Taunton Town vs Gosport Borough betting preview: Visitors should struggle

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

A key match in Non League Premier: Southern as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 5th position and the visitors placed 7th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

It's no vacation for neither Taunton Town nor Gosport Borough 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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Taunton Town form and stats

Taunton Town have performed here this season with 8 wins from 11 Non League Premier: Southern matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.

In their previous game, the manager R. Dray led his Taunton Town to a defeat in the Non League Premier: Southern match away at Tiverton Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Ahead of that match, Taunton Town lost 1-2 at home to Weston-super-Mare.

A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Tiverton Town) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Taunton Town's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won 2 matches, drawn 2 and lost 1.

The Taunton Town manager R. Dray has got the team scoring with 26 from 11 home games in the league. Taunton Town have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Gosport Borough form and stats

As the visiting team in Non League Premier: Southern matches, Gosport Borough have produced an overall stat of 4-4-4 so far. Visiting Gosport Borough has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Gosport Borough are looking to quickly end their 308 minutes long goal drought in the Non League Premier: Southern.

Gosport Borough failed to get anything from their last game, a Non League Premier: Southern home match vs Hartley Wintney (placed 18th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Blackfield & Langley that ended 0-0.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Gosport Borough when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 1 and winning 2 games.

The attacking power of Gosport Borough when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Gosport Borough are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Gosport Borough - Taunton Town 3-0, played this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 3 Taunton Town victories, 1 draw and 3 Gosport Borough wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Taunton Town missing players

Gosport Borough missing players

Taunton Town Gosport Borough
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 11 4 Played P 4 12 23
11 8 3 Won W 1 4 9
4 1 1 Drew D 0 4 8
5 2 0 Lost L 3 4 6
42 26 9 Scored S 3 9 24
29 16 4 Conceded C 5 8 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 83%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 33% 48%
75% 82% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 17% 26%
45% 55% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 9%
25% 27% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 9%
70% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 25% 35%
20% 18% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 42% 39%
10% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 58% 43%
 
4.7 3.1 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 1.7 1.2 2.5
3.5 2.6 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 1 2.5 2.5
1.2 1 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.1
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
81 35 2 Total Shots T S 13 30 59
33 13 2 Shots on Target S O 0 6 18
64% 115% 150% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 56%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern this season:
  • All of Taunton Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gosport Borough has the fewest conceded goals (19)
  • Gosport Borough has the fewest conceded goals (8) away
  • Gosport Borough has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10)
  • Gosport Borough has the fewest matches over the total-line (6)
  • Gosport Borough has the most matches under the total-line (17)
  • Gosport Borough have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Taunton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Taunton Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gosport Borough have scored away.
  • Taunton Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Taunton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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.