National League prediction and preview: Torquay United modest favorites to beat Bromley

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 16:20 (UTC)
Venue: Plainmoor Ground (6104 seats)

A key match in National League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Torquay United in 1st position and Bromley placed 7th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Torquay United have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in National League
  • Bromley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Torquay United are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Bromley are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Torquay United form and stats

11-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the National League numbers at home for Torquay United so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Plainmoor Ground.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Eastleigh in a game that was won 3-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Torquay handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, two draws and five defeats.

The Torquay fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 32 goals in 19 league matches. Torquay have only conceded 18 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bromley form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National League travels is 9 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Having won their last three away games Bromley has no reason to fear anyone.

A loss against Chesterfield was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Bromley are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The National League trip to Wealdstone.

The travelling fans enjoy Bromley's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 17 league matches away. As opposed to that, Bromley have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Bromley - Torquay 1-2 entered in the official records. Torquay United-Bromley H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Torquay United four wins, Bromley four wins, one draw. six of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BromleyM. Cheek
M. Cheek
20 goals
TorquayA. Hall
A. Hall
10 goals
Torquay UnitedC. Lemonheigh-Evans
C. Lemonheigh-Evans
9 goals

Torquay United missing players

Bromley missing players

Torquay United Bromley
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 19 5 Played P 5 17 37
23 11 2 Won W 1 9 16
7 4 1 Drew D 2 4 10
8 4 2 Lost L 2 4 11
64 32 6 Scored S 4 27 56
35 18 5 Conceded C 7 21 49
89% 95% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 88% 95%
68% 68% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 78%
53% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 65% 62%
24% 26% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 29% 32%
16% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 18% 11%
55% 63% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 65% 68%
37% 26% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 24% 24%
18% 16% 40% Failed to Score F T 60% 24% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.5 1.6
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
10.8 11.1 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 8.2 9.8
5.1 5.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.7 4.1
33% 30% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 43% 38%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Bromley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Torquay United have the most scored goals in the second half (36) 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 Torquay United 38 23 7 8 64 35 19 11 4 4 32 18 19 12 3 4 32 17 29 76
2 Sutton United 36 21 9 6 59 29 18 11 4 3 35 14 18 10 5 3 24 15 30 72
3 Stockport County 38 20 11 7 64 28 18 8 8 2 27 12 20 12 3 5 37 16 36 71
4 Hartlepool United 38 20 10 8 57 35 19 13 3 3 30 15 19 7 7 5 27 20 22 70
5 Halifax Town 38 18 8 12 60 47 19 9 4 6 32 27 19 9 4 6 28 20 13 62
6 Wrexham 37 16 10 11 52 36 18 8 6 4 24 13 19 8 4 7 28 23 16 58
7 Bromley 37 16 10 11 56 49 20 7 6 7 29 28 17 9 4 4 27 21 7 58
8 Chesterfield 37 17 5 15 48 39 18 8 2 8 26 17 19 9 3 7 22 22 9 56
9 Eastleigh 37 15 11 11 41 36 19 9 6 4 21 12 18 6 5 7 20 24 5 56
10 Notts County 35 15 9 11 45 35 18 9 2 7 25 16 17 6 7 4 20 19 10 54
11 Dagenham & Redbridge 37 15 7 15 42 44 19 8 5 6 23 21 18 7 2 9 19 23 -2 52
12 Maidenhead United 35 13 10 12 53 46 18 7 4 7 29 25 17 6 6 5 24 21 7 49
13 Boreham Wood 37 11 16 10 45 39 19 5 9 5 23 21 18 6 7 5 22 18 6 49
14 Solihull Moors 36 14 6 16 46 44 17 11 2 4 30 14 19 3 4 12 16 30 2 48
15 Aldershot Town 37 14 6 17 49 53 17 7 3 7 24 24 20 7 3 10 25 29 -4 48
16 Yeovil Town 36 14 6 16 52 57 18 9 2 7 28 23 18 5 4 9 24 34 -5 48
17 Altrincham 38 11 9 18 40 54 18 5 4 9 20 24 20 6 5 9 20 30 -14 42
18 Weymouth 36 10 6 20 41 56 19 6 2 11 22 32 17 4 4 9 19 24 -15 36
19 Wealdstone 37 9 6 22 44 87 18 7 2 9 31 41 19 2 4 13 13 46 -43 33
20 Woking 37 8 8 21 35 55 19 5 6 8 24 28 18 3 2 13 11 27 -20 32
21 King's Lynn Town 37 7 8 22 40 81 19 4 6 9 23 34 18 3 2 13 17 47 -41 29
22 Barnet 36 6 6 24 30 78 18 3 2 13 11 35 18 3 4 11 19 43 -48 24

Read more about National League

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.