Non League Premier: Southern match prediction: Little separates Taunton Town and Truro City in quality

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern
Date: Wed 23.October
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Viridor Stadium (2500 seats)

Taunton Town and Truro City are both riding high in the Non League Premier: Southern with their 6th and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

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

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Viridor Stadium as Taunton Town have scored 12 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Non League Premier: Southern are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Taunton Town after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Happy days for Taunton Town in their previous game, a Non League Premier: Southern match away at Walton Casuals (placed 16th) that ended with a 5-1 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Salisbury (1-2).

As mentioned above, Taunton Town "killed" Walton Casuals in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Taunton Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 0 Lost 0.

Taunton Town are traveling soon after this match as the Fa Trophy match at Wimborne Town awaits in three days.

The Taunton Town manager R. Dray has got the team scoring with 12 from 6 home games in the league. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Taunton Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Truro City form and stats

Truro City, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Non League Premier: Southern, have an excellent away record in the Non League Premier: Southern so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Truro City, as they have won on their previous two travels.

The supporters enjoyed Truro City's previous game versus Hendon (placed 21st), a Non League Premier: Southern 2-1 win played at home. Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Poole Town.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Truro City playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were 2 Truro City wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Truro City, the Fa Trophy home match versus Blackfield & Langley. Busy days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Truro City are regular goalscorers on their travels. Truro City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Taunton Town 0 wins, 1 draw and Truro City 1 victory. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 games had two or less.

Taunton Town missing players

Truro City missing players

Taunton Town Truro City
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 6 13
6 4 2 Won W 0 4 9
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
25 12 6 Scored S 1 12 25
20 10 3 Conceded C 2 5 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 85%
77% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 62%
46% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 15%
15% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
77% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 38%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 54%
15% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 8%
 
4.3 3 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 0 2.9
2.2 1 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 2.5
0.5 0.2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Taunton Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Truro City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Taunton Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Taunton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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.
  • Truro City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Truro City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Truro City have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Truro City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Truro City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Taunton Town
All Fa Trophy Non League Premier: Southern FA Cup Non League Div One: Southern S & W
All Home Away Home vs top
28-09-19 No Metropolitan Police FC 1 - 1 Taunton Town
05-10-19 No Taunton Town 3 - 1 Farnborough
12-10-19 No Taunton Town 2 - 1 Hayes & Yeading United
15-10-19 No Salisbury 2 - 1 Taunton Town
19-10-19 No Walton Casuals 1 - 5 Taunton Town
23-10-19 No Taunton Town 20:45 Truro City
26-10-19 FAT Wimborne Town 16:00 Taunton Town
02-11-19 No Taunton Town 16:00 Hendon
09-11-19 No Merthyr Town 16:00 Taunton Town
16-11-19 No Taunton Town 16:00 Blackfield & Langley
Truro City
All Fa Trophy Non League Premier: Southern FA Cup Vanarama National League South
All Home Away Away vs top
28-09-19 No Truro City 3 - 0 Hayes & Yeading United
05-10-19 No Yate Town 0 - 3 Truro City
12-10-19 No Harrow Borough 1 - 2 Truro City
15-10-19 No Truro City 3 - 3 Poole Town
19-10-19 No Truro City 2 - 1 Hendon
23-10-19 No Taunton Town 20:45 Truro City
26-10-19 FAT Truro City 16:00 Blackfield & Langley
02-11-19 No Truro City 16:00 Merthyr Town
09-11-19 No Salisbury 16:00 Truro City
16-11-19 No Truro City 16:00 Hartley Wintney

  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 13 9 2 2 36 15 7 4 2 1 16 9 6 5 0 1 20 6 21 29
2 Truro City 13 9 2 2 25 11 7 5 1 1 13 6 6 4 1 1 12 5 14 29
3 Chesham United 13 8 1 4 26 19 7 6 1 0 15 7 6 2 0 4 11 12 7 25
4 Salisbury 12 7 3 2 27 18 7 6 0 1 16 8 5 1 3 1 11 10 9 24
5 Poole Town 10 7 2 1 24 10 4 3 0 1 10 4 6 4 2 0 14 6 14 23
6 Taunton Town 13 6 4 3 25 20 6 4 1 1 12 10 7 2 3 2 13 10 5 22
7 Gosport Borough 13 6 3 4 13 9 6 4 1 1 9 5 7 2 2 3 4 4 4 21
8 Swindon Supermarine 13 6 3 4 21 19 6 4 1 1 13 8 7 2 2 3 8 11 2 21
9 Merthyr Town 13 5 3 5 14 12 6 4 1 1 11 6 7 1 2 4 3 6 2 18
10 Weston-super-Mare 12 4 4 4 20 16 5 2 3 0 11 6 7 2 1 4 9 10 4 16
11 Blackfield & Langley 12 5 1 6 16 19 6 4 1 1 10 6 6 1 0 5 6 13 -3 16
12 Hartley Wintney 12 4 4 4 11 14 5 1 2 2 4 7 7 3 2 2 7 7 -3 16
13 Harrow Borough 12 4 3 5 16 19 6 2 1 3 7 8 6 2 2 2 9 11 -3 15
14 Hayes & Yeading United 11 4 2 5 19 21 5 3 0 2 10 8 6 1 2 3 9 13 -2 14
15 Metropolitan Police FC 13 4 2 7 17 22 7 1 1 5 6 13 6 3 1 2 11 9 -5 14
16 Walton Casuals 12 4 1 7 16 23 7 2 1 4 8 15 5 2 0 3 8 8 -7 13
17 Yate Town 13 4 1 8 17 26 6 2 1 3 6 12 7 2 0 5 11 14 -9 13
18 Wimborne Town 13 3 3 7 16 21 6 2 2 2 8 10 7 1 1 5 8 11 -5 12
19 Dorchester Town 13 3 3 7 16 25 7 2 3 2 10 9 6 1 0 5 6 16 -9 12
20 Farnborough 12 4 0 8 12 26 6 2 0 4 4 15 6 2 0 4 8 11 -14 12
21 Hendon 11 1 4 6 14 22 6 1 2 3 7 12 5 0 2 3 7 10 -8 7
22 Beaconsfield Town 11 2 1 8 9 23 7 1 1 5 6 14 4 1 0 3 3 9 -14 7

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