Open game expected at The Laithwaite Community Stadium: Woking vs Eastleigh preview

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Mon 28.December
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: The Laithwaite Community Stadium (6036 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Woking in 10th and Eastleigh in 14th place.

Insights:
  • Woking have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Eastleigh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Woking and Eastleigh.

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Woking form and stats

Woking have performed here at The Laithwaite Community Stadium this season with 4 wins from 7 National League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

In their previous game, the manager A. Dowson led his Woking to a defeat in the National League match away at Aldershot Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Laithwaite Community Stadium. Ahead of that match, Woking won a home game hosting Dover Athletic (2-1).

The game against Aldershot Town was basically lost in the first half (0-3) and the second half was more of a formality.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Woking have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn five and lost three.

A decent goal production from Woking in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Woking have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Eastleigh form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Eastleigh playing as the away team in the National League this season.

Eastleigh delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Weymouth (placed 21st) in their previous match; a National League game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Halifax Town wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Eastleigh in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Eastleigh, three draws and six defeats.

Eastleigh create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 13 goals in 5 travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Eastleigh have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Woking victories, five draws and two Eastleigh wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

EastleighB. House
B. House
6 goals
WokingK. Ferdinand
K. Ferdinand
5 goals
WokingM. Kretzschmar
M. Kretzschmar
4 goals

Woking missing players

Eastleigh missing players

Woking Eastleigh
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 1 5 11
6 4 1 Won W 0 3 5
2 2 1 Drew D 0 0 3
6 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
20 12 2 Scored S 1 13 20
17 4 1 Conceded C 3 9 14
93% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
64% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
50% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 64%
29% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 80% 45%
21% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 18%
36% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 73%
29% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
43% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.6 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.4
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.5 8.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 5 9.8 10.2
3.6 3.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.6 4.3
40% 44% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 57% 43%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Eastleigh's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Eastleigh have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Eastleigh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Eastleigh have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Eastleigh haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Woking have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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

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.