Betting preview: Weymouth faced with a tough challenge when Torquay United visits

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Mon 28.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bob Lucas Stadium (10000 seats)

The visiting Torquay United side should be favourites in this visit to Weymouth, as the away team holds a 27 point advantage from their 15 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Weymouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Torquay United has the most scored goals (33) in National League

It's no vacation for neither Weymouth nor Torquay United 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

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the National League this season. Weymouth have only managed 1 win, 0 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Bob Lucas Stadium. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Bob Lucas Stadium, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the King's Lynn Town game.

The home team returns to Bob Lucas Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Eastleigh (placed 14th) on their last time out; the National League game ended 0-0. Before that, Weymouth had a Fa Trophy home game versus Maidenhead United which ended with a victory 3-2.

Weymouth are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Weymouth with 16 goals conceded in these matches.

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Torquay United form and stats

Torquay United, who have the most scored goals (33) in National League, have an excellent away record in the National League so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games.

Torquay United go into this game after a win, the home game against Yeovil Town that ended 6-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Chesham United at their stadium, the result 1-0.

As you can tell from the results above, Torquay was very dominant against Yeovil Town, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-1 (!) with A. Little, C. Lemonheigh-Evans, S. Sherring, A. Nemane, K. Cameron and D. Wright providing the goals.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Torquay United are regular goalscorers on their travels. Torquay are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - one - two (Weymouth wins - draws - Torquay United wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Torquay UnitedD. Wright
D. Wright
8 goals
Torquay UnitedC. Lemonheigh-Evans
C. Lemonheigh-Evans
5 goals
Torquay UnitedB. Whitfield
B. Whitfield
4 goals

Weymouth missing players

Torquay United missing players

Weymouth Torquay United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 2 7 15
2 1 0 Won W 1 5 11
2 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
9 6 1 Lost L 0 1 2
13 8 0 Scored S 4 16 33
23 16 1 Conceded C 1 6 12
85% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 86% 93%
62% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 80%
62% 71% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 86% 67%
31% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 27%
31% 43% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 20%
62% 71% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 71% 67%
15% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 27%
38% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 14% 13%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.5
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.5 6.1 3 Shots (avg) S ( 12 13.6 13.2
3 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 6.1 6.7
33% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 37% 33%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Torquay United has the most points (16) away in National League
  • Torquay United has the most scored goals (16) away in National League
  • Torquay United has the most scored goals (33) 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 (+10) away in National League
  • Torquay United has the the best goal difference (+21) in National League
  • Torquay United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Torquay United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Torquay United have scored more than double the goals of Weymouth.
  • Weymouth have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Weymouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Weymouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 15 11 2 2 33 12 8 6 1 1 17 6 7 5 1 1 16 6 21 35
2 Sutton United 13 8 2 3 23 14 7 4 1 2 14 5 6 4 1 1 9 9 9 26
3 Hartlepool United 15 7 3 5 22 18 9 4 2 3 13 11 6 3 1 2 9 7 4 24
4 Notts County 13 7 2 4 19 12 7 5 0 2 14 7 6 2 2 2 5 5 7 23
5 Maidenhead United 14 7 2 5 21 21 6 3 1 2 13 11 8 4 1 3 8 10 0 23
6 Bromley 14 6 4 4 23 17 8 2 2 4 12 13 6 4 2 0 11 4 6 22
7 Altrincham 15 6 4 5 14 14 7 2 2 3 7 8 8 4 2 2 7 6 0 22
8 Wealdstone 15 6 3 6 22 30 7 4 1 2 16 16 8 2 2 4 6 14 -8 21
9 Stockport County 12 6 2 4 18 14 4 2 1 1 6 3 8 4 1 3 12 11 4 20
10 Woking 14 6 2 6 20 17 7 4 2 1 12 4 7 2 0 5 8 13 3 20
11 Wrexham 13 6 2 5 17 14 6 3 1 2 7 3 7 3 1 3 10 11 3 20
12 Halifax Town 15 5 4 6 24 18 7 3 2 2 13 8 8 2 2 4 11 10 6 19
13 Solihull Moors 11 6 1 4 16 11 6 5 0 1 11 2 5 1 1 3 5 9 5 19
14 Eastleigh 11 5 3 3 20 14 6 2 3 1 7 5 5 3 0 2 13 9 6 18
15 Boreham Wood 12 5 3 4 13 10 5 2 1 2 4 4 7 3 2 2 9 6 3 18
16 Aldershot Town 14 5 3 6 21 19 7 3 1 3 9 10 7 2 2 3 12 9 2 18
17 Dagenham & Redbridge 14 5 3 6 11 14 5 1 2 2 2 3 9 4 1 4 9 11 -3 18
18 Chesterfield 13 5 1 7 24 18 7 2 1 4 15 9 6 3 0 3 9 9 6 16
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 Weymouth 13 2 2 9 13 23 7 1 0 6 8 16 6 1 2 3 5 7 -10 8
22 Yeovil Town 12 1 5 6 12 23 6 0 1 5 5 12 6 1 4 1 7 11 -11 8
23 Dover Athletic 10 2 0 8 6 25 6 2 0 4 5 14 4 0 0 4 1 11 -19 6

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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.