Non League Premier: Southern preview: Can Truro City edge out victory against Taunton Town?

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Treyew Road (3500 seats)

A key match in Non League Premier: Southern as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Truro City in 1st position and Taunton Town placed 6th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Taunton Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Non League Premier: Southern game only three sleeps ago.

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Truro City form and stats

Truro City, who have the the best goal difference (+35) in Non League Premier: Southern, are steadily winning Non League Premier: Southern games and points here at Treyew Road. 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games. Two home wins in a row for Truro City bring valid hopes of a third.

A good away victory last time out for Truro City, who won 4-1 against Hendon (placed 13th). Ahead of that match, Truro City won a home game hosting Harrow Borough (4-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Truro City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost two.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (33 in 14 games), Truro City's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Truro City have conceded 14 goals.

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Taunton Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Premier: Southern travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Taunton Town's last game was the home draw against Hendon (3-3). A 2-2 draw at Hayes & Yeading United's stadium before that.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Taunton Town, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

We have checked recent matches where Taunton Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were three victories, one draw and one defeat.

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

Taunton Town has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 14 games. Taunton Town have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Taunton Town - Truro City 2-0 played earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Truro City victory, one draw and one Taunton Town win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Truro City missing players

Taunton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Truro City Taunton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 14 4 Played P 5 14 29
21 10 2 Won W 1 4 15
3 2 1 Drew D 2 5 7
6 2 1 Lost L 2 5 7
64 33 7 Scored S 8 24 62
29 14 4 Conceded C 9 25 48
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 79% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 97%
63% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 71% 79%
33% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 43% 52%
23% 29% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 29% 34%
47% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 79% 76%
40% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 17%
13% 14% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 7%
 
3.7 4.4 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5.5 3.8
2.7 3.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 3.6 2.8
0.9 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
185 132 39 Total Shots T S 43 78 131
86 63 24 Shots on Target S O 13 31 54
56% 38% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 45% 70%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern this season:
  • Taunton Town has the fewest matches under the total-line (5)
  • Taunton Town has the most matches over the total-line (23)
  • Taunton Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Taunton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Truro City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15)
  • Truro City has the the best goal difference (+35)
  • Truro City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Truro City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Truro City 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 Truro City 30 21 3 6 64 29 14 10 2 2 33 14 16 11 1 4 31 15 35 66
2 Chesham United 32 21 3 8 69 42 16 13 2 1 37 15 16 8 1 7 32 27 27 66
3 Swindon Supermarine 31 17 6 8 50 40 15 9 3 3 28 20 16 8 3 5 22 20 10 57
4 Tiverton Town 29 16 7 6 69 41 14 7 4 3 29 20 15 9 3 3 40 21 28 55
5 Hayes & Yeading United 31 16 6 9 64 42 16 8 3 5 31 18 15 8 3 4 33 24 22 54
6 Taunton Town 29 15 7 7 62 48 15 11 2 2 38 23 14 4 5 5 24 25 14 52
7 Salisbury 28 13 8 7 53 39 15 10 2 3 29 20 13 3 6 4 24 19 14 47
8 Gosport Borough 32 12 10 10 34 32 16 8 6 2 21 14 16 4 4 8 13 18 2 46
9 Weston-super-Mare 29 13 6 10 54 45 14 7 4 3 31 22 15 6 2 7 23 23 9 45
10 Poole Town 25 13 5 7 42 26 8 5 1 2 16 7 17 8 4 5 26 19 16 44
11 Metropolitan Police FC 29 13 4 12 45 45 16 6 3 7 21 24 13 7 1 5 24 21 0 43
12 Merthyr Town 30 9 11 10 36 35 16 8 4 4 27 20 14 1 7 6 9 15 1 38
13 Hendon 30 10 7 13 46 50 16 7 3 6 25 25 14 3 4 7 21 25 -4 37
14 Wimborne Town 32 10 7 15 39 51 16 7 3 6 20 20 16 3 4 9 19 31 -12 37
15 Farnborough 28 11 3 14 33 43 15 6 3 6 17 21 13 5 0 8 16 22 -10 36
16 Hartley Wintney 26 9 6 11 36 38 10 3 3 4 13 16 16 6 3 7 23 22 -2 33
17 Blackfield & Langley 30 8 8 14 32 49 16 6 5 5 18 16 14 2 3 9 14 33 -17 32
18 Harrow Borough 32 8 8 16 39 59 16 4 3 9 19 31 16 4 5 7 20 28 -20 32
19 Yate Town 30 8 5 17 38 52 15 6 2 7 22 25 15 2 3 10 16 27 -14 29
20 Walton Casuals 32 7 5 20 39 70 16 3 2 11 18 41 16 4 3 9 21 29 -31 26
21 Beaconsfield Town 30 6 7 17 28 50 16 4 4 8 21 25 14 2 3 9 7 25 -22 25
22 Dorchester Town 31 3 6 22 35 81 17 2 5 10 19 37 14 1 1 12 16 44 -46 15

