National League preview: Can Stockport County edge out victory against Yeovil Town?

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 06.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Edgeley Park (10832 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Stockport County fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and Yeovil Town's 19th place in the table will show on the pitch.

The hosts Stockport County saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the National League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sutton United, was also a home game here at Edgeley Park. The away team is better rested.

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Stockport County form and stats

Stockport County have collected 12 points from their National League home games so far after 3-3-2.

Stockport County's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Sutton United (placed 2nd). In the preceding match a 4-1 victory visiting Woking.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stockport County handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, one draw and three defeats.

Stockport are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. Stockport County's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Yeovil Town form and stats

As the visiting team in National League matches, Yeovil Town have produced an overall stat of 2-4-2 so far.

Yeovil won their last game, 3-1 versus Dover Athletic played at home. Prior to that match, the Yeovil Town manager D. Sarll faced defeat when travelling to Maidenhead United and losing 2-4.

We have checked recent matches where Yeovil Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were four victories, three draws and six defeats.

Yeovil Town has another fixture away, a National League game, against Eastleigh in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Yeovil has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Yeovil have conceded 15 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - four - one (Stockport wins - draws - Yeovil Town wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Stockport CountyJ. Rooney
J. Rooney
10 goals
StockportA. Reid
A. Reid
8 goals
Yeovil TownJ. Quigley
J. Quigley
7 goals

Stockport County missing players

Yeovil Town missing players

Stockport County Yeovil Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
9 3 1 Won W 0 2 5
4 3 0 Drew D 0 4 5
5 2 1 Lost L 2 2 7
29 11 4 Scored S 3 12 25
20 8 2 Conceded C 10 15 29
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
83% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 82%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 71%
22% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 41%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 12%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 71%
28% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 18%
28% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.2 3.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10 9.5 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 11.1 10.6
5 4.2 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.6 4.9
32% 32% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Torquay United 21 13 4 4 41 19 10 6 2 2 18 8 11 7 2 2 23 11 22 43
2 Sutton United 18 10 4 4 30 17 9 5 2 2 19 7 9 5 2 2 11 10 13 34
3 Hartlepool United 19 10 3 6 27 20 11 6 2 3 17 12 8 4 1 3 10 8 7 33
4 Altrincham 21 9 6 6 26 23 8 3 2 3 9 8 13 6 4 3 17 15 3 33
5 Stockport County 18 9 4 5 29 20 8 3 3 2 11 8 10 6 1 3 18 12 9 31
6 Notts County 17 9 3 5 22 13 10 6 1 3 16 8 7 3 2 2 6 5 9 30
7 Maidenhead United 17 9 3 5 28 25 7 4 1 2 17 13 10 5 2 3 11 12 3 30
8 Wrexham 19 8 4 7 24 20 8 4 2 2 10 4 11 4 2 5 14 16 4 28
9 Halifax Town 20 7 6 7 32 25 9 4 2 3 18 13 11 3 4 4 14 12 7 27
10 Eastleigh 18 7 6 5 27 21 9 3 4 2 11 7 9 4 2 3 16 14 6 27
11 Boreham Wood 18 7 6 5 20 14 8 3 2 3 6 6 10 4 4 2 14 8 6 27
12 Aldershot Town 20 8 3 9 28 30 9 4 1 4 11 13 11 4 2 5 17 17 -2 27
13 Bromley 17 7 5 5 28 21 11 3 3 5 17 17 6 4 2 0 11 4 7 26
14 Solihull Moors 15 8 1 6 20 15 7 6 0 1 13 3 8 2 1 5 7 12 5 25
15 Chesterfield 18 7 3 8 30 23 9 4 1 4 18 10 9 3 2 4 12 13 7 24
16 Woking 19 6 5 8 23 24 11 4 4 3 13 9 8 2 1 5 10 15 -1 23
17 Dagenham & Redbridge 18 6 4 8 16 23 8 2 3 3 7 9 10 4 1 5 9 14 -7 22
18 Wealdstone 18 6 3 9 26 39 8 4 1 3 19 20 10 2 2 6 7 19 -13 21
19 Yeovil Town 17 5 5 7 25 29 9 3 1 5 13 14 8 2 4 2 12 15 -4 20
20 King's Lynn Town 17 5 3 9 21 36 9 2 3 4 11 17 8 3 0 5 10 19 -15 18
21 Weymouth 20 4 3 13 20 33 12 2 1 9 13 25 8 2 2 4 7 8 -13 15
22 Dover Athletic 15 3 1 11 12 35 9 3 1 5 9 18 6 0 0 6 3 17 -23 10
23 Barnet 18 2 3 13 14 44 10 1 2 7 5 19 8 1 1 6 9 25 -30 9

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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.