National League: Stockport County believed to outplay Eastleigh

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 18.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Edgeley Park (10832 seats)

Home team gets the points, the away team claims a mighty victory or a point each? Everything is possible when the mid-table sides Stockport County and Eastleigh battle at Edgeley Park.

Insights:
  • Stockport County is in the best form (5-0-1) in National League
  • Eastleigh have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Stockport County nor Eastleigh as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Stockport County form and stats

The overall National League statistics playing at home this season for Stockport County are 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Stockport County bring valid hopes of a third.

Stockport's last game was hosting Larkhall Athletic and winning 3-0.

In the preceding match a 4-1 victory visiting Altrincham.

The manager Challinor will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dagenham & Redbridge in only four days.

Stockport County have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Edgeley Park with 16 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Eastleigh form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Eastleigh so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose).

Eastleigh are travelling again after losing away to Notts County in their previous match (1-2).

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Halifax Town's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Eastleigh as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Eastleigh have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the previous three meetings): Stockport County won two games, zero matches ended with a tie and Eastleigh got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two

Top Goalscorers

Stockport CountyP. Madden
P. Madden
10 goals
Stockport CountyO. Crankshaw
O. Crankshaw
8 goals
EastleighT. Whelan
T. Whelan
5 goals

Stockport County missing players

Eastleigh missing players

Stockport County Eastleigh
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 9 3 Played P 3 9 21
12 4 0 Won W 0 2 9
3 2 1 Drew D 1 1 4
6 3 2 Lost L 2 6 8
39 16 1 Scored S 2 5 26
24 11 5 Conceded C 5 15 31
90% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
76% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 76%
67% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 52%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 24%
24% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 19%
57% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 33% 48%
33% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 19%
19% 22% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 56% 38%
 
6.7 7 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4 4.8
4.3 5 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.2 5
1.6 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 1.9
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.2 9.4 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 7.1 9
4.6 4.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.7 3.9
40% 43% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 21% 32%
 
7.3 6 4 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.2 9.1
3.2 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.9 3.9
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Eastleigh have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Eastleigh haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Stockport County have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Eastleigh have scored away.
  • Stockport County is in the best form (5-0-1) in National League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Halifax Town 23 14 5 4 38 18 11 9 0 2 23 7 12 5 5 2 15 11 20 47
2 Chesterfield 21 13 7 1 42 17 10 6 4 0 21 10 11 7 3 1 21 7 25 46
3 Boreham Wood 20 12 6 2 29 13 11 7 4 0 16 4 9 5 2 2 13 9 16 42
4 Notts County 21 12 5 4 40 25 11 8 2 1 23 14 10 4 3 3 17 11 15 41
5 Bromley 22 12 5 5 38 25 12 8 2 2 25 12 10 4 3 3 13 13 13 41
6 Dagenham & Redbridge 23 12 3 8 45 29 12 7 2 3 29 17 11 5 1 5 16 12 16 39
7 Wrexham 22 11 6 5 39 23 9 4 4 1 8 5 13 7 2 4 31 18 16 39
8 Stockport County 21 12 3 6 39 24 9 4 2 3 16 11 12 8 1 3 23 13 15 39
9 Grimsby Town 22 11 3 8 34 23 11 8 1 2 22 7 11 3 2 6 12 16 11 36
10 Solihull Moors 22 10 6 6 29 23 12 6 3 3 18 12 10 4 3 3 11 11 6 36
11 Yeovil Town 21 9 4 8 22 22 11 4 3 4 10 11 10 5 1 4 12 11 0 31
12 Torquay United 23 9 4 10 36 37 11 6 1 4 21 17 12 3 3 6 15 20 -1 31
13 Eastleigh 21 9 4 8 26 31 12 7 3 2 21 16 9 2 1 6 5 15 -5 31
14 Woking 22 9 1 12 36 36 11 4 0 7 16 20 11 5 1 5 20 16 0 28
15 Barnet 22 7 6 9 26 36 11 4 3 4 13 19 11 3 3 5 13 17 -10 27
16 Altrincham 24 7 5 12 36 44 11 4 1 6 16 19 13 3 4 6 20 25 -8 26
17 Aldershot Town 23 7 4 12 28 37 12 2 3 7 11 22 11 5 1 5 17 15 -9 25
18 Wealdstone 21 6 6 9 21 31 11 4 3 4 10 12 10 2 3 5 11 19 -10 24
19 Southend United 21 6 4 11 19 32 9 3 2 4 12 15 12 3 2 7 7 17 -13 22
20 Maidenhead United 20 5 4 11 21 39 10 4 1 5 16 22 10 1 3 6 5 17 -18 19
21 Weymouth 21 4 3 14 23 42 11 2 3 6 12 18 10 2 0 8 11 24 -19 15
22 King's Lynn Town 21 3 2 16 19 45 11 1 1 9 8 21 10 2 1 7 11 24 -26 11
23 Dover Athletic 23 0 4 19 19 53 11 0 2 9 7 20 12 0 2 10 12 33 -34 -8

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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.