Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Sutton United welcomes Dover Athletic

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 16.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Knights Community Stadium (7032 seats)

The league table in National League tells a story about these teams so far, with Sutton United leading Dover Athletic by 27 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Sutton United has the most scored goals (21) at home in National League
  • Dover Athletic has the fewest scored goals (12) in National League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

2-0-0 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Dover Athletic when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those two matches are 3-1 (scored/conceded).

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Sutton United form and stats

Sutton United, who have the most scored goals (21) at home in National League, are steadily winning National League games and points here at The Knights Community Stadium. 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sutton after consecutive victories at their own ground.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sutton, as the National League home game vs Wealdstone is only four days away.

Sutton United can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 21 times. Sutton are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Knights Community Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.

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Dover Athletic form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dover Athletic, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in National League, so far with only 0 points returning home. The records show 0-0-6 (win-draw-lose). Dover Athletic are still without points from their National League away games. 6 games, 6 defeats. A depressing six defeats in a row for Dover in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Bromley.

There might be some fixture complaints from Dover as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the National League match against Yeovil Town (1-3). That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Barnet.

After this away game Dover return home for a National League game against King's Lynn Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Dover Athletic's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Dover are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 3 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Sutton United wins - draws - Dover Athletic wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SuttonI. Olaofe
I. Olaofe
6 goals
Sutton UnitedH. Beautyman
H. Beautyman
5 goals
Sutton UnitedD. Ajiboye
D. Ajiboye
3 goals

Sutton United missing players

Dover Athletic missing players

Sutton United Dover Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 2 6 15
11 6 1 Won W 0 0 3
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
5 2 0 Lost L 2 6 11
32 21 6 Scored S 0 3 12
19 7 2 Conceded C 5 17 35
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
65% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
45% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 53%
25% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 47%
15% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 27%
35% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 47%
40% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
30% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 47%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.1 12.8 18 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.2 7
5.1 5.8 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.7 2.7
31% 37% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 29%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Dover Athletic's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dover Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in National League
  • Dover Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (1) in National League
  • Dover Athletic has the fewest points (0) away in National League
  • Dover Athletic has the fewest scored goals (12) in National League
  • Dover Athletic has the fewest scored goals (3) away in National League
  • Dover Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dover Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Dover Athletic have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Dover Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dover Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sutton United has the most scored goals (21) at home in National League
  • Sutton United has the the best goal difference (+14) at home in National League
  • Sutton United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sutton United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sutton United have scored more than double the goals of Dover Athletic.
  • Sutton United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 22 13 5 4 42 20 11 6 3 2 19 9 11 7 2 2 23 11 22 44
2 Sutton United 20 11 4 5 32 19 10 6 2 2 21 7 10 5 2 3 11 12 13 37
3 Hartlepool United 20 11 3 6 29 20 12 7 2 3 19 12 8 4 1 3 10 8 9 36
4 Stockport County 20 10 5 5 30 20 10 4 4 2 12 8 10 6 1 3 18 12 10 35
5 Notts County 18 10 3 5 25 14 11 7 1 3 19 9 7 3 2 2 6 5 11 33
6 Boreham Wood 21 9 6 6 23 16 9 4 2 3 8 6 12 5 4 3 15 10 7 33
7 Altrincham 23 9 6 8 27 27 9 3 2 4 10 10 14 6 4 4 17 17 0 33
8 Wrexham 21 9 5 7 28 23 9 4 3 2 12 6 12 5 2 5 16 17 5 32
9 Eastleigh 20 8 7 5 29 22 11 4 5 2 13 8 9 4 2 3 16 14 7 31
10 Maidenhead United 18 9 3 6 28 26 8 4 1 3 17 14 10 5 2 3 11 12 2 30
11 Bromley 19 8 5 6 31 23 12 4 3 5 19 17 7 4 2 1 12 6 8 29
12 Aldershot Town 21 8 4 9 28 30 9 4 1 4 11 13 12 4 3 5 17 17 -2 28
13 Halifax Town 20 7 6 7 32 25 9 4 2 3 18 13 11 3 4 4 14 12 7 27
14 Solihull Moors 17 8 2 7 21 18 7 6 0 1 13 3 10 2 2 6 8 15 3 26
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 Yeovil Town 20 6 5 9 27 31 10 4 1 5 15 14 10 2 4 4 12 17 -4 23
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 20 6 5 9 19 28 8 2 3 3 7 9 12 4 2 6 12 19 -9 23
19 Wealdstone 19 6 4 9 27 40 8 4 1 3 19 20 11 2 3 6 8 20 -13 22
20 Weymouth 21 5 3 13 22 34 13 3 1 9 15 26 8 2 2 4 7 8 -12 18
21 King's Lynn Town 18 5 3 10 21 38 9 2 3 4 11 17 9 3 0 6 10 21 -17 18
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.