Merthyr Town know they have a difficult excursion to Yate Town and their The Jelf Stadium. This preview has all the information you need ahead of the game.
- Yate Town have the most conceded goals (51) in Non League Premier: Southern South
- Merthyr Town have scored in all their matches so far.
This looks to be an intriguing game with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!
Yate Town form and stats
Yate Town's struggle is real here at The Jelf Stadium with only 9 points collected from 11 Non League Premier: Southern South games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-6.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 221 minutes without scoring a league goal. Tooze was the last player to find the net.
Yate Town are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Hayes & Yeading United.
Before that game, the home loss against Chesham United with the scoreline 0-3.It should be added that a peek at the 10 most recent league games reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
A decent goal production from Yate in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Yate Town have allowed the opposition to score 28 goals here at The Jelf Stadium.
Merthyr Town form and stats
The visitors are W5-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Non League Premier: Southern South.
Merthyr Town failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Gosport Borough (placed 17th) that ended with defeat 2-3. That loss was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points. Leading 2-0 was not enough for Merthyr in their fight with Gosport Borough last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss. Merthyr Town were so close to getting something from the game against Gosport Borough, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Beaconsfield Town.Goal hungry football fans should note that 12 of this team's 15 most recent league games have ended with three goals or more.
The travelling fans enjoy Merthyr Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. Merthyr have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Yate Town won one game, four matches ended in a draw and Merthyr Town got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two.
Yate Town missing players
Merthyr Town missing players
| Yate Town | Merthyr Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 30 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 35 |
| 51 | 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 32 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 89% | 95% |
| 73% | 82% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 56% | 74% |
| 50% | 64% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 22% | 47% |
| 36% | 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 11% | 26% |
| 36% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 67% | 79% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 33% | 21% |
| 45% | 45% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.1 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.4 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| 4.1 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 27% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 43% | 50% |
| 11.5 | 17 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 8 | 7.7 |
| 5.2 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | 2.9 |
- Merthyr Town have scored in all their matches so far.
- Merthyr Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Yate Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Yate Town have the most conceded goals (28) at home in Non League Premier: Southern South
- Yate Town have the most conceded goals (51) in Non League Premier: Southern South
- Yate Town have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Weston-super-Mare | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 38 | 47 |
| 2 | Truro City | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 30 | 46 |
| 3 | Chesham United | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Poole Town | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Tiverton Town | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 31 |
| 6 | Dorchester Town | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 31 |
| 7 | Bracknell Town | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 30 |
| 8 | Salisbury | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 15 | -2 | 30 |
| 9 | Hayes & Yeading United | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 29 |
| 10 | Beaconsfield Town | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Swindon Supermarine | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | Merthyr Town | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| 13 | Hanwell Town | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 27 |
| 14 | Metropolitan Police FC | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 26 |
| 15 | Harrow Borough | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 25 | -11 | 22 |
| 16 | Winchester City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 20 | -12 | 22 |
| 17 | Gosport Borough | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 36 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -10 | 22 |
| 18 | Yate Town | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -21 | 20 |
| 19 | Plymouth Parkway | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -4 | 18 |
| 20 | Hendon | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 26 | -12 | 17 |
| 21 | Hartley Wintney | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 20 | -15 | 17 |
| 22 | North Leigh | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 26 | -32 | 10 |
