Barnstaple Town are welcoming Melksham Town for another important game after their 1-2 result against 7th-placed Highworth Town.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Barnstaple Town form and stats
Barnstaple Town's struggle is real here with only 3 points collected from 6 Non League Div One: Southern S & W games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-0-5. All in all it has been a very rough period for Barnstaple Town who hasn’t won a game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against AFC Totton, 98 days ago. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the AFC Totton game.
In their previous game, led his Barnstaple Town to a defeat in the Non League Div One: Southern S & W match away at Highworth Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Heartbreak before that as Barnstaple Town lost 1-3 at Sholing's place.
The lack of attacking qualities in Barnstaple Town means that they have only scored 3 goals in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Barnstaple Town having conceded 16 goals here so far.
Melksham Town form and stats
Melksham Town have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Non League Div One: Southern S & W, after 1-2-3 (6 played). Melksham Town have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Larkhall Athletic (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The Non League Div One: Southern S & W match ended in a draw 2-2. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against AFC Totton.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sholing in just two days.
Melksham Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Melksham Town are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 8 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 0 Barnstaple Town victories, 0 draws and 2 Melksham Town wins. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.Barnstaple Town missing players
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| Barnstaple Town | Melksham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 23 |
| 44 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 15 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 87% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 73% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 47% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 53% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 7% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- All of Melksham Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Barnstaple Town has the fewest points (3) at home
- Barnstaple Town has the fewest scored goals (12)
- Barnstaple Town has the fewest scored goals (3) at home
- Barnstaple Town has the most conceded goals (44)
- Barnstaple Town has the the worst goal difference (-13) at home
- Barnstaple Town has the the worst goal difference (-32)
- Barnstaple Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Barnstaple Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melksham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Melksham Town have scored at least twice as many goals away as Barnstaple Town have scored home.
- Melksham Town 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 | Frome Town | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Thatcham Town | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 24 | 33 |
| 3 | Winchester City | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Paulton Rovers | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | Evesham United | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Cinderford Town | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Highworth Town | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Mangotsfield United | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -5 | 20 |
| 9 | Slimbridge | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Bristol Manor Farm | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Larkhall Athletic | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Willand Rovers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 16 |
| 13 | Sholing | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Cirencester Town | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Bideford | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 13 |
| 16 | Moneyfields | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -8 | 13 |
| 17 | Melksham Town | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 11 |
| 18 | AFC Totton | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -12 | 11 |
| 19 | Basingstoke Town | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 21 | -19 | 9 |
| 20 | Barnstaple Town | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -32 | 6 |