Soccer game news: Home ticketholders with big hopes before Taunton Town - Merthyr Town

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern South
Competition: Tue 08.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Cygnet Health Care Stadium (2500 seats)

Pre-match most people would expect a noteworthy difference in form between these sides based on the league table so far, with Taunton Town ahead of Merthyr Town by 50 points.

Insights:
  • Taunton Town is in the best form (5-0-1) in Non League Premier: Southern South
  • Merthyr Town have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Non League Premier: Southern South

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Taunton Town form and stats

Taunton Town have been outstanding at home so far in the Non League Premier: Southern South with 13 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss. In general it's been a long time since Taunton Town tasted defeat here at Cygnet Health Care Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.

It's back home for Taunton, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Salisbury away with the result 2-1.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Harrow Borough (2-3).

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 Taunton Town home games with this odds we find eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Taunton as they have a new game in only four days, a Non League Premier: Southern South match thankfully also at home. Hayes & Yeading United are visiting.

Goals are plentiful at Cygnet Health Care Stadium in the league this season as Taunton Town has scored 42 goals here in 15 home games. From these home matches, Taunton Town have conceded only 13 goals.

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Merthyr Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Merthyr Town so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-9 (win-draw-lose).

It's the second away game in a row for Merthyr, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Dorchester Town (placed 20th) last time out.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Kings Langley.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Merthyr Town played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected three times.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wimborne Town in just four days.

For Merthyr, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Merthyr Town has visited these top teams six times, and 6 of 6 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Merthyr Town - Taunton Town 0-3 was the outcome when this pair of squads last played each other, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings involving these contenders: Taunton won four, Merthyr Town triumphed in five and we saw one draw. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Taunton Town missing players

Merthyr Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Taunton Town Merthyr Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 15 7 Played P 6 16 32
20 13 7 Won W 1 2 3
6 1 0 Drew D 0 5 7
6 1 0 Lost L 5 9 22
66 42 17 Scored S 6 16 31
33 13 6 Conceded C 18 33 71
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
84% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 94%
62% 80% 86% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 66%
31% 40% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 44% 44%
16% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 16%
69% 80% 86% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 56%
22% 13% 14% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 3%
12% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 41%
 
1.8 1.2 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 1.7
1.1 0.3 0.8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.6 2.1
0.9 0.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.2 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
4.5 3.3 3.8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3.8 3.7
2.4 2.4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.3 1.4
112% 129% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 58% 43%
 
2.9 2.2 3.8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6.1 6.4
1.3 1.1 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.7 2.6
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern South this season:
  • Merthyr Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won 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 the most conceded goals in the second half (42) 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.
  • Taunton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Taunton Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Taunton Town have scored more than double the goals of Merthyr Town.
  • Taunton Town have the fewest conceded goals (13) at home in Non League Premier: Southern South
  • Taunton Town have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Non League Premier: Southern South
  • Taunton Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Taunton Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Taunton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Taunton Town is in the best form (5-0-1) in Non League Premier: Southern South

