Evenly matched teams: Merthyr Town vs Beaconsfield Town match preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern South
Competition: Sat 03.December
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Penydarren Park (10000 seats)

Merthyr Town are set for a new test after their 2-1 against Hartley Wintney in the previous match. Beaconsfield Town are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Merthyr Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Beaconsfield Town have created more than twice as many corners as Merthyr Town.

Merthyr Town and Beaconsfield 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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Merthyr Town form and stats

With 2 Non League Premier: Southern South wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, Merthyr Town are certainly not brimming with confidence. With Merthyr having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Michael.

Merthyr Town enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hartley Wintney's place. The match ended 2-1. Sweet to taste a league win after three matches without one.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Tiverton Town that finished 2-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Merthyr Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Merthyr as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Merthyr Town has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.

An interesting fact: 8 of the latest 10 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each side.

A decent goal production from Merthyr Town in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Merthyr Town with 17 goals conceded in these matches.

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Beaconsfield Town form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Beaconsfield Town playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Southern South this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Beaconsfield Town are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Weston-super-Mare in their previous game.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Metropolitan Police FC.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Beaconsfield playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 2 Beaconsfield Town wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Beaconsfield Town have another game that requires travelling in just four nights, a Non League Premier: Southern South game versus Truro City. A strenuous diary for the guests!

Beaconsfield Town has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. 10 goals have been conceded by Beaconsfield Town in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Merthyr have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (2-3-0) when facing Beaconsfield Town.

Merthyr Town missing players

Beaconsfield Town missing players

Merthyr Town Beaconsfield Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 3 7 18
7 2 1 Won W 1 3 7
4 1 0 Drew D 2 2 4
7 5 1 Lost L 0 2 7
30 15 3 Scored S 6 12 26
27 17 2 Conceded C 5 10 26
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 72%
67% 88% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 50%
39% 62% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 43% 44%
17% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 29% 17%
72% 88% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 56%
28% 12% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 22%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 22%
 
2.5 0.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5.3
4.8 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2.2
0.5 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4.5 1 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
2.5 0.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
60% 300% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 29%
 
7 5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8.7
2.5 1.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4.7
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern South this season:
  • All of Merthyr Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Beaconsfield Town have created more than twice as many corners as Merthyr Town.
  • Beaconsfield Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Beaconsfield Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Beaconsfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Merthyr Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Merthyr Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Merthyr Town have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Merthyr Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Merthyr Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Weston-super-Mare 18 14 2 2 48 14 9 8 0 1 28 7 9 6 2 1 20 7 34 44
2 Truro City 17 13 3 1 43 13 8 6 2 0 23 2 9 7 1 1 20 11 30 42
3 Chesham United 19 11 6 2 35 20 10 7 3 0 20 9 9 4 3 2 15 11 15 39
4 Poole Town 19 9 4 6 37 29 8 4 1 3 19 16 11 5 3 3 18 13 8 31
5 Bracknell Town 16 8 5 3 39 26 8 3 3 2 19 14 8 5 2 1 20 12 13 29
6 Salisbury 20 9 2 9 28 29 10 4 1 5 11 16 10 5 1 4 17 13 -1 29
7 Dorchester Town 18 8 4 6 26 27 9 6 0 3 16 14 9 2 4 3 10 13 -1 28
8 Tiverton Town 18 8 4 6 29 31 10 4 4 2 17 16 8 4 0 4 12 15 -2 28
9 Swindon Supermarine 18 8 3 7 35 34 10 6 2 2 23 16 8 2 1 5 12 18 1 27
10 Metropolitan Police FC 17 8 2 7 32 29 6 3 0 3 11 11 11 5 2 4 21 18 3 26
11 Merthyr Town 18 7 4 7 30 27 8 2 1 5 15 17 10 5 3 2 15 10 3 25
12 Beaconsfield Town 18 7 4 7 26 26 11 4 2 5 14 16 7 3 2 2 12 10 0 25
13 Hanwell Town 19 7 3 9 25 30 9 5 0 4 14 12 10 2 3 5 11 18 -5 24
14 Hayes & Yeading United 17 6 5 6 29 28 8 3 2 3 12 12 9 3 3 3 17 16 1 23
15 Winchester City 19 5 7 7 27 35 11 1 5 5 12 19 8 4 2 2 15 16 -8 22
16 Harrow Borough 18 5 4 9 23 34 9 3 1 5 8 11 9 2 3 4 15 23 -11 19
17 Plymouth Parkway 13 5 2 6 27 30 7 4 1 2 19 11 6 1 1 4 8 19 -3 17
18 Hartley Wintney 20 5 2 13 24 34 11 3 2 6 15 19 9 2 0 7 9 15 -10 17
19 Yate Town 19 4 5 10 29 45 10 2 3 5 18 25 9 2 2 5 11 20 -16 17
20 Gosport Borough 19 5 1 13 31 43 9 4 1 4 19 18 10 1 0 9 12 25 -12 16
21 Hendon 17 4 4 9 22 34 8 1 3 4 8 11 9 3 1 5 14 23 -12 16
22 North Leigh 19 2 4 13 14 41 9 1 3 5 9 17 10 1 1 8 5 24 -27 10