Full preview: Wrexham favourite to overcome Southend United at Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (15500 seats)

Wrexham have excelled Southend United this season, but every match opens at 0-0. Here's all the data you require prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • Wrexham have the most scored goals (86) in National League
  • Wrexham have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Southend United have scored away.

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 Wrexham and Southend United.

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Wrexham form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Racecourse Ground, Wrexham as Wrexham have scored 43 goals to get 45 points from 20 games. The overall stats in the National League are 13-6-1 (wins-draws-losses). The Wrexham fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Racecourse Ground, Wrexham and will expect new points from this game. Wrexham has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.

A good away victory last time out for Wrexham, who won 6-1 against Weymouth (placed 22nd). As mentioned above, Wrexham "killed" Weymouth in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Heartbreak before that as Wrexham lost 1-2 at Woking's place.

Wrexham are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found ten matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew two and lost one.

Wrexham are traveling soon after this match as the National League match at Boreham Wood awaits in two days.

Wrexham can score goals in their home matches. After 20 league matches they have found the net 43 times. Wrexham are not conceding a lot of goals here at Racecourse Ground, Wrexham in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 18 from 20 matches.

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Southend United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National League travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats.

Southend United have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Steve Arnold. It's been 208 minutes since they last conceded in National League.

Impressive finishing from Bridge secured the home win 1-0 against Boreham Wood in their previous game.

Before that, Southend United secured a home win against Halifax Town with the score 1-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Weymouth in just two days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Southend as they have only managed to score 19 times from 21 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Southend United have conceded 33 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved encountered each other before this match year: Southend United - Wrexham 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

WrexhamP. Mullin
P. Mullin
24 goals
WrexhamJ. Davies
J. Davies
14 goals
WrexhamO. Palmer
O. Palmer
12 goals

Wrexham missing players

Southend United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wrexham Southend United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 20 7 Played P 6 21 41
24 13 5 Won W 0 6 16
9 6 1 Drew D 1 5 8
7 1 1 Lost L 5 10 17
86 43 13 Scored S 4 19 43
42 18 5 Conceded C 17 33 58
95% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 98%
80% 75% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 67% 68%
52% 35% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 44%
38% 35% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 29% 24%
22% 25% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 12%
55% 50% 29% BTTS BTTS 50% 48% 44%
40% 45% 57% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 24%
10% 10% 14% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 34%
 
5.9 7.2 7.9 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.5 4.2
4.1 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.1 5.4
1.4 1 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.3 1.9
5 3 2 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
13.6 15.4 11.1 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 7.1 8.7
5.3 5.7 4.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.8 3.4
41% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 32% 31%
 
