Farnborough vs Merthyr Town preview: Visitors face a demanding 90 minutes at Paddy Power Park

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern South
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Paddy Power Park (4163 seats)

Farnborough - Merthyr Town. 1st place hosts 21st place. Nothing is certain - get a broad preview here!

Insights:
  • Farnborough have the most scored goals (41) in Non League Premier: Southern South
  • Merthyr Town is in the worst form (0-1-5)

Little time to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a Non League Premier: Southern South match only three days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Harrow Borough.

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Farnborough form and stats

8-1-1 is the performance here at Paddy Power Park so far in the Non League Premier: Southern South, giving Farnborough a total of 25 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results! Ever since the Harrow Borough game Farnborough has been unbeatable here at Paddy Power Park producing six straight wins.

Farnborough enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Harrow Borough's place. The match ended 2-1.

A Fa Trophy defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Kingstonian.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Farnborough home games with this odds we find two games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in one win, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (22 in 10 games), Farnborough's attacking play is working. Farnborough are not conceding a lot of goals here at Paddy Power Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.

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Merthyr Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Merthyr Town's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Non League Premier: Southern South. Merthyr Town only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. With the Merthyr losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Merthyr are travelling again after losing away to Hayes & Yeading United in their previous match (0-3).

A loss against Harrow Borough was the result prior to that, in a home game.

You'll want to know how Merthyr Town managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Merthyr have conceded 21 goals in these games. Merthyr has visited these top teams five times, and 5 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other before in this season, with the match result Merthyr Town - Farnborough 2-3 logged in the official records. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - two - four (Farnborough wins - draws - Merthyr Town wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Farnborough missing players

Merthyr Town missing players

Farnborough Merthyr Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 10 3 Played P 5 9 19
14 8 3 Won W 1 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 1 3 5
3 1 0 Lost L 3 5 12
41 22 8 Scored S 5 8 20
23 8 1 Conceded C 14 21 41
94% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 60% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 68%
50% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 44% 42%
28% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 11% 11%
67% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 67% 63%
33% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 5%
6% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 32%
 
3.6 2.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0.6
1.5 0.9 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0.6
0.3 0.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 7.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 1.2
3.6 3.1 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0.8
65% 73% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
3.5 2 2.7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 3.1
1.7 0.7 0.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1.1
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern South this season:
  • All of Merthyr Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Farnborough have created more than twice as many corners as Merthyr Town.
  • Farnborough have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Farnborough have scored more than double the goals of Merthyr Town.
  • Farnborough have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Non League Premier: Southern South
  • Farnborough have the most points (25) at home in Non League Premier: Southern South
  • Farnborough have the most points from losing position (15) in Non League Premier: Southern South
  • Farnborough have the most scored goals (41) in Non League Premier: Southern South
  • Farnborough have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Farnborough have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Merthyr Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Merthyr Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Merthyr Town have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Non League Premier: Southern South
  • Merthyr Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Merthyr Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Merthyr Town is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Farnborough 18 14 1 3 41 23 10 8 1 1 22 8 8 6 0 2 19 15 18 43
2 Metropolitan Police FC 17 11 4 2 26 10 8 4 3 1 9 4 9 7 1 1 17 6 16 37
3 Hayes & Yeading United 14 11 2 1 37 11 6 6 0 0 19 4 8 5 2 1 18 7 26 35
4 Gosport Borough 19 11 2 6 32 21 10 7 1 2 24 13 9 4 1 4 8 8 11 35
5 Chesham United 20 8 7 5 33 29 9 5 3 1 21 12 11 3 4 4 12 17 4 31
6 Harrow Borough 17 10 0 7 28 22 9 5 0 4 12 13 8 5 0 3 16 9 6 30
7 Yate Town 17 8 5 4 29 20 10 4 4 2 18 12 7 4 1 2 11 8 9 29
8 Poole Town 20 8 5 7 31 32 10 4 2 4 12 18 10 4 3 3 19 14 -1 29
9 Taunton Town 17 8 4 5 30 20 7 5 1 1 17 6 10 3 3 4 13 14 10 28
10 Weston-super-Mare 17 9 1 7 23 17 11 5 1 5 16 15 6 4 0 2 7 2 6 28
11 Salisbury 18 8 4 6 29 29 10 4 2 4 15 16 8 4 2 2 14 13 0 28
12 Truro City 16 8 3 5 24 18 8 3 2 3 9 10 8 5 1 2 15 8 6 27
13 Hendon 20 8 2 10 30 32 10 5 0 5 16 18 10 3 2 5 14 14 -2 26
14 Walton Casuals 19 7 4 8 26 35 9 4 3 2 14 17 10 3 1 6 12 18 -9 25
15 Tiverton Town 17 6 4 7 25 22 10 3 3 4 15 11 7 3 1 3 10 11 3 22
16 Swindon Supermarine 20 5 7 8 26 32 10 3 3 4 14 13 10 2 4 4 12 19 -6 22
17 Beaconsfield Town 21 6 4 11 32 50 6 1 3 2 14 14 15 5 1 9 18 36 -18 22
18 Dorchester Town 21 6 1 14 21 30 10 4 0 6 12 11 11 2 1 8 9 19 -9 19
19 Hartley Wintney 18 4 4 10 24 41 9 3 1 5 9 14 9 1 3 5 15 27 -17 16
20 Kings Langley 20 3 5 12 20 31 11 3 2 6 13 11 9 0 3 6 7 20 -11 14
21 Merthyr Town 19 2 5 12 20 41 10 1 2 7 12 20 9 1 3 5 8 21 -21 11
22 Wimborne Town 17 1 4 12 13 34 8 0 2 6 8 19 9 1 2 6 5 15 -21 7