National League duel: Close contest expected between Torquay United and Wealdstone

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Plainmoor Ground (6104 seats)

National League: Torquay United are 22 points short of Wealdstone, but are inspired to go full throttle. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Torquay United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Torquay United and Wealdstone.

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Torquay United form and stats

With 4 National League wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Torquay United are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Torquay, their manager Johnson and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Torquay United lost their last game at Solihull Moors (placed 12th) after a 2-3 scoreline.

Before that, Torquay played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Aldershot 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 6 and lost 2.

Observe: 8 of the latest 10 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both teams.

The Torquay United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 28 goals in 18 league matches. Torquay have conceded 34 from these games.

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Wealdstone form and stats

5-6-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Wealdstone in their National League matches away.

Wealdstone are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Maidstone United (placed 24th).

Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Altrincham.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Wealdstone playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 3 Wealdstone wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Chesterfield in just three days.

Wealdstone struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Torquay United have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive matches without losing (4-3-0) when playing Wealdstone.

The previous head-to-head encounter ended Wealdstone - Torquay United 1-1, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Torquay UnitedA. Jarvis
A. Jarvis
10 goals
WealdstoneO. Olomola
O. Olomola
6 goals
WealdstoneM. Obiero
M. Obiero
6 goals

Torquay United missing players

Wealdstone missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Torquay United Wealdstone
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 18 6 Played P 6 18 35
7 4 1 Won W 3 5 14
9 6 2 Drew D 2 6 10
19 8 3 Lost L 1 7 11
41 28 9 Scored S 7 18 46
64 34 13 Conceded C 6 29 50
97% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 89%
69% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 72% 71%
49% 61% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 54%
34% 39% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 28% 34%
29% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
60% 78% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 61% 63%
14% 17% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 26%
29% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 17% 28% 23%
 
4.7 5.1 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 4.6
6.3 5.7 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.4 4.9
2.1 2.3 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.9 2
5 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
8.7 10.2 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.1 8.4
4.1 5.1 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.9 3.1
29% 30% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 35% 42%
 
13.3 9.7 12 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 11.2 10.6
5.9 4.7 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 5.1 4.5
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Torquay United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wrexham 36 27 7 2 94 34 17 16 1 0 56 15 19 11 6 2 38 19 60 88
2 Notts County 36 25 9 2 90 33 17 12 4 1 37 9 19 13 5 1 53 24 57 84
3 Woking 36 19 8 9 60 38 17 9 5 3 32 19 19 10 3 6 28 19 22 65
4 Chesterfield 35 18 7 10 59 43 17 11 1 5 32 20 18 7 6 5 27 23 16 61
5 Barnet 35 18 5 12 66 59 17 10 2 5 30 25 18 8 3 7 36 34 7 59
6 Boreham Wood 35 15 13 7 43 30 16 6 7 3 19 15 19 9 6 4 24 15 13 58
7 Eastleigh 36 17 6 13 43 38 18 12 3 3 24 12 18 5 3 10 19 26 5 57
8 Southend United 34 15 8 11 44 34 19 9 4 6 25 16 15 6 4 5 19 18 10 53
9 Bromley 36 13 13 10 50 45 19 7 9 3 27 20 17 6 4 7 23 25 5 52
10 Wealdstone 35 14 10 11 46 50 17 9 4 4 28 21 18 5 6 7 18 29 -4 52
11 Dagenham & Redbridge 36 15 6 15 53 60 19 10 3 6 32 30 17 5 3 9 21 30 -7 51
12 Solihull Moors 36 13 9 14 53 52 18 7 5 6 28 22 18 6 4 8 25 30 1 48
13 Altrincham 36 12 10 14 54 65 18 9 3 6 30 24 18 3 7 8 24 41 -11 46
14 Oldham Athletic 35 12 8 15 47 51 18 9 3 6 30 26 17 3 5 9 17 25 -4 44
15 Maidenhead United 36 12 7 17 40 49 18 7 5 6 22 20 18 5 2 11 18 29 -9 43
16 Halifax Town 36 11 9 16 34 42 17 8 3 6 22 19 19 3 6 10 12 23 -8 42
17 York City 36 10 9 17 43 47 17 5 5 7 21 24 19 5 4 10 22 23 -4 39
18 Aldershot Town 36 11 6 19 49 61 19 5 4 10 25 30 17 6 2 9 24 31 -12 39
19 Dorking Wanderers 35 10 7 18 50 78 18 8 4 6 30 36 17 2 3 12 20 42 -28 37
20 Yeovil Town 34 7 15 12 29 38 19 6 8 5 18 18 15 1 7 7 11 20 -9 36
21 Gateshead 34 7 13 14 41 52 16 3 7 6 20 25 18 4 6 8 21 27 -11 33
22 Torquay United 35 7 9 19 41 64 18 4 6 8 28 34 17 3 3 11 13 30 -23 30
23 Scunthorpe United 36 7 9 20 41 67 19 6 3 10 28 36 17 1 6 10 13 31 -26 30
24 Maidstone United 37 5 9 23 39 79 18 3 7 8 19 30 19 2 2 15 20 49 -40 24