7.9 7.2 7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 10 9.9
3.2 2.5 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4 3.9
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Southend United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Wrexham have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Wrexham have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Southend United have scored away.
  • Wrexham have the most scored goals (86) in National League
  • Wrexham have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Wrexham have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Stockport County 39 27 4 8 82 33 19 13 3 3 40 15 20 14 1 5 42 18 49 85
2 Wrexham 40 24 9 7 86 42 20 13 6 1 43 18 20 11 3 6 43 24 44 81
3 Halifax Town 40 23 8 9 58 31 20 16 1 3 35 10 20 7 7 6 23 21 27 77
4 Solihull Moors 40 21 12 7 70 42 20 12 5 3 45 23 20 9 7 4 25 19 28 75
5 Notts County 40 21 10 9 75 49 20 13 5 2 43 22 20 8 5 7 32 27 26 73
6 Chesterfield 40 20 13 7 67 44 20 11 6 3 36 25 20 9 7 4 31 19 23 73
7 Grimsby Town 40 22 6 12 60 37 20 14 2 4 36 16 20 8 4 8 24 21 23 72
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 40 20 6 14 74 49 20 9 5 6 43 29 20 11 1 8 31 20 25 66
9 Boreham Wood 39 17 11 11 44 32 20 11 7 2 27 10 19 6 4 9 17 22 12 62
10 Torquay United 39 17 9 13 62 51 20 10 5 5 36 22 19 7 4 8 26 29 11 60
11 Bromley 39 16 11 12 50 43 19 10 5 4 29 18 20 6 6 8 21 25 7 59
12 Southend United 41 16 8 17 43 58 20 10 3 7 24 25 21 6 5 10 19 33 -15 56
13 Yeovil Town 40 14 12 14 40 43 20 7 5 8 18 23 20 7 7 6 22 20 -3 54
14 Woking 41 16 4 21 58 56 20 8 0 12 27 31 21 8 4 9 31 25 2 52
15 Altrincham 39 14 8 17 59 63 20 10 3 7 38 25 19 4 5 10 21 38 -4 50
16 Wealdstone 40 12 10 18 45 61 20 7 7 6 21 21 20 5 3 12 24 40 -16 46
17 Maidenhead United 40 12 10 18 42 62 20 9 4 7 30 32 20 3 6 11 12 30 -20 46
18 Barnet 40 12 9 19 52 81 20 6 5 9 24 36 20 6 4 10 28 45 -29 45
19 Eastleigh 40 11 8 21 42 64 20 8 5 7 28 27 20 3 3 14 14 37 -22 41
20 Aldershot Town 40 10 8 22 39 66 20 3 5 12 15 36 20 7 3 10 24 30 -27 38
21 King's Lynn Town 41 7 9 25 40 74 21 4 3 14 19 35 20 3 6 11 21 39 -34 30
22 Weymouth 40 5 9 26 34 80 20 3 7 10 18 32 20 2 2 16 16 48 -46 24
23 Dover Athletic 40 2 6 32 34 95 20 1 3 16 12 38 20 1 3 16 22 57 -61 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Stockport County 39 27 4 8 82 33 19 13 3 3 40 15 20 14 1 5 42 18 49 85
2 Wrexham 40 24 9 7 86 42 20 13 6 1 43 18 20 11 3 6 43 24 44 81
3 Halifax Town 40 23 8 9 58 31 20 16 1 3 35 10 20 7 7 6 23 21 27 77
4 Solihull Moors 40 21 12 7 70 42 20 12 5 3 45 23 20 9 7 4 25 19 28 75
5 Notts County 40 21 10 9 75 49 20 13 5 2 43 22 20 8 5 7 32 27 26 73
6 Chesterfield 40 20 13 7 67 44 20 11 6 3 36 25 20 9 7 4 31 19 23 73
7 Grimsby Town 40 22 6 12 60 37 20 14 2 4 36 16 20 8 4 8 24 21 23 72
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 40 20 6 14 74 49 20 9 5 6 43 29 20 11 1 8 31 20 25 66
9 Boreham Wood 39 17 11 11 44 32 20 11 7 2 27 10 19 6 4 9 17 22 12 62
10 Torquay United 39 17 9 13 62 51 20 10 5 5 36 22 19 7 4 8 26 29 11 60
11 Bromley 39 16 11 12 50 43 19 10 5 4 29 18 20 6 6 8 21 25 7 59
12 Southend United 41 16 8 17 43 58 20 10 3 7 24 25 21 6 5 10 19 33 -15 56
13 Yeovil Town 40 14 12 14 40 43 20 7 5 8 18 23 20 7 7 6 22 20 -3 54
14 Woking 41 16 4 21 58 56 20 8 0 12 27 31 21 8 4 9 31 25 2 52
15 Altrincham 39 14 8 17 59 63 20 10 3 7 38 25 19 4 5 10 21 38 -4 50
16 Wealdstone 40 12 10 18 45 61 20 7 7 6 21 21 20 5 3 12 24 40 -16 46
17 Maidenhead United 40 12 10 18 42 62 20 9 4 7 30 32 20 3 6 11 12 30 -20 46
18 Barnet 40 12 9 19 52 81 20 6 5 9 24 36 20 6 4 10 28 45 -29 45
19 Eastleigh 40 11 8 21 42 64 20 8 5 7 28 27 20 3 3 14 14 37 -22 41
20 Aldershot Town 40 10 8 22 39 66 20 3 5 12 15 36 20 7 3 10 24 30 -27 38
21 King's Lynn Town 41 7 9 25 40 74 21 4 3 14 19 35 20 3 6 11 21 39 -34 30
22 Weymouth 40 5 9 26 34 80 20 3 7 10 18 32 20 2 2 16 16 48 -46 24
23 Dover Athletic 40 2 6 32 34 95 20 1 3 16 12 38 20 1 3 16 22 57 -61 0

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