National League: Two sides who have played splendidly so far. Get ready for Southend United - Barnet with this thorough preview!
- Southend United have the most clean sheets (15) in National League
- Barnet have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a National League game only three days ago.
Southend United form and stats
When playing at home in the National League, Southend United have managed 9 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 17 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Southend United here at Roots Hall Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Happy days for Southend United in their previous game, a fixture away at Torquay United (placed 22nd) that ended with a 2-1 victory. A late climax in the match against Torquay United as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by Miley.
Prior to that, an away loss at Notts County.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Southend United, as the National League home game vs Chesterfield is only four days away.
The Southend fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 17 matches. From these home matches, Southend United have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Barnet form and stats
7 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Barnet playing as the away team in the National League this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Barnet are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The manager Brennan was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue The Hive Stadium. Barnet suffered a 1-3 loss to Oldham Athletic (placed 15th).
Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Aldershot Town.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Barnet playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 2 home wins.
Observe that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
Barnet have another game away in just four sleeps, a National League fixture versus Dorking Wanderers. A grim fixture list for them!
The Barnet manager Brennan has got the team scoring on the road, with 34 away goals in 16 league matches.
Head 2 Head
Funnily enough, Barnet have found the net in every league match they've had since failing to score against today's hosts; the Barnet - Southend United 0-3 game 17 game weeks ago. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Southend victories, one draw and one Barnet win. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Kabamba 17 goals |  H. Pritchard 10 goals |  C. Powell 8 goals |
Southend United missing players
Barnet missing players
| Southend United | Barnet | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 33 |
| 15 | 9 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 43 | 24 | 4 | Scored | S | 10 | 34 | 64 |
| 31 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | 57 |
| 91% | 94% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 65% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 47% | 41% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 69% | 64% |
| 19% | 18% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 56% | 45% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 19% | 21% |
| 41% | 35% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 81% | 67% |
| 47% | 53% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 19% | 24% |
| 22% | 18% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 6.2 | 6.9 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.7 | 6.1 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.4 | 6.6 | 6.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 15.1 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.8 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 28% | 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 49% | 44% |
| 8 | 7.6 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.2 |
| 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 6.8 | 5.5 |
- All of Barnet's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Barnet have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Barnet have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Barnet haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Southend United have the most clean sheets (15) in National League
- Southend United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at 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 | Wrexham | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 88 | 32 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 56 | 84 |
| 2 | Notts County | 35 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 89 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 23 | 57 | 83 |
| 3 | Woking | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 22 | 62 |
| 4 | Barnet | 33 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 64 | 57 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 32 | 7 | 56 |
| 5 | Chesterfield | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 55 |
| 6 | Eastleigh | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 37 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 54 |
| 7 | Southend United | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 53 |
| 8 | Boreham Wood | 33 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 52 |
| 9 | Bromley | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 49 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 51 |
| 10 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 51 | 55 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 30 | -4 | 48 |
| 11 | Altrincham | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 59 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 35 | -5 | 46 |
| 12 | Wealdstone | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 49 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 29 | -9 | 46 |
| 13 | Solihull Moors | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 30 | -2 | 42 |
| 14 | Maidenhead United | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 29 | -8 | 42 |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 49 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 25 | -3 | 41 |
| 16 | Halifax Town | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 23 | -8 | 40 |
| 17 | Aldershot Town | 35 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 48 | 60 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 31 | -12 | 38 |
| 18 | York City | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 39 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 21 | -6 | 36 |
| 19 | Yeovil Town | 32 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 28 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 33 |
| 20 | Gateshead | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 27 | -10 | 33 |
| 21 | Dorking Wanderers | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 48 | 77 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 35 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 42 | -29 | 33 |
| 22 | Torquay United | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 38 | 60 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 26 | -22 | 29 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 39 | 66 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 31 | -27 | 27 |
| 24 | Maidstone United | 35 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 38 | 75 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 45 | -37 | 24 |
