Non League Premier: Southern preview: Can Poole Town edge out victory against Salisbury?

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern
Competition: Tue 11.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The BlackGold Stadium (2000 seats)

Poole Town perform at a high level so far being 7th in the table. Salisbury can look both up and down from their 8th position.

It's no vacation for neither Poole Town nor Salisbury 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.

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Poole Town form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 8 Non League Premier: Southern games here at The BlackGold Stadium for Poole Town. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

The home team returns to The BlackGold Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Harrow Borough (placed 17th) on their last time out; the Non League Premier: Southern game ended 0-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Merthyr Town that ended 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Poole Town handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and three defeats.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Non League Premier: Southern game versus Truro City in only four days. This game is also played here at The BlackGold Stadium.

The Poole Town manager T. Killick has got the team scoring with 16 from 8 home games in the league. Poole Town have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Salisbury form and stats

Playing away, Salisbury have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the Non League Premier: Southern this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Salisbury, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Metropolitan Police FC (placed 10th). Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Tiverton Town.

Salisbury were so close to getting something from the game against Metropolitan Police FC, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime.

Salisbury are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and zero defeats. From a total of one match.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Salisbury manager S. Claridge as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Taunton Town.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Salisbury are regular goalscorers on their travels. Salisbury have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Salisbury - Poole Town 2-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Poole Town wins - draws - Salisbury wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Poole Town missing players

Salisbury missing players

Poole Town Salisbury
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 8 2 Played P 4 12 25
13 5 2 Won W 0 3 12
5 1 0 Drew D 2 5 7
6 2 0 Lost L 2 4 6
41 16 6 Scored S 5 24 51
24 7 2 Conceded C 8 19 36
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
79% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 88%
58% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 68%
25% 38% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 52%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 42% 32%
58% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 58% 68%
33% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 20%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 16%
 
2.6 2.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.9 2.8
2.7 2.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 2.1 2.2
1.4 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.7 0.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
82 40 11 Total Shots T S 19 34 77
38 17 5 Shots on Target S O 14 20 38
58% 59% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 90% 71%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern this season:
  • Poole Town has the fewest conceded goals (24)
  • Poole Town has the fewest conceded goals (7) at home
  • Poole Town has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9)
  • Poole Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Poole Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Poole 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 Chesham United 28 19 2 7 61 37 14 12 2 0 33 13 14 7 0 7 28 24 24 59
2 Truro City 27 18 3 6 53 27 13 9 2 2 29 13 14 9 1 4 24 14 26 57
3 Tiverton Town 27 16 6 5 67 35 13 7 3 3 27 18 14 9 3 2 40 17 32 54
4 Taunton Town 26 15 5 6 55 39 14 11 1 2 35 20 12 4 4 4 20 19 16 50
5 Swindon Supermarine 27 15 5 7 46 36 14 9 2 3 27 19 13 6 3 4 19 17 10 50
6 Hayes & Yeading United 28 15 4 9 55 39 14 7 2 5 23 16 14 8 2 4 32 23 16 49
7 Poole Town 24 13 5 6 41 24 8 5 1 2 16 7 16 8 4 4 25 17 17 44
8 Salisbury 25 12 7 6 51 36 13 9 2 2 27 17 12 3 5 4 24 19 15 43
9 Gosport Borough 29 11 9 9 32 28 14 7 5 2 19 13 15 4 4 7 13 15 4 42
10 Metropolitan Police FC 28 12 4 12 43 45 15 5 3 7 19 24 13 7 1 5 24 21 -2 40
11 Weston-super-Mare 27 11 6 10 47 44 13 6 4 3 26 22 14 5 2 7 21 22 3 39
12 Hendon 27 10 6 11 42 41 15 7 3 5 24 21 12 3 3 6 18 20 1 36
13 Farnborough 27 11 3 13 33 42 14 6 3 5 17 20 13 5 0 8 16 22 -9 36
14 Wimborne Town 28 10 5 13 36 42 14 7 2 5 19 18 14 3 3 8 17 24 -6 35
15 Merthyr Town 26 8 8 10 32 33 14 7 3 4 23 18 12 1 5 6 9 15 -1 32
16 Blackfield & Langley 28 8 7 13 32 43 15 6 4 5 18 16 13 2 3 8 14 27 -11 31
17 Harrow Borough 30 8 7 15 36 53 15 4 2 9 17 29 15 4 5 6 19 24 -17 31
18 Hartley Wintney 25 8 6 11 33 38 10 3 3 4 13 16 15 5 3 7 20 22 -5 30
19 Yate Town 28 7 5 16 36 50 14 5 2 7 20 25 14 2 3 9 16 25 -14 26
20 Walton Casuals 30 7 5 18 38 65 15 3 2 10 18 38 15 4 3 8 20 27 -27 26
21 Beaconsfield Town 27 4 6 17 22 49 14 2 4 8 15 24 13 2 2 9 7 25 -27 18
22 Dorchester Town 30 3 6 21 34 79 16 2 5 9 18 35 14 1 1 12 16 44 -45 15

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.