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Competition: England National League
Competition: Fri 07.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Roots Hall

Having a 32 point dominance in the league standings, Southend United regulars crave to see their beloved team earn max points from this fixture versus Maidstone United.

Insights:
  • Southend United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maidstone United have the most conceded goals (90) in National League

For Maidstone United it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact. It should be mentioned that Maidstone United play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Maidstone United on grass are 13 victories, 7 draws and 19 defeats from 39 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 56-68. You can compare this with overall results below.

This promises to be an engaging match with lots of action and bustle as both teams are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Southend United form and stats

The total National League stats playing at home this season for Southend United are 9-4-7 (wins-draws-losses). With Southend having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Maher.

Happy days for Southend United in their previous game, a fixture away at Yeovil Town (placed 21st) that ended with a 2-0 victory. A big relief, as that was the first league win after going winless in seven matches in a row.

Prior to that, an away loss at Dorking Wanderers.

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

Southend United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 20 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Southend have only conceded 18 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Maidstone United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Maidstone United so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-16 (win-draw-lose). 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 Elokobi was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Gallagher Stadium. Maidstone United suffered a 0-4 loss to Boreham Wood (placed 6th). Maidstone United lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Bromley.

Goal alert! This club have played 5 consecutive league matches all ending with at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Barnet in just three days.

The visiting Maidstone United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 20 games. 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 Maidstone concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides meet this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Maidstone United - Southend United 0-3.

Top Goalscorers

Southend UnitedC. Powell
C. Powell
8 goals
Southend UnitedJ. Bridge
J. Bridge
8 goals
Maidstone UnitedR. Booty
R. Booty
7 goals

Southend United missing players

Maidstone United missing players

Southend United Maidstone United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
40 20 7 Played P 7 20 41
16 9 5 Won W 0 2 5
8 4 0 Drew D 1 2 9
16 7 2 Lost L 6 16 27
47 26 11 Scored S 4 21 43
40 18 5 Conceded C 14 51 90
92% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
65% 65% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 90% 85%
42% 45% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 70% 63%
15% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 50% 41%
2% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 30% 27%
38% 40% 43% BTTS BTTS 57% 60% 63%
40% 45% 57% Clean Sheets C S 0% 5% 10%
30% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 43% 35% 32%
 
5.7 6.5 7.1 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 5.2 5.6
4.3 3.5 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.8 5.5
1.9 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.9 1.6 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
12 14.2 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 8.2 9.5
4.5 5.1 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3 3.6
26% 25% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 36% 29%
 
8.2 8.1 8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.6 12.4 12.1
3.2 2.9 1.9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.9 5.7 5.6
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Maidstone United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Maidstone United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Maidstone United have the fewest points (8) away in National League
  • Maidstone United have the most conceded goals (51) away in National League
  • Maidstone United have the most conceded goals (90) in National League
  • Maidstone United have the most conceded goals in the second half (52) in National League
  • Maidstone United have the the worst goal difference (-30) away in National League
  • Maidstone United have the the worst goal difference (-47) in National League
  • Maidstone United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Maidstone United is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Southend United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 40 31 7 2 105 36 20 19 1 0 65 16 20 12 6 2 40 20 69 100
2 Notts County 41 29 10 2 103 36 20 15 4 1 47 11 21 14 6 1 56 25 67 97
3 Woking 40 21 9 10 65 41 20 10 6 4 35 21 20 11 3 6 30 20 24 72
4 Chesterfield 40 21 9 10 67 44 19 12 2 5 35 21 21 9 7 5 32 23 23 72
5 Barnet 40 20 7 13 72 63 19 11 3 5 33 27 21 9 4 8 39 36 9 67
6 Boreham Wood 40 17 14 9 48 33 19 7 8 4 20 16 21 10 6 5 28 17 15 65
7 Eastleigh 40 19 7 14 48 43 20 14 3 3 28 14 20 5 4 11 20 29 5 64
8 Bromley 40 16 13 11 59 49 21 8 9 4 32 22 19 8 4 7 27 27 10 61
9 Southend United 40 16 8 16 47 40 20 9 4 7 26 18 20 7 4 9 21 22 7 56
10 Wealdstone 40 15 11 14 51 63 20 9 5 6 30 29 20 6 6 8 21 34 -12 56
11 Solihull Moors 40 15 10 15 59 58 20 9 5 6 33 23 20 6 5 9 26 35 1 55
12 Dagenham & Redbridge 40 16 7 17 56 67 21 10 4 7 33 33 19 6 3 10 23 34 -11 55
13 Altrincham 40 14 10 16 59 71 20 10 3 7 31 26 20 4 7 9 28 45 -12 52
14 Maidenhead United 41 13 9 19 44 56 21 8 7 6 25 22 20 5 2 13 19 34 -12 48
15 Oldham Athletic 40 12 11 17 52 61 19 9 4 6 31 27 21 3 7 11 21 34 -9 47
16 York City 41 12 10 19 47 53 21 7 6 8 25 27 20 5 4 11 22 26 -6 46
17 Halifax Town 39 12 10 17 37 45 19 9 4 6 25 20 20 3 6 11 12 25 -8 46
18 Dorking Wanderers 40 13 7 20 58 84 20 10 4 6 34 37 20 3 3 14 24 47 -26 46
19 Gateshead 38 10 14 14 52 55 19 5 8 6 28 26 19 5 6 8 24 29 -3 43
20 Aldershot Town 40 12 7 21 54 68 20 5 4 11 27 33 20 7 3 10 27 35 -14 43
21 Yeovil Town 40 7 17 16 32 49 21 6 8 7 18 21 19 1 9 9 14 28 -17 38
22 Torquay United 40 9 10 21 46 69 20 4 6 10 30 38 20 5 4 11 16 31 -23 37
23 Scunthorpe United 41 8 10 23 46 76 21 7 3 11 32 38 20 1 7 12 14 38 -30 34
24 Maidstone United 41 5 9 27 43 90 21 3 7 11 22 39 20 2 2 16 21 51 -47 24

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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.