Can Kidlington beat Welwyn Garden City in Yarnton Road clash?

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Competition: England Non League Div One: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yarnton Road (1500 seats)

Struggling Kidlington hope to pull off a surprise victory when they play enterprising Welwyn Garden City in the upcoming league game. It’s 17th vs 6th and the home supporters will have moderate confidence.

Insights:
  • Kidlington have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Welwyn Garden City have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Non League Div One: Southern Central

Kidlington are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Welwyn are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

There have been limited time to rest for the hosts, as they had a Non League Div One: Southern Central match only two days ago. This match was also played here at Yarnton Road. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Welwyn Garden City have had more rest.

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Kidlington form and stats

The story so far in the Non League Div One: Southern Central for Kidlington at their home stadium (Yarnton Road) is 4 wins, 9 draws and 5 defeats. Kidlington have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The home fans saw a 1-1 draw versus Bedford Town last time out and are looking for a win here.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Wantage Town.

The Kidlington fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 26 in 18 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kidlington defense is not exactly impregnable. 32 goals conceded from 18 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Welwyn Garden City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Div One: Southern Central travels is 9 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. Welwyn seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Welwyn Garden City delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Barton Rovers (placed 15th) in their previous match.

A 1-3 defeat away at Hertford Town before that.

Welwyn are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 32 times in 18 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Welwyn Garden City have conceded 28 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Welwyn Garden City - Kidlington 1-1 was the outcome when this pair of squads formerly met, also in this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous four meetings): Kidlington won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Welwyn Garden City have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two

Kidlington missing players

Welwyn Garden City missing players

Kidlington Welwyn Garden City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
8 4 0 Won W 5 9 20
11 9 5 Drew D 0 2 8
18 5 0 Lost L 1 7 9
46 26 6 Scored S 16 32 73
79 32 6 Conceded C 9 28 47
95% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
86% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 86%
59% 44% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 61% 57%
43% 39% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 35%
27% 28% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 28% 24%
59% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 62%
14% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 32%
32% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 8%
 
3.8 2.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 4.9
5 4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.6 4.6
1.8 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 1.1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 11 9 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.8 11.4
6 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 4.6 4.7
33% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 69% 65% 57%
 
12.2 15.5 17 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8 7.8
6 8.5 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3.8
Key stats in Non League Div One: Southern Central this season:
  • Kidlington have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Welwyn Garden City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Welwyn Garden City have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Non League Div One: Southern Central
  • Welwyn Garden City have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Non League Div One: Southern Central
  • Welwyn Garden City have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Non League Div One: Southern Central
  • Welwyn Garden 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 Bedford Town 37 27 7 3 98 27 18 15 2 1 52 12 19 12 5 2 46 15 71 88
2 Berkhamsted 37 24 9 4 64 28 18 13 3 2 37 13 19 11 6 2 27 15 36 81
3 Ware 37 21 8 8 89 44 19 10 6 3 53 24 18 11 2 5 36 20 45 71
4 AFC Dunstable 37 20 10 7 62 33 19 12 4 3 37 17 18 8 6 4 25 16 29 70
5 North Leigh 37 19 11 7 67 39 19 10 3 6 37 23 18 9 8 1 30 16 28 68
6 Welwyn Garden City 37 20 8 9 73 47 19 11 6 2 41 19 18 9 2 7 32 28 26 68
7 Harlow Town 37 17 10 10 70 46 19 8 7 4 39 24 18 9 3 6 31 22 24 61
8 Thame 37 15 12 10 61 44 18 7 6 5 35 24 19 8 6 5 26 20 17 57
9 Biggleswade 37 17 6 14 61 56 19 9 3 7 27 24 18 8 3 7 34 32 5 57
10 St Neots Town 37 13 11 13 56 53 19 6 6 7 32 30 18 7 5 6 24 23 3 50
11 Waltham Abbey 37 14 7 16 62 63 19 8 3 8 33 36 18 6 4 8 29 27 -1 49
12 FC Romania 37 14 3 20 68 81 18 7 1 10 30 33 19 7 2 10 38 48 -13 45
13 Didcot Town 37 12 8 17 47 68 18 4 3 11 22 37 19 8 5 6 25 31 -21 44
14 Aylesbury United 37 12 7 18 63 68 19 7 3 9 27 26 18 5 4 9 36 42 -5 43
15 Barton Rovers 37 11 8 18 47 62 18 5 3 10 17 29 19 6 5 8 30 33 -15 41
16 Hertford Town 37 10 6 21 58 80 18 7 1 10 29 39 19 3 5 11 29 41 -22 36
17 Kidlington 37 8 11 18 46 79 18 4 9 5 26 32 19 4 2 13 20 47 -33 35
18 AFC Kempston Rovers 37 8 5 24 49 100 18 5 3 10 26 45 19 3 2 14 23 55 -51 29
19 Colney Heath 37 6 2 29 32 90 18 4 1 13 19 35 19 2 1 16 13 55 -58 20
20 Wantage Town 37 5 5 27 35 100 19 2 4 13 21 46 18 3 1 14 14 54 -65 20

Read more about Non League Div One: Southern Central

The Southern Football League consists of four divisions: Central Division and South Division (at the seventh highest division level of English football) and Division One Central / Division One South (eight highest level). Teams come from the South West of England, southern Midlands and South Wales.