Salisbury - Merthyr Town. 6th place against 20th place. The ball is round - get a complete match preview here!
- Salisbury have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Merthyr Town have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Non League Premier: Southern South
It's no vacation for neither Salisbury nor Merthyr Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Salisbury form and stats
Salisbury have played 9 Non League Premier: Southern South games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Salisbury lost their last game at Plymouth Parkway after a 0-4 scoreline. Salisbury were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that, Salisbury had a Non League Premier: Southern South home game versus Walton Casuals which ended with a victory 2-1.There will be little rest for Salisbury after this match as they are travelling to Farnborough for a Non League Premier: Southern South game in only four days.
Salisbury are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Salisbury defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Merthyr Town form and stats
There's been little loot from Merthyr Town's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Non League Premier: Southern South. Merthyr Town only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
Merthyr are travelling again after losing away to Gosport Borough in their previous match (0-5). Merthyr Town lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Dorchester Town.After this away game Merthyr return home for a Non League Premier: Southern South game against Harrow Borough. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Merthyr Town have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. For Merthyr Town, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Merthyr has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Previous four meetings involving these participants: Salisbury won three, Merthyr Town triumphed in zero and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.Salisbury missing players
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| Salisbury | Merthyr Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 26 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 27 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 34 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 69% |
| 38% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 50% |
| 19% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 12% |
| 75% | 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 86% | 69% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 19% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 14% | 25% |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2.5 | 1.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1.2 |
| 72% | 55% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 83% |
| 5.6 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
- All of Merthyr Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Salisbury's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Merthyr Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Merthyr Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Merthyr Town have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Non League Premier: Southern South
- Merthyr Town have the most dropped points from leading position (15) 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.
- Salisbury have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Salisbury have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Salisbury 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 | Farnborough | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 37 |
| 2 | Gosport Borough | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Hayes & Yeading United | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 28 |
| 4 | Poole Town | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 5 | Metropolitan Police FC | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | Salisbury | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 7 | Taunton Town | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 24 |
| 8 | Harrow Borough | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | Chesham United | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Yate Town | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 11 | Truro City | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 12 | Weston-super-Mare | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| 13 | Hendon | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Walton Casuals | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | Tiverton Town | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 16 | Swindon Supermarine | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 18 |
| 17 | Beaconsfield Town | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 35 | -20 | 17 |
| 18 | Dorchester Town | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 16 |
| 19 | Hartley Wintney | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 23 | -15 | 15 |
| 20 | Merthyr Town | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -15 | 11 |
| 21 | Kings Langley | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -11 | 10 |
| 22 | Wimborne Town | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -12 | 7 |