eastleigh 34 13 11 10 37 33 17 7 6 4 18 12 17 6 5 6 19 21 4 50
11 Boreham Wood 35 10 16 9 40 35 17 4 9 4 18 17 18 6 7 5 22 18 5 46
12 Aldershot Town 34 13 6 15 45 48 16 6 3 7 22 24 18 7 3 8 23 24 -3 45
13 Maidenhead United 31 12 8 11 49 42 15 6 3 6 25 21 16 6 5 5 24 21 7 44
14 Dagenham & Redbridge 34 12 7 15 34 43 18 7 5 6 20 20 16 5 2 9 14 23 -9 43
15 Solihull Moors 32 12 6 14 36 38 15 9 2 4 21 13 17 3 4 10 15 25 -2 42
16 Yeovil Town 32 12 6 14 46 49 16 8 2 6 25 20 16 4 4 8 21 29 -3 42
17 Altrincham 35 11 8 16 37 46 16 5 3 8 17 20 19 6 5 8 20 26 -9 41
18 Wealdstone 34 9 6 19 44 79 17 7 2 8 31 39 17 2 4 11 13 40 -35 33
19 Woking 33 8 8 17 31 45 18 5 6 7 22 24 15 3 2 10 9 21 -14 32
20 Weymouth 33 8 6 19 36 52 18 6 2 10 22 30 15 2 4 9 14 22 -16 30
21 King's Lynn Town 33 7 7 19 39 69 16 4 5 7 23 27 17 3 2 12 16 42 -30 28
22 Barnet 32 4 6 22 25 73 17 3 2 12 11 33 15 1 4 10 14 40 -48 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hartlepool United 36 19 10 7 54 33 18 12 3 3 27 14 18 7 7 4 27 19 21 67
2 Sutton United 33 19 9 5 55 27 16 9 4 3 31 13 17 10 5 2 24 14 28 66
3 Torquay United 34 20 6 8 55 31 16 9 3 4 25 14 18 11 3 4 30 17 24 66
4 Stockport County 34 16 11 7 52 28 17 7 8 2 23 12 17 9 3 5 29 16 24 59
5 Halifax Town 34 16 8 10 55 44 16 8 4 4 30 24 18 8 4 6 25 20 11 56
6 Wrexham 34 15 8 11 48 33 16 7 5 4 22 12 18 8 3 7 26 21 15 53
7 Chesterfield 33 16 4 13 45 33 17 8 2 7 26 15 16 8 2 6 19 18 12 52
8 Notts County 32 15 7 10 42 30 18 9 2 7 25 16 14 6 5 3 17 14 12 52
9 Bromley 34 14 10 10 52 46 18 6 6 6 27 26 16 8 4 4 25 20 6 52
10 Eastleigh 34 13 11 10 37 33 17 7 6 4 18 12 17 6 5 6 19 21 4 50
11 Boreham Wood 35 10 16 9 40 35 17 4 9 4 18 17 18 6 7 5 22 18 5 46
12 Aldershot Town 34 13 6 15 45 48 16 6 3 7 22 24 18 7 3 8 23 24 -3 45
13 Maidenhead United 31 12 8 11 49 42 15 6 3 6 25 21 16 6 5 5 24 21 7 44
14 Dagenham & Redbridge 34 12 7 15 34 43 18 7 5 6 20 20 16 5 2 9 14 23 -9 43
15 Solihull Moors 32 12 6 14 36 38 15 9 2 4 21 13 17 3 4 10 15 25 -2 42
16 Yeovil Town 32 12 6 14 46 49 16 8 2 6 25 20 16 4 4 8 21 29 -3 42
17 Altrincham 35 11 8 16 37 46 16 5 3 8 17 20 19 6 5 8 20 26 -9 41
18 Wealdstone 34 9 6 19 44 79 17 7 2 8 31 39 17 2 4 11 13 40 -35 33
19 Woking 33 8 8 17 31 45 18 5 6 7 22 24 15 3 2 10 9 21 -14 32
20 Weymouth 33 8 6 19 36 52 18 6 2 10 22 30 15 2 4 9 14 22 -16 30
21 King's Lynn Town 33 7 7 19 39 69 16 4 5 7 23 27 17 3 2 12 16 42 -30 28
22 Barnet 32 4 6 22 25 73 17 3 2 12 11 33 15 1 4 10 14 40 -48 18

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