Non League Premier: Southern match preview and statistics: Merthyr Town fight Harrow Borough

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Penydarren Park (10000 seats)

Merthyr Town and Harrow Borough have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Non League Premier: Southern.

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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Merthyr Town form and stats

Merthyr Town are steadily winning Non League Premier: Southern games and points here at Penydarren Park. 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games.

The home team returns to Penydarren Park after sharing the points with Swindon Supermarine (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Non League Premier: Southern game ended 2-2. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Yate Town.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Merthyr Town handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D1-L1.

The Merthyr Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Merthyr Town have conceded 12 goals.

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Harrow Borough form and stats

4-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Harrow Borough in their Non League Premier: Southern matches away.

Harrow Borough have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Non League Premier: Southern.

The supporters enjoyed Harrow Borough's previous game versus Walton Casuals (placed 17th), a Non League Premier: Southern 2-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Harrow Borough won their away game at Hendon. The scoreline was 1-0.

Harrow Borough are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of six matches.

Harrow Borough find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 15 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Harrow Borough have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Harrow Borough - Merthyr Town 1-0. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Merthyr Town, 1 draw and 2 wins for Harrow Borough. Over 2,5 goals: 1 time; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.

Merthyr Town missing players

Harrow Borough missing players

Merthyr Town Harrow Borough
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 1 Played P 4 12 24
7 6 0 Won W 1 4 7
5 2 1 Drew D 2 4 5
7 2 0 Lost L 1 4 12
23 17 1 Scored S 6 15 28
22 12 1 Conceded C 7 17 40
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 83%
47% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 54%
26% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 29%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 12%
58% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 71%
21% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 12%
32% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 17%
 
2.6 3.2 5 Corners For (avg) C F 1.3 1.6 2.2
3 3.8 7 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.3 3.8 3.4
0.7 0.9 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.7 0.8 0.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
60 60 11 Total Shots T S 11 22 39
26 26 5 Shots on Target S O 5 9 16
54% 54% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 67% 81%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern this season:
  • Harrow Borough have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Harrow Borough have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Harrow Borough haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Merthyr Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Merthyr Town have won significantly more 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 Tiverton Town 22 15 3 4 61 30 10 6 2 2 23 15 12 9 1 2 38 15 31 48
2 Chesham United 21 15 1 5 49 29 11 10 1 0 27 12 10 5 0 5 22 17 20 46
3 Truro City 21 14 3 4 41 21 10 7 2 1 23 11 11 7 1 3 18 10 20 45
4 Swindon Supermarine 20 11 5 4 34 25 10 7 2 1 21 12 10 4 3 3 13 13 9 38
5 Taunton Town 20 11 4 5 42 29 11 8 1 2 26 16 9 3 3 3 16 13 13 37
6 Salisbury 20 10 6 4 39 27 10 8 1 1 22 11 10 2 5 3 17 16 12 36
7 Gosport Borough 23 9 8 6 24 19 11 5 4 2 15 11 12 4 4 4 9 8 5 35
8 Weston-super-Mare 21 9 5 7 41 31 10 4 4 2 22 16 11 5 1 5 19 15 10 32
9 Hayes & Yeading United 19 10 2 7 35 30 9 5 0 4 14 12 10 5 2 3 21 18 5 32
10 Poole Town 17 9 2 6 31 20 5 3 0 2 10 5 12 6 2 4 21 15 11 29
11 Farnborough 21 9 2 10 26 33 11 4 2 5 12 18 10 5 0 5 14 15 -7 29
12 Metropolitan Police FC 22 8 4 10 33 34 11 2 3 6 11 18 11 6 1 4 22 16 -1 28
13 Merthyr Town 19 7 5 7 23 22 10 6 2 2 17 12 9 1 3 5 6 10 1 26
14 Harrow Borough 24 7 5 12 28 40 12 3 1 8 13 23 12 4 4 4 15 17 -12 26
15 Wimborne Town 22 7 4 11 28 35 11 5 2 4 15 16 11 2 2 7 13 19 -7 25
16 Blackfield & Langley 22 6 6 10 27 36 12 4 4 4 14 14 10 2 2 6 13 22 -9 24
17 Walton Casuals 24 7 3 14 32 53 12 3 1 8 15 31 12 4 2 6 17 22 -21 24
18 Hartley Wintney 19 6 5 8 22 28 8 2 2 4 9 14 11 4 3 4 13 14 -6 23
19 Hendon 21 4 6 11 26 39 12 4 3 5 16 19 9 0 3 6 10 20 -13 18
20 Yate Town 21 5 3 13 25 40 10 3 1 6 11 20 11 2 2 7 14 20 -15 18
21 Dorchester Town 23 3 6 14 31 57 13 2 5 6 16 24 10 1 1 8 15 33 -26 15
22 Beaconsfield Town 20 3 4 13 15 35 12 1 3 8 10 21 8 2 1 5 5 14 -20 13

Read more about Non League Premier: Southern

The Southern Football League consists of four divisions: Central Division and South Division (at the seventh highest division level of English football) and Division One Central / Division One South (eight highest level). Teams come from the South West of England, southern Midlands and South Wales.