National League preview: Can Southend United edge out victory against Oldham Athletic?

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Roots Hall

Southend United and Oldham Athletic supporters have their finest supporter kits on for this first game week of a new National League season. GO!

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Southend United form and stats

In the previous season, Southend United's league stats were 20 wins, 9 draws and 17 losses, ending with 8th position in the National League. Over these 46 matches they scored {57 goals} and gave away 45. Playing as the home side in the previous season Southend United generated 12-4-7 (win-draw-lost) with {32 goals} and 19 conceded.

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 Southend United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Southend United have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Southend United scored {7 goals} and let in {8 goals} during these three games.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

Let's have a look at how Oldham Athletic performed last season in the National League: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 13 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 63 and conceded {64 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 7 and lost 11 with 26/34 goals scored/conceded.

Oldham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Oldham Athletic played six friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. In these six matches Oldham Athletic scored 10 and conceded {7 goals}.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these squads: Southend United won six, Oldham Athletic were winners in three and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

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Total First Half Second Half
Southend United Oldham Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Southend United Last season Oldham Athletic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
20 12   Won W   5 16
9 4   Drew D   7 13
17 7   Lost L   11 17
57 32   Scored S   26 63
45 19   Conceded C   34 64
93% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
70% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 80%
41% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 50%
15% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 28%
2% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 15%
39% 39%   BTTS BTTS   57% 57%
39% 48%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 24%
28% 17%   Failed to Score F T   30% 24%
 
5.4 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.4
4.2 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.6
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2
1 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11.7 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.3 8.6
4.5 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 3.7
28% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 38%
 
7.8 7.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12 10.5
3.1 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aldershot Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Altrincham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Barnet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Boreham Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Bromley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Chesterfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dorking Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Eastleigh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ebbsfleet United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Fylde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Gateshead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Halifax Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Hartlepool United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Maidenhead United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Oldham Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Oxford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Rochdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Solihull Moors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Southend United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Wealdstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Woking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 46 34 9 3 116 43 23 22 1 0 74 19 23 12 8 3 42 24 73 111
2 Notts County 46 32 11 3 117 42 23 17 5 1 54 12 23 15 6 2 63 30 75 107
3 Chesterfield 46 25 9 12 81 52 23 15 2 6 48 27 23 10 7 6 33 25 29 84
4 Woking 46 24 10 12 71 48 23 11 7 5 38 24 23 13 3 7 33 24 23 82
5 Barnet 46 21 11 14 75 67 23 12 5 6 35 30 23 9 6 8 40 37 8 74
6 Boreham Wood 46 19 15 12 52 40 23 9 8 6 22 19 23 10 7 6 30 21 12 72
7 Bromley 46 18 17 11 68 53 23 9 10 4 35 23 23 9 7 7 33 30 15 71
8 Southend United 46 20 9 17 57 45 23 12 4 7 32 19 23 8 5 10 25 26 12 69
9 Eastleigh 46 19 10 17 56 57 23 14 5 4 33 22 23 5 5 13 23 35 -1 67
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 46 18 9 19 61 72 23 10 5 8 33 34 23 8 4 11 28 38 -11 63
11 Halifax Town 46 16 13 17 49 48 23 11 6 6 33 23 23 5 7 11 16 25 1 61
12 Oldham Athletic 46 16 13 17 63 64 23 11 6 6 37 30 23 5 7 11 26 34 -1 61
13 Wealdstone 46 16 12 18 57 72 23 10 6 7 35 32 23 6 6 11 22 40 -15 60
14 Gateshead 46 15 15 16 67 62 23 7 9 7 34 29 23 8 6 9 33 33 5 59
15 Solihull Moors 46 15 13 18 62 66 23 9 7 7 36 27 23 6 6 11 26 39 -4 58
16 Dorking Wanderers 46 16 9 21 67 91 23 12 4 7 40 42 23 4 5 14 27 49 -24 57
17 Altrincham 46 14 14 18 68 82 23 10 5 8 35 31 23 4 9 10 33 51 -14 56
18 Aldershot Town 46 14 11 21 64 76 23 6 6 11 31 36 23 8 5 10 33 40 -12 53
19 York City 46 13 12 21 55 63 23 7 7 9 27 32 23 6 5 12 28 31 -8 51
20 Maidenhead United 46 13 11 22 47 66 23 8 8 7 27 26 23 5 3 15 20 40 -19 50
21 Torquay United 46 12 12 22 58 80 23 6 7 10 36 41 23 6 5 12 22 39 -22 48
22 Yeovil Town 46 7 19 20 35 60 23 6 8 9 18 25 23 1 11 11 17 35 -25 40
23 Scunthorpe United 46 8 10 28 49 87 23 7 3 13 33 43 23 1 7 15 16 44 -38 34
24 Maidstone United 46 5 10 31 45 104 23 3 8 12 24 44 23 2 2 19 21 60 -59 25

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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 Aldershot Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Altrincham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Barnet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Boreham Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Bromley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Chesterfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dorking Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Eastleigh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ebbsfleet United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Fylde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Gateshead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Halifax Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Hartlepool United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Maidenhead United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Oldham Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Oxford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Rochdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Solihull Moors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Southend United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Wealdstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Woking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.