National League preview: Can Notts County edge out victory against Solihull Moors?

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 13.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Meadow Lane Stadium (19841 seats)

A total of 14 rounds of matches have gone by and both Notts County and Solihull Moors are flying high in the table. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Notts County have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in National League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

D W D W W

Notts County form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Meadow Lane Stadium as Notts County have scored 12 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the National League are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for County, facing Rochdale in a game that ended 1-1.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Grimsby Town.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how County have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won seven times, drawn six and lost five.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the FA Cup game versus Rochdale in only three days. This game is also played here at Meadow Lane Stadium.

Notts County have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Meadow Lane Stadium with 12 goals in 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the County defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

D D W W W

Solihull Moors form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Solihull Moors has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Wigan Athletic in their previous outing. The FA Cup match ended in a draw 0-0.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Yeovil Town in the National League.

Solihull are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of eight matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Solihull Moors are hosting Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup only three days away.

Solihull have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. 7 goals have been conceded by Solihull in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the prior five meetings): County won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Solihull Moors managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / three

Top Goalscorers

Solihull MoorsJ. Sbarra
J. Sbarra
8 goals
Notts CountyR. da Rocha Rodrigues
R. da Rocha Rodrigues
7 goals
Notts CountyK. Wootton
K. Wootton
6 goals

Notts County missing players

Solihull Moors missing players

Notts County Solihull Moors
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 0 6 14
7 4 0 Won W 0 3 7
4 2 1 Drew D 0 2 5
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
24 12 1 Scored S 0 6 20
17 11 1 Conceded C 0 7 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 79%
79% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 64%
43% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
36% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 29%
36% 43% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 14%
64% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 57%
29% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 43%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 21%
 
4.9 5.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6.5 5.6
3.9 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.2 4.6
2.4 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.8 12.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.8 10.2
4.9 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4.7
35% 29% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 30%
 
10.6 10.3 7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9.2 8.7
3.9 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.8 4.1
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Notts County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Notts County have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Notts County have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in National League
  • Notts County have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in National League
  • Notts County 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 Boreham Wood 14 9 3 2 20 11 7 5 2 0 10 3 7 4 1 2 10 8 9 30
2 Chesterfield 14 8 5 1 27 13 6 4 2 0 13 7 8 4 3 1 14 6 14 29
3 Grimsby Town 14 9 2 3 27 13 7 6 0 1 18 5 7 3 2 2 9 8 14 29
4 Bromley 13 8 3 2 26 13 7 5 1 1 15 4 6 3 2 1 11 9 13 27
5 Halifax Town 14 8 3 3 21 11 7 6 0 1 15 5 7 2 3 2 6 6 10 27
6 Solihull Moors 14 7 5 2 20 16 8 4 3 1 14 9 6 3 2 1 6 7 4 26
7 Notts County 14 7 4 3 24 17 7 4 2 1 12 11 7 3 2 2 12 6 7 25
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 14 7 2 5 29 19 7 4 2 1 22 12 7 3 0 4 7 7 10 23
9 Stockport County 13 6 2 5 16 17 6 2 1 3 5 9 7 4 1 2 11 8 -1 20
10 Altrincham 13 6 1 6 23 20 6 4 0 2 13 8 7 2 1 4 10 12 3 19
11 Woking 13 6 0 7 23 20 6 3 0 3 9 9 7 3 0 4 14 11 3 18
12 Eastleigh 13 5 3 5 17 19 7 4 2 1 14 10 6 1 1 4 3 9 -2 18
13 Wrexham 12 4 5 3 18 15 5 2 3 0 5 3 7 2 2 3 13 12 3 17
14 Barnet 14 4 4 6 17 27 7 2 2 3 6 13 7 2 2 3 11 14 -10 16
15 Yeovil Town 12 4 3 5 11 12 7 2 2 3 5 7 5 2 1 2 6 5 -1 15
16 Torquay United 13 4 3 6 19 23 6 3 0 3 10 10 7 1 3 3 9 13 -4 15
17 Weymouth 14 4 3 7 17 24 7 2 3 2 8 8 7 2 0 5 9 16 -7 15
18 Maidenhead United 13 4 2 7 17 22 7 3 1 3 14 14 6 1 1 4 3 8 -5 14
19 Wealdstone 13 3 5 5 12 19 7 2 3 2 6 6 6 1 2 3 6 13 -7 14
20 Southend United 13 3 2 8 11 21 6 2 1 3 9 11 7 1 1 5 2 10 -10 11
21 King's Lynn Town 13 2 2 9 11 22 7 0 1 6 2 9 6 2 1 3 9 13 -11 8
22 Aldershot Town 13 2 1 10 14 24 6 0 0 6 4 12 7 2 1 4 10 12 -10 7
23 Dover Athletic 13 0 3 10 9 31 7 0 2 5 4 11 6 0 1 5 5 20 -22 -9

Read more about National League

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.