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hayes & Yeading United 34 22 5 7 83 32 17 13 1 3 48 16 17 9 4 4 35 16 51 71
2 Metropolitan Police FC 35 21 7 7 60 37 16 8 5 3 23 16 19 13 2 4 37 21 23 70
3 Farnborough 32 21 5 6 63 38 16 12 1 3 34 15 16 9 4 3 29 23 25 68
4 Taunton Town 32 20 6 6 66 33 15 13 1 1 42 13 17 7 5 5 24 20 33 66
5 Chesham United 34 17 10 7 62 40 17 11 5 1 40 17 17 6 5 6 22 23 22 61
6 Gosport Borough 35 16 8 11 57 46 18 10 4 4 33 21 17 6 4 7 24 25 11 56
7 Weston-super-Mare 31 16 7 8 46 30 18 8 5 5 28 21 13 8 2 3 18 9 16 55
8 Yate Town 30 15 8 7 48 33 17 7 6 4 26 22 13 8 2 3 22 11 15 53
9 Truro City 31 15 7 9 51 41 14 8 3 3 21 14 17 7 4 6 30 27 10 52
10 Poole Town 34 15 7 12 58 56 17 10 3 4 30 25 17 5 4 8 28 31 2 52
11 Walton Casuals 34 14 8 12 46 50 16 8 6 2 28 22 18 6 2 10 18 28 -4 50
12 Beaconsfield Town 35 13 5 17 58 71 17 7 4 6 37 29 18 6 1 11 21 42 -13 44
13 Harrow Borough 33 13 3 17 52 66 17 8 2 7 28 30 16 5 1 10 24 36 -14 42
14 Hendon 35 12 5 18 47 54 17 8 0 9 24 29 18 4 5 9 23 25 -7 41
15 Swindon Supermarine 33 10 8 15 45 54 16 8 3 5 28 21 17 2 5 10 17 33 -9 38
16 Salisbury 31 10 8 13 44 58 17 4 5 8 20 30 14 6 3 5 24 28 -14 38
17 Tiverton Town 31 9 8 14 42 47 15 5 5 5 22 17 16 4 3 9 20 30 -5 35
18 Hartley Wintney 33 10 4 19 42 61 18 8 1 9 19 23 15 2 3 10 23 38 -19 34
19 Kings Langley 35 7 8 20 40 59 17 4 5 8 25 21 18 3 3 12 15 38 -19 29
20 Dorchester Town 34 8 4 22 33 53 18 6 2 10 22 25 16 2 2 12 11 28 -20 28
21 Merthyr Town 32 3 7 22 31 71 16 1 2 13 15 38 16 2 5 9 16 33 -40 16
22 Wimborne Town 30 3 6 21 27 71 13 2 3 8 15 28 17 1 3 13 12 43 -44 15

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hayes & Yeading United 34 22 5 7 83 32 17 13 1 3 48 16 17 9 4 4 35 16 51 71
2 Metropolitan Police FC 35 21 7 7 60 37 16 8 5 3 23 16 19 13 2 4 37 21 23 70
3 Farnborough 32 21 5 6 63 38 16 12 1 3 34 15 16 9 4 3 29 23 25 68
4 Taunton Town 32 20 6 6 66 33 15 13 1 1 42 13 17 7 5 5 24 20 33 66
5 Chesham United 34 17 10 7 62 40 17 11 5 1 40 17 17 6 5 6 22 23 22 61
6 Gosport Borough 35 16 8 11 57 46 18 10 4 4 33 21 17 6 4 7 24 25 11 56
7 Weston-super-Mare 31 16 7 8 46 30 18 8 5 5 28 21 13 8 2 3 18 9 16 55
8 Yate Town 30 15 8 7 48 33 17 7 6 4 26 22 13 8 2 3 22 11 15 53
9 Truro City 31 15 7 9 51 41 14 8 3 3 21 14 17 7 4 6 30 27 10 52
10 Poole Town 34 15 7 12 58 56 17 10 3 4 30 25 17 5 4 8 28 31 2 52
11 Walton Casuals 34 14 8 12 46 50 16 8 6 2 28 22 18 6 2 10 18 28 -4 50
12 Beaconsfield Town 35 13 5 17 58 71 17 7 4 6 37 29 18 6 1 11 21 42 -13 44
13 Harrow Borough 33 13 3 17 52 66 17 8 2 7 28 30 16 5 1 10 24 36 -14 42
14 Hendon 35 12 5 18 47 54 17 8 0 9 24 29 18 4 5 9 23 25 -7 41
15 Swindon Supermarine 33 10 8 15 45 54 16 8 3 5 28 21 17 2 5 10 17 33 -9 38
16 Salisbury 31 10 8 13 44 58 17 4 5 8 20 30 14 6 3 5 24 28 -14 38
17 Tiverton Town 31 9 8 14 42 47 15 5 5 5 22 17 16 4 3 9 20 30 -5 35
18 Hartley Wintney 33 10 4 19 42 61 18 8 1 9 19 23 15 2 3 10 23 38 -19 34
19 Kings Langley 35 7 8 20 40 59 17 4 5 8 25 21 18 3 3 12 15 38 -19 29
20 Dorchester Town 34 8 4 22 33 53 18 6 2 10 22 25 16 2 2 12 11 28 -20 28
21 Merthyr Town 32 3 7 22 31 71 16 1 2 13 15 38 16 2 5 9 16 33 -40 16
22 Wimborne Town 30 3 6 21 27 71 13 2 3 8 15 28 17 1 3 13 12 43 -44 15

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