National League preview: Can Torquay United edge out victory against Yeovil Town?

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Plainmoor Ground (6104 seats)

The league table in National League tells a story about these teams so far, with Torquay United leading Yeovil Town by 24 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Torquay United has the most scored goals (27) in National League
  • Yeovil Town have not yet lost a game away.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Torquay United form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 7 National League games here at Plainmoor Ground for Torquay United. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Torquay haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 211 minutes ago. D. Wright scored that one.

It's back home for Torquay, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Chesham United away with the result 1-0. J. Umerah (2) found the net in that victory. Ahead of that match, Torquay lost 0-1 at home to Dagenham & Redbridge.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Torquay handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, two draws and five defeats.

The manager G. Johnson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Weymouth in only two days.

Torquay have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Plainmoor Ground with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Torquay have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Yeovil Town form and stats

As the visiting team in National League matches, Yeovil Town have produced an overall stat of 1-4-0 so far.

It's the second away game in a row for Yeovil, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Bromley (placed 4th) in the National League last time out. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Eastleigh.

We have checked recent matches where Yeovil Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were four victories, three draws and five defeats.

Yeovil Town have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Yeovil have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Torquay won one game, one match ended with a draw and Yeovil Town has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / one

Top Goalscorers

TorquayD. Wright
D. Wright
7 goals
Torquay UnitedB. Whitfield
B. Whitfield
4 goals
Torquay UnitedC. Lemonheigh-Evans
C. Lemonheigh-Evans
4 goals

Torquay United missing players

Yeovil Town missing players

Torquay United Yeovil Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 1 5 11
10 5 2 Won W 1 1 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 4 5
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 5
27 11 4 Scored S 2 6 11
11 5 2 Conceded C 1 5 17
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 91%
79% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 73%
64% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 55%
21% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 36%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 57% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 73%
29% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 9%
14% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.3 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.2 3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.1 12.7 14 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.8 9.7
6.5 6.9 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.7
30% 23% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 27% 21%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Torquay United has the most points (16) at home in National League
  • Torquay United has the most scored goals (27) in National League
  • Torquay United has the most scored goals in the first half (13) in National League
  • Torquay United has the the best goal difference (+16) in National League
  • Torquay United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Torquay United have scored more than double the goals of Yeovil Town.
  • Torquay United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Yeovil Town have not yet lost a game 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 Torquay United 14 10 2 2 27 11 7 5 1 1 11 5 7 5 1 1 16 6 16 32
2 Sutton United 13 8 2 3 23 14 7 4 1 2 14 5 6 4 1 1 9 9 9 26
3 Notts County 13 7 2 4 19 12 7 5 0 2 14 7 6 2 2 2 5 5 7 23
4 Bromley 14 6 4 4 23 17 8 2 2 4 12 13 6 4 2 0 11 4 6 22
5 Hartlepool United 14 6 3 5 19 17 8 3 2 3 10 10 6 3 1 2 9 7 2 21
6 Altrincham 14 6 3 5 13 13 6 2 1 3 6 7 8 4 2 2 7 6 0 21
7 Wealdstone 14 6 3 5 22 26 7 4 1 2 16 16 7 2 2 3 6 10 -4 21
8 Woking 13 6 2 5 20 14 7 4 2 1 12 4 6 2 0 4 8 10 6 20
9 Wrexham 13 6 2 5 17 14 6 3 1 2 7 3 7 3 1 3 10 11 3 20
10 Maidenhead United 13 6 2 5 17 21 5 2 1 2 9 11 8 4 1 3 8 10 -4 20
11 Solihull Moors 11 6 1 4 16 11 6 5 0 1 11 2 5 1 1 3 5 9 5 19
12 Stockport County 11 6 1 4 17 13 4 2 1 1 6 3 7 4 0 3 11 10 4 19
13 Boreham Wood 12 5 3 4 13 10 5 2 1 2 4 4 7 3 2 2 9 6 3 18
14 Eastleigh 9 5 2 2 19 13 5 2 2 1 7 5 4 3 0 1 12 6 6 17
15 Halifax Town 13 4 4 5 22 14 6 2 2 2 10 7 7 2 2 3 10 7 8 16
16 Chesterfield 13 5 1 7 24 18 7 2 1 4 15 9 6 3 0 3 9 9 6 16
17 Aldershot Town 13 4 3 6 18 19 6 2 1 3 6 10 7 2 2 3 12 9 -1 15
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 13 4 3 6 10 14 5 1 2 2 2 3 8 3 1 4 8 11 -4 15
19 King's Lynn Town 13 4 2 7 17 30 7 2 2 3 10 14 6 2 0 4 7 16 -13 14
20 Barnet 13 2 3 8 11 32 7 1 2 4 4 12 6 1 1 4 7 20 -21 9
21 Yeovil Town 11 1 5 5 11 17 6 0 1 5 5 12 5 1 4 0 6 5 -6 8
22 Weymouth 12 2 1 9 13 23 7 1 0 6 8 16 5 1 1 3 5 7 -10 7
23 Dover Athletic 9 2 0 7 6 24 5 2 0 3 5 13 4 0 0 4 1 11 -18 6

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.