Football preview: Home supporters have high hopes when Stockport County greet Torquay United

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Wed 11.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Edgeley Park (10832 seats)

There is optimism in Stockport County at this point, with their 2nd place in the National League table and looking forward to facing Torquay United (who are sitting at 10th).

Insights:
  • Stockport County have the most clean sheets (21) in National League

The season is still full of potential for Stockport County as they can still win the whole National League. Torquay is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Stockport County and Torquay United.

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Stockport County form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Edgeley Park as Stockport County have scored 41 goals to get 42 points from 20 games. The overall stats in the National League are 13-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Stockport County are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Wrexham.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Chesterfield and winning 1-0.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Stockport as they have a new game in only four days, a National League match thankfully also at home. Halifax Town are visiting.

Stockport County can score goals in their home matches. After 20 league matches they have found the net 41 times. Stockport County have only conceded 17 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Torquay United form and stats

7-5-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Torquay United in their National League matches away.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Torquay United goalkeeper Shaun MacDonald is eager to challenge this, with his 214 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The supporters enjoyed Torquay's previous game versus Chesterfield (placed 7th), a 2-0 win played at home.

Before that, Torquay United travelled to Dagenham & Redbridge and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Torquay have another match away from home in just four nights, a National League fixture versus Southend United. A demanding calendar for the visiting team!

Torquay United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 26 away goals from 20 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 29 goals have been conceded by Torquay United in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have played earlier this season: Torquay United - Stockport 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Stockport County victories, two draws and six Torquay United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Stockport CountyP. Madden
P. Madden
22 goals
Torquay UnitedA. Little
A. Little
15 goals
Torquay UnitedC. Lemonheigh-Evans
C. Lemonheigh-Evans
11 goals

Stockport County missing players

Torquay United missing players

Stockport County Torquay United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
42 20 7 Played P 6 20 42
28 13 3 Won W 0 7 18
4 3 1 Drew D 3 5 11
10 4 3 Lost L 3 8 13
84 41 14 Scored S 6 26 65
38 17 10 Conceded C 10 29 52
95% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 90%
76% 70% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 81%
64% 65% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 57%
26% 30% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 20% 31%
19% 20% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 12%
43% 40% 57% BTTS BTTS 83% 70% 55%
50% 55% 29% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 31%
12% 10% 14% Failed to Score F T 17% 25% 24%
 
6.9 7.8 8.9 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5.3 5.3
3.9 4.2 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5 5
1.5 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 1.9
6 4 2 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
10.9 11.1 12.1 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9.6 9.4
5.1 5.3 5.1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.9 4.2
39% 39% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 34% 37%
 
5.7 4.2 5.9 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 11.6 10
2.4 2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.5 4.2
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Stockport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stockport County have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Stockport County have the most clean sheets (21) 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 Wrexham 43 26 10 7 91 43 22 15 6 1 47 18 21 11 4 6 44 25 48 88
2 Stockport County 42 28 4 10 84 38 20 13 3 4 41 17 22 15 1 6 43 21 46 88
3 Solihull Moors 43 24 12 7 80 45 22 14 5 3 51 24 21 10 7 4 29 21 35 84
4 Halifax Town 43 25 9 9 62 33 22 17 2 3 37 11 21 8 7 6 25 22 29 84
5 Notts County 43 23 10 10 80 52 22 15 5 2 47 22 21 8 5 8 33 30 28 79
6 Grimsby Town 43 23 7 13 64 42 22 15 2 5 38 19 21 8 5 8 26 23 22 76
7 Chesterfield 43 20 13 10 69 51 21 11 6 4 36 26 22 9 7 6 33 25 18 73
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 43 21 7 15 77 53 21 9 6 6 43 29 22 12 1 9 34 24 24 70
9 Boreham Wood 43 18 13 12 49 37 21 11 8 2 28 11 22 7 5 10 21 26 12 67
10 Torquay United 42 18 11 13 65 52 22 11 6 5 39 23 20 7 5 8 26 29 13 65
11 Bromley 43 17 13 13 57 51 22 11 7 4 36 23 21 6 6 9 21 28 6 64
12 Southend United 43 16 9 18 44 60 21 10 4 7 25 26 22 6 5 11 19 34 -16 57
13 Yeovil Town 43 14 14 15 42 46 22 7 7 8 20 25 21 7 7 7 22 21 -4 56
14 Altrincham 43 15 10 18 62 68 21 10 4 7 39 26 22 5 6 11 23 42 -6 55
15 Woking 43 16 4 23 59 61 22 8 0 14 28 36 21 8 4 9 31 25 -2 52
16 Maidenhead United 43 13 12 18 48 66 21 9 5 7 32 34 22 4 7 11 16 32 -18 51
17 Wealdstone 43 13 11 19 48 64 22 8 7 7 24 24 21 5 4 12 24 40 -16 50
18 Barnet 43 13 11 19 57 85 21 6 6 9 26 38 22 7 5 10 31 47 -28 50
19 Eastleigh 43 12 9 22 48 70 21 8 5 8 29 29 22 4 4 14 19 41 -22 45
20 Aldershot Town 43 11 10 22 45 70 21 4 5 12 18 37 22 7 5 10 27 33 -25 43
21 King's Lynn Town 44 8 10 26 47 79 22 4 4 14 22 38 22 4 6 12 25 41 -32 34
22 Weymouth 43 5 10 28 38 87 22 3 7 12 21 38 21 2 3 16 17 49 -49 25
23 Dover Athletic 43 2 7 34 36 99 21 1 3 17 12 39 22 1 4 17 24 60 -63 1

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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.