National League preview: Can Weymouth edge out victory against Dover Athletic?

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 16:20 (UTC)
Venue: Bob Lucas Stadium (10000 seats)

Dover Athletic have journeyed here for an engaging game against the home team Weymouth. Get smart on the fixture with this full National League preview!

Insights:
  • Weymouth have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest scored goals (3) in National League

It's no vacation for neither Weymouth nor Dover Athletic as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Weymouth form and stats

Weymouth have played 3 National League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Weymouth faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dagenham & Redbridge (2-4). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

In the match before that, Weymouth hosted Notts County and drew the game 1-1.

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

Weymouth are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Weymouth have conceded 4 in these home matches.

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Dover Athletic form and stats

It's not happening yet for Dover Athletic on their National League travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? Bitter travels for Dover as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Stockport County match.

Dover Athletic lost away at Eastleigh (1-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Chesterfield.

We have checked recent matches where Dover have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were six victories, four draws and three defeats.

A new game in only three days for Dover, the National League home match versus Solihull Moors. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Dover Athletic have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. Dover can't defend away. 9 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Last three meetings with these contenders: Weymouth won zero, Dover Athletic were winners in three and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

WeymouthB. Ash
B. Ash
3 goals
WeymouthJ. Leslie-Smith
J. Leslie-Smith
2 goals
WeymouthJ. McQuoid
J. McQuoid
2 goals

Weymouth missing players

Dover Athletic missing players

Weymouth Dover Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 0 Played P 3 3 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 3 3 4
10 4 0 Scored S 3 3 3
12 4 0 Conceded C 9 9 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 80%
83% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 60%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 40%
50% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 67% 40%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 67% 40%
67% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 40%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
33% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 60%
 
4.5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 2.3 3.6
7.7 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6.7 5.6
1.5 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.3 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.5 7.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 6.7 5.6
2.8 3.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 3
59% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 20%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Dover Athletic's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Weymouth's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dover Athletic have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Dover Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dover Athletic have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest points (0) away in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest scored goals (3) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in National League
  • Dover Athletic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dover Athletic is in the worst form (0-1-4)
  • Weymouth have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Weymouth have scored more than double the goals of Dover Athletic.
  • Weymouth have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in National League
  • Weymouth 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 Dagenham & Redbridge 6 5 1 0 17 8 3 2 1 0 10 6 3 3 0 0 7 2 9 16
2 Chesterfield 6 4 2 0 12 4 3 2 1 0 8 4 3 2 1 0 4 0 8 14
3 Boreham Wood 6 4 2 0 9 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 6 2 5 14
4 Grimsby Town 5 4 1 0 11 5 3 3 0 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 6 13
5 Notts County 6 3 3 0 14 7 3 2 1 0 7 5 3 1 2 0 7 2 7 12
6 Halifax Town 6 3 1 2 11 8 3 2 0 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 10
7 Yeovil Town 4 3 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 9
8 Wrexham 6 2 3 1 9 8 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 1 2 1 7 7 1 9
9 Solihull Moors 5 2 2 1 10 9 4 1 2 1 8 8 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 8
10 Stockport County 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 0 1 2 1 6 3 2 1 0 3 0 -2 8
11 Weymouth 6 2 1 3 10 12 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 6 8 -2 7
12 Woking 4 2 0 2 8 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 6 2 3 6
13 Altrincham 4 2 0 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 0 6
14 Maidenhead United 5 2 0 3 8 10 3 1 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 3 4 -2 6
15 Eastleigh 5 1 2 2 8 10 3 1 1 1 7 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 -2 5
16 Southend United 6 1 2 3 6 9 3 0 1 2 4 6 3 1 1 1 2 3 -3 5
17 Wealdstone 6 1 2 3 6 9 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 0 1 2 4 7 -3 5
18 Bromley 4 1 1 2 9 9 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 1 1 4 6 0 4
19 King's Lynn Town 5 1 1 3 6 9 3 0 0 3 1 5 2 1 1 0 5 4 -3 4
20 Torquay United 6 1 1 4 8 16 3 0 0 3 2 10 3 1 1 1 6 6 -8 4
21 Aldershot Town 6 1 0 5 7 12 3 0 0 3 2 6 3 1 0 2 5 6 -5 3
22 Barnet 6 0 2 4 7 17 3 0 1 2 1 8 3 0 1 2 6 9 -10 2
23 Dover Athletic 5 0 1 4 3 10 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 3 9 -7 -11

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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.