Torquay United vs Boreham Wood: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Plainmoor Ground (6104 seats)

This might well be another absorbing run-in at Plainmoor Ground in the National League. Torquay United is in 14th place and welcome Boreham Wood in 10th spot. Read all about the match here!

Insights:
  • Torquay United have the fewest conceded goals (1) in National League

It's no vacation for neither Torquay United nor Boreham Wood 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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Torquay United form and stats

The first National League game here at Plainmoor Ground resulted in a draw. Last season Torquay United's home game statistics were 11 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats from 22 games.

No payout for Torquay United in their previous match, an away game at Bromley that ended in defeat 0-1. This club managed a 17 league matches long consecutive run without a defeat before that game!

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Halifax Town.

This is expected to be a close game, with Torquay United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Torquay United as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Torquay United has won 2 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.

Torquay United has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Boreham Wood form and stats

Only one away game in the National League so far for Boreham Wood and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 victories, 5 draws and 10 losses from 22 travels.

Boreham's previous game was their home loss versus Aldershot Town (1-2).

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Notts County.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Boreham Wood in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Boreham Wood, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Boreham Wood have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Torquay victories, three draws and four Boreham Wood wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Torquay UnitedB. McGavin
B. McGavin
1 goals
Boreham WoodT. Marsh
T. Marsh
1 goals
Boreham WoodD. Newton
D. Newton
1 goals

Torquay United missing players

Boreham Wood missing players

Torquay United Boreham Wood
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 1 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 4
67% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 33%
67% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 4.7
8 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 10 5.3
3.7 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
4.7 5 5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3 9.7
2 1 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3.7
17% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 36%
 
18.7 13 13 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 8
7.3 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.7
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Torquay United have the fewest conceded goals (1) in National League
Torquay United Last season Boreham Wood
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
44 22   Played P   22 44
18 11   Won W   7 18
12 6   Drew D   5 13
14 5   Lost L   10 13
66 39   Scored S   21 49
54 23   Conceded C   26 40
91% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 89%
80% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 61%
55% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 30%
30% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 16%
11% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 5%
55% 41%   BTTS BTTS   41% 39%
30% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 43%
25% 23%   Failed to Score F T   36% 30%
 
5.1 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.3
5 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.2
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
3 2   Red cards R C   3 4
 
9.2 9.2   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 9.2
4.1 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.8
36% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 29%
 
10.1 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 9.4
4.2 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barnet 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 7
2 Chesterfield 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 7
3 Woking 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 6
4 Wealdstone 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
5 Maidenhead United 3 2 0 1 5 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 6
6 Notts County 3 1 2 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 5
7 Solihull Moors 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 5
8 Dorking Wanderers 3 1 1 1 8 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 6 5 1 4
9 York City 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 4
10 Boreham Wood 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
11 Oldham Athletic 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
12 Bromley 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 4
13 Eastleigh 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
14 Torquay United 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
15 Maidstone United 3 1 1 1 5 6 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 4
16 Wrexham 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 4
17 Gateshead 3 0 3 0 5 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 3
18 Scunthorpe United 3 1 0 2 4 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 -2 3
19 Aldershot Town 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 -3 3
20 Southend United 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 -1 2
21 Dagenham & Redbridge 3 0 2 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 2
22 Altrincham 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 2
23 Yeovil Town 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
24 Halifax Town 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
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 Stockport County 44 30 4 10 87 38 22 15 3 4 44 17 22 15 1 6 43 21 49 94
2 Wrexham 44 26 10 8 91 46 22 15 6 1 47 18 22 11 4 7 44 28 45 88
3 Solihull Moors 44 25 12 7 83 45 22 14 5 3 51 24 22 11 7 4 32 21 38 87
4 Halifax Town 44 25 9 10 62 35 22 17 2 3 37 11 22 8 7 7 25 24 27 84
5 Notts County 44 24 10 10 81 52 22 15 5 2 47 22 22 9 5 8 34 30 29 82
6 Grimsby Town 44 23 8 13 68 46 22 15 2 5 38 19 22 8 6 8 30 27 22 77
7 Chesterfield 44 20 14 10 69 51 22 11 7 4 36 26 22 9 7 6 33 25 18 74
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 44 22 7 15 80 53 22 10 6 6 46 29 22 12 1 9 34 24 27 73
9 Boreham Wood 44 18 13 13 49 40 22 11 8 3 28 14 22 7 5 10 21 26 9 67
10 Bromley 44 18 13 13 61 53 22 11 7 4 36 23 22 7 6 9 25 30 8 67
11 Torquay United 44 18 12 14 66 54 22 11 6 5 39 23 22 7 6 9 27 31 12 66
12 Yeovil Town 44 15 14 15 43 46 22 7 7 8 20 25 22 8 7 7 23 21 -3 59
13 Southend United 44 16 10 18 45 61 22 10 5 7 26 27 22 6 5 11 19 34 -16 58
14 Altrincham 44 15 10 19 62 69 22 10 4 8 39 27 22 5 6 11 23 42 -7 55
15 Woking 44 16 5 23 59 61 22 8 0 14 28 36 22 8 5 9 31 25 -2 53
16 Wealdstone 44 14 11 19 51 65 22 8 7 7 24 24 22 6 4 12 27 41 -14 53
17 Maidenhead United 44 13 12 19 48 67 22 9 5 8 32 35 22 4 7 11 16 32 -19 51
18 Barnet 44 13 11 20 59 89 22 6 6 10 28 42 22 7 5 10 31 47 -30 50
19 Eastleigh 44 12 10 22 52 74 22 8 6 8 33 33 22 4 4 14 19 41 -22 46
20 Aldershot Town 44 11 10 23 46 73 22 4 5 13 19 40 22 7 5 10 27 33 -27 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 44 6 10 28 40 88 22 3 7 12 21 38 22 3 3 16 19 50 -48 28
23 Dover Athletic 44 2 7 35 37 101 22 1 3 18 13 41 22 1 4 17 24 60 -64 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.