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- Torquay United have the fewest points from losing position (5) in National League
- York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Torquay United form and stats
Torquay United's struggle is real here at Plainmoor Ground with only 21 points collected from 21 National League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 5-6-10. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Torquay are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
A strong away win for Torquay United against Maidenhead United the last match, as Nouble (2) and Jarvis were on target.
Before that, Torquay United had a home game versus Eastleigh which ended with a victory 2-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Torquay have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.
A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 15 latest league games shows that 12 of them had at least one goal from each team.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Torquay United as they are travelling to their away game against Chesterfield in the National League. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Torquay United in their home games so far, with 32 goals from 21 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 38 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
York City form and stats
The visitors are W6-D4-L11 on the road this term. That's in the National League.
Home advantage was not enough for York in their previous game as they lost hosting Halifax Town, 0-3. That loss was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points.
Prior to that result York City won their away game at Chesterfield. The scoreline was 3-1.York City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
York find the net regularly in their away games. 25 goals from 21 away fixtures in the league. 27 goals have been conceded by York City in these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these parties face each other this season, as the records show this recent game: York City - Torquay 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Torquay United wins - draws - York City wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
![]() A. Jarvis 12 goals | ![]() L. John-Lewis 11 goals | ![]() S. Forde 8 goals |
Torquay United missing players
York City missing players
| Torquay United | York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 42 | 21 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 21 | 43 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 51 | 32 | 14 | Scored | S | 5 | 25 | 50 |
| 70 | 38 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 27 | 57 |
| 98% | 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 98% |
| 69% | 81% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 76% | 79% |
| 48% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | 49% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 19% | 16% |
| 24% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | 7% |
| 60% | 76% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | 56% |
| 19% | 19% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | 21% |
| 24% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 29% | 26% |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 6.1 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.3 | 9.3 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.6 | 9.5 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 30% | 32% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 45% | 36% |
| 12.9 | 9.5 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.7 | 9.7 |
| 5.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
- Torquay United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Torquay United have the fewest points from losing position (5) in National League
- York City haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Wrexham | 42 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 109 | 41 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 68 | 103 |
| 2 | Notts County | 43 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 108 | 39 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 58 | 28 | 69 | 100 |
| 3 | Woking | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 68 | 43 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 21 | 25 | 76 |
| 4 | Chesterfield | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 69 | 47 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 22 | 75 |
| 5 | Barnet | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 73 | 64 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 36 | 9 | 69 |
| 6 | Boreham Wood | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 49 | 35 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 66 |
| 7 | Eastleigh | 43 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 53 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 65 |
| 8 | Bromley | 42 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 61 | 51 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 63 |
| 9 | Southend United | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 50 | 41 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 60 |
| 10 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 68 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 34 | -11 | 58 |
| 11 | Solihull Moors | 41 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 60 | 59 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 1 | 56 |
| 12 | Wealdstone | 41 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 51 | 66 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 37 | -15 | 56 |
| 13 | Altrincham | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 61 | 74 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 47 | -13 | 53 |
| 14 | Gateshead | 41 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 60 | 57 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 3 | 52 |
| 15 | Halifax Town | 41 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 43 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 25 | -3 | 52 |
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 56 | 63 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 34 | -7 | 51 |
| 17 | York City | 43 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 50 | 57 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 27 | -7 | 49 |
| 18 | Maidenhead United | 43 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 46 | 60 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 35 | -14 | 49 |
| 19 | Dorking Wanderers | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 60 | 86 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 39 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 47 | -26 | 49 |
| 20 | Aldershot Town | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 58 | 72 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 38 | -14 | 45 |
| 21 | Torquay United | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 51 | 70 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 38 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 32 | -19 | 43 |
| 22 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 33 | 51 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -18 | 39 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 43 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 46 | 80 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 40 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 40 | -34 | 34 |
| 24 | Maidstone United | 43 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 43 | 92 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 21 | 53 | -49 | 25 |