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Truro City 30 21 3 6 64 29 14 10 2 2 33 14 16 11 1 4 31 15 35 66
2 Chesham United 32 21 3 8 69 42 16 13 2 1 37 15 16 8 1 7 32 27 27 66
3 Swindon Supermarine 31 17 6 8 50 40 15 9 3 3 28 20 16 8 3 5 22 20 10 57
4 Tiverton Town 29 16 7 6 69 41 14 7 4 3 29 20 15 9 3 3 40 21 28 55
5 Hayes & Yeading United 31 16 6 9 64 42 16 8 3 5 31 18 15 8 3 4 33 24 22 54
6 Taunton Town 29 15 7 7 62 48 15 11 2 2 38 23 14 4 5 5 24 25 14 52
7 Salisbury 28 13 8 7 53 39 15 10 2 3 29 20 13 3 6 4 24 19 14 47
8 Gosport Borough 32 12 10 10 34 32 16 8 6 2 21 14 16 4 4 8 13 18 2 46
9 Weston-super-Mare 29 13 6 10 54 45 14 7 4 3 31 22 15 6 2 7 23 23 9 45
10 Poole Town 25 13 5 7 42 26 8 5 1 2 16 7 17 8 4 5 26 19 16 44
11 Metropolitan Police FC 29 13 4 12 45 45 16 6 3 7 21 24 13 7 1 5 24 21 0 43
12 Merthyr Town 30 9 11 10 36 35 16 8 4 4 27 20 14 1 7 6 9 15 1 38
13 Hendon 30 10 7 13 46 50 16 7 3 6 25 25 14 3 4 7 21 25 -4 37
14 Wimborne Town 32 10 7 15 39 51 16 7 3 6 20 20 16 3 4 9 19 31 -12 37
15 Farnborough 28 11 3 14 33 43 15 6 3 6 17 21 13 5 0 8 16 22 -10 36
16 Hartley Wintney 26 9 6 11 36 38 10 3 3 4 13 16 16 6 3 7 23 22 -2 33
17 Blackfield & Langley 30 8 8 14 32 49 16 6 5 5 18 16 14 2 3 9 14 33 -17 32
18 Harrow Borough 32 8 8 16 39 59 16 4 3 9 19 31 16 4 5 7 20 28 -20 32
19 Yate Town 30 8 5 17 38 52 15 6 2 7 22 25 15 2 3 10 16 27 -14 29
20 Walton Casuals 32 7 5 20 39 70 16 3 2 11 18 41 16 4 3 9 21 29 -31 26
21 Beaconsfield Town 30 6 7 17 28 50 16 4 4 8 21 25 14 2 3 9 7 25 -22 25
22 Dorchester Town 31 3 6 22 35 81 17 2 5 10 19 37 14 1 1 12 16 44 -46 15

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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.