Non League Div One: Southern Central match preview: Welwyn Garden City versus Bedford Town

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Competition: England Non League Div One: Southern Central
Date: Sat 20.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Welwyn Garden City FC Stadium

Welwyn Garden City hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 33 points and a 15th position in the Non League Div One: Southern Central table. Visiting Bedford Town holds 7th place with 47 pts.

Welwyn Garden City and Bedford Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Welwyn Garden City form and stats

Welwyn Garden City have collected 21 points from their home games so far after 6-3-6. The home stadium (Welwyn Garden City FC Stadium) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Welwyn Garden City it's been a house of straw as the last five games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

Happy days for Welwyn Garden City in their previous game, a Non League Div One: Southern Central match away at Corby Town that ended with a 4-1 victory. A 3-3 draw away before that, with North Leigh the opponent.

There will be little rest for Welwyn Garden City after this match as they are travelling to Dunstable Town for a Non League Div One: Southern Central game in only two days.

Welwyn Garden City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 19 goals in 15 matches. On the other hand, Welwyn Garden City have conceded 20 goals.

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Bedford Town form and stats

The visitors are W6-D0-L9 on the road this term. Having won their last three away games Bedford Town has no reason to fear anyone.

Bedford Town failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Sutton Coldfield Town that ended with defeat 1-2. Preceding that game was the away victory against Dunstable Town with the score of 5-0.

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

With an average of more than two away goals per game, Bedford Town are regular goalscorers on their travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bedford Town have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Bedford Town - Welwyn Garden City 0-1. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 2 Welwyn Garden City victories, 0 draws and 0 Bedford Town wins.

Top Goalscorers

Welwyn Garden City missing players

Bedford Town missing players

Welwyn Garden City Bedford Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
35 17 Played 17 35
47 21 Scored 42 74
60 25 Conceded 28 49
91% 94% Over 0.5 100% 100%
71% 65% Over 1.5 82% 80%
57% 59% Over 2.5 82% 71%
40% 29% Over 3.5 65% 49%
26% 12% Over 4.5 53% 34%
60% 53% Both teams to score 65% 63%
17% 18% Clean Sheet 18% 23%
31% 35% Failed To Score 18% 14%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (total) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Bedford Town hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
  • Bedford Town is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Welwyn Garden City is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Bromsgrove Sporting 31 22 5 4 95 37 15 14 1 0 58 11 16 8 4 4 37 26 58 71
2 Peterborough Sports 29 22 4 3 83 22 15 12 2 1 46 7 14 10 2 2 37 15 61 70
3 Corby Town 31 20 5 6 93 47 16 13 0 3 50 21 15 7 5 3 43 26 46 65
4 Didcot Town 31 16 6 9 63 48 16 10 4 2 34 21 15 6 2 7 29 27 15 54
5 Thame 30 15 4 11 51 50 14 8 2 4 25 19 16 7 2 7 26 31 1 49
6 Sutton Coldfield Town 31 13 9 9 51 41 16 6 6 4 30 27 15 7 3 5 21 14 10 48
7 Bedford Town 30 15 2 13 60 41 15 9 2 4 27 14 15 6 0 9 33 27 19 47
8 Coleshill Town 31 13 8 10 49 44 16 6 4 6 23 21 15 7 4 4 26 23 5 47
9 Berkhamsted 30 13 7 10 48 39 15 6 3 6 21 16 15 7 4 4 27 23 9 46
10 AFC Dunstable 31 13 6 12 49 55 16 5 5 6 30 31 15 8 1 6 19 24 -6 45
11 Cambridge City 31 10 8 13 49 48 15 5 4 6 29 25 16 5 4 7 20 23 1 38
12 Aylesbury United 31 11 5 15 52 67 15 6 1 8 25 30 16 5 4 7 27 37 -15 38
13 Barton Rovers 31 10 8 13 37 52 16 4 4 8 20 35 15 6 4 5 17 17 -15 38
14 AFC Kempston Rovers 31 9 7 15 45 64 15 2 5 8 22 35 16 7 2 7 23 29 -19 34
15 Welwyn Garden City 30 8 9 13 37 47 15 6 3 6 19 20 15 2 6 7 18 27 -10 33
16 Yaxley FC 31 9 4 18 56 83 15 7 0 8 35 41 16 2 4 10 21 42 -27 31
17 Dunstable Town 31 8 6 17 45 72 15 3 4 8 22 38 16 5 2 9 23 34 -27 30
18 Aylesbury 31 7 7 17 38 63 16 4 4 8 15 26 15 3 3 9 23 37 -25 28
19 Kidlington 31 8 4 19 35 72 16 4 3 9 18 33 15 4 1 10 17 39 -37 28
20 North Leigh 31 6 4 21 50 94 15 5 2 8 28 38 16 1 2 13 22 56 -44 22

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