National League duel: Close contest expected between Torquay United and Dagenham & Redbridge

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Plainmoor Ground (6104 seats)

Big-shot Dagenham & Redbridge arrive at Torquay United after their 3-1-result vs Dover Athletic. Check out our thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Torquay United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dagenham & Redbridge have the most scored goals (43) in National League

Torquay United and Dagenham & Redbridge should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Torquay United form and stats

When playing at home in the National League, Torquay United have managed 6 wins, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games. Torquay has recorded two wins in a row here at Plainmoor Ground, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A good away victory last time out for Torquay, who won 2-1 against Yeovil Town (placed 11th). Manager Johnson felt very clever after Holman scored the winning goal against Yeovil Town, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 70th minute.

Heartbreak before that as Torquay lost 1-2 at Eastleigh's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Torquay have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost two.

Torquay have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Plainmoor Ground with 19 goals in 10 league matches. Torquay United have conceded 15 from these games.

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Dagenham & Redbridge form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (43) in National League, on their National League travels is 5 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Dagenham & Redbridge hope to make it five in this match.

Dagenham & Redbridge had fun at their own home (Plainmoor Ground) last time out, beating Dover Athletic 3-1. Weston, Walker and Morias scored.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Aldershot Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Redbridge in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Dagenham & Redbridge, two draws and three defeats.

Dagenham & Redbridge are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 10 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Redbridge have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Torquay-Dagenham & Redbridge H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Torquay United three wins, Dagenham & Redbridge five wins, two draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

TorquayA. Little
A. Little
10 goals
Dagenham & RedbridgeÁ. Balanta
Á. Balanta
7 goals
Dagenham & RedbridgeP. McCallum
P. McCallum
6 goals

Torquay United missing players

Dagenham & Redbridge missing players

Torquay United Dagenham & Redbridge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 1 Played P 3 10 22
9 6 0 Won W 2 5 12
3 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
10 4 1 Lost L 1 5 8
34 19 2 Scored S 5 14 43
35 15 3 Conceded C 2 10 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 73%
68% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 59%
32% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 45%
14% 20% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 27%
64% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 55%
18% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 18%
18% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 27%
 
5.6 5.8 9 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.1 6
5.3 4.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 7.3 5.8
1.8 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.4 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.9 10.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 11.5 11.4
4.4 4.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.7 5.1
35% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 38%
 
9.5 7.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 3.7 8.8 8
4.3 3.9 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 3 3.3
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Dagenham & Redbridge have the most scored goals (43) in National League
  • Dagenham & Redbridge have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in National League
  • Dagenham & Redbridge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Torquay United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Torquay United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chesterfield 20 12 7 1 38 16 10 6 4 0 21 10 10 6 3 1 17 6 22 43
2 Halifax Town 20 12 4 4 32 17 9 7 0 2 18 7 11 5 4 2 14 10 15 40
3 Wrexham 22 11 6 5 38 23 9 4 4 1 8 5 13 7 2 4 30 18 15 39
4 Boreham Wood 19 11 6 2 28 13 10 6 4 0 15 4 9 5 2 2 13 9 15 39
5 Dagenham & Redbridge 22 12 2 8 43 27 12 7 2 3 29 17 10 5 0 5 14 10 16 38
6 Notts County 20 11 5 4 36 23 11 8 2 1 23 14 9 3 3 3 13 9 13 38
7 Bromley 21 11 5 5 36 24 11 7 2 2 23 11 10 4 3 3 13 13 12 38
8 Stockport County 20 11 3 6 35 23 9 4 2 3 16 11 11 7 1 3 19 12 12 36
9 Solihull Moors 21 10 6 5 28 21 12 6 3 3 18 12 9 4 3 2 10 9 7 36
10 Grimsby Town 19 10 2 7 31 21 9 7 0 2 19 6 10 3 2 5 12 15 10 32
11 Yeovil Town 20 9 4 7 21 20 11 4 3 4 10 11 9 5 1 3 11 9 1 31
12 Eastleigh 20 9 4 7 26 27 12 7 3 2 21 16 8 2 1 5 5 11 -1 31
13 Torquay United 22 9 3 10 34 35 10 6 0 4 19 15 12 3 3 6 15 20 -1 30
14 Woking 22 9 1 12 36 36 11 4 0 7 16 20 11 5 1 5 20 16 0 28
15 Barnet 20 7 5 8 24 31 9 4 2 3 11 14 11 3 3 5 13 17 -7 26
16 Altrincham 21 7 4 10 34 36 10 4 1 5 15 14 11 3 3 5 19 22 -2 25
17 Aldershot Town 22 7 3 12 27 36 11 2 2 7 10 21 11 5 1 5 17 15 -9 24
18 Wealdstone 19 5 6 8 19 29 10 3 3 4 8 11 9 2 3 4 11 18 -10 21
19 Maidenhead United 19 5 3 11 20 38 10 4 1 5 16 22 9 1 2 6 4 16 -18 18
20 Southend United 19 4 4 11 16 31 8 2 2 4 10 14 11 2 2 7 6 17 -15 16
21 Weymouth 20 4 3 13 23 41 10 2 3 5 12 17 10 2 0 8 11 24 -18 15
22 King's Lynn Town 20 3 2 15 17 41 10 1 1 8 6 17 10 2 1 7 11 24 -24 11
23 Dover Athletic 22 0 4 18 18 51 11 0 2 9 7 20 11 0 2 9 11 31 -33 -8

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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.