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wrexham 36 27 7 2 94 34 17 16 1 0 56 15 19 11 6 2 38 19 60 88
2 Notts County 36 25 9 2 90 33 17 12 4 1 37 9 19 13 5 1 53 24 57 84
3 Woking 36 19 8 9 60 38 17 9 5 3 32 19 19 10 3 6 28 19 22 65
4 Chesterfield 35 18 7 10 59 43 17 11 1 5 32 20 18 7 6 5 27 23 16 61
5 Barnet 35 18 5 12 66 59 17 10 2 5 30 25 18 8 3 7 36 34 7 59
6 Boreham Wood 35 15 13 7 43 30 16 6 7 3 19 15 19 9 6 4 24 15 13 58
7 Eastleigh 36 17 6 13 43 38 18 12 3 3 24 12 18 5 3 10 19 26 5 57
8 Southend United 34 15 8 11 44 34 19 9 4 6 25 16 15 6 4 5 19 18 10 53
9 Bromley 36 13 13 10 50 45 19 7 9 3 27 20 17 6 4 7 23 25 5 52
10 Wealdstone 35 14 10 11 46 50 17 9 4 4 28 21 18 5 6 7 18 29 -4 52
11 Dagenham & Redbridge 36 15 6 15 53 60 19 10 3 6 32 30 17 5 3 9 21 30 -7 51
12 Solihull Moors 36 13 9 14 53 52 18 7 5 6 28 22 18 6 4 8 25 30 1 48
13 Altrincham 36 12 10 14 54 65 18 9 3 6 30 24 18 3 7 8 24 41 -11 46
14 Oldham Athletic 35 12 8 15 47 51 18 9 3 6 30 26 17 3 5 9 17 25 -4 44
15 Maidenhead United 36 12 7 17 40 49 18 7 5 6 22 20 18 5 2 11 18 29 -9 43
16 Halifax Town 36 11 9 16 34 42 17 8 3 6 22 19 19 3 6 10 12 23 -8 42
17 York City 36 10 9 17 43 47 17 5 5 7 21 24 19 5 4 10 22 23 -4 39
18 Aldershot Town 36 11 6 19 49 61 19 5 4 10 25 30 17 6 2 9 24 31 -12 39
19 Dorking Wanderers 35 10 7 18 50 78 18 8 4 6 30 36 17 2 3 12 20 42 -28 37
20 Yeovil Town 34 7 15 12 29 38 19 6 8 5 18 18 15 1 7 7 11 20 -9 36
21 Gateshead 34 7 13 14 41 52 16 3 7 6 20 25 18 4 6 8 21 27 -11 33
22 Torquay United 35 7 9 19 41 64 18 4 6 8 28 34 17 3 3 11 13 30 -23 30
23 Scunthorpe United 36 7 9 20 41 67 19 6 3 10 28 36 17 1 6 10 13 31 -26 30
24 Maidstone United 37 5 9 23 39 79 18 3 7 8 19 30 19 2 2 15 20 49 -40 24

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