Season ticket holders at Cuthbury haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Wimborne Town languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Merthyr Town will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Wimborne Town and Merthyr Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Wimborne Town form and stats
7-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Non League Premier: Southern numbers at home for Wimborne Town so far this season.
No payout for Wimborne Town in their previous match, an away game at Weston-super-Mare that ended in defeat 0-5. Ahead of that match, Wimborne Town won a home game hosting Beaconsfield Town (2-0).
Wimborne Town were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
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 Wimborne Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost three.
The Wimborne Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 14 matches. 18 goals have been conceded.
Merthyr Town form and stats
Merthyr Town have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Non League Premier: Southern, after 1-5-6 (12 played).
Merthyr Town had fun at their own home (Cuthbury) last time out, beating Taunton Town 4-2. A 0-2 defeat away at Chesham United before that.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Taunton Town was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Merthyr Town playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one Merthyr Town win, two draws and two defeats.
The attacking power of Merthyr Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 12 league matches away. As opposed to that, Merthyr Town have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Merthyr Town - Wimborne Town 3-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wimborne Town two wins, one draw and Merthyr Town seven victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Wimborne Town missing players
Merthyr Town missing players
| Wimborne Town | Merthyr Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 36 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 36 |
| 47 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 35 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 93% |
| 86% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 58% | 78% |
| 62% | 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 42% | 52% |
| 34% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 30% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 48% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 63% |
| 24% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 19% |
| 31% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | 26% |
| 2.3 | 3.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1.2 | 3.1 |
| 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | 85 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 115 |
| 46 | 37 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 47 |
| 54% | 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 57% |
- Merthyr Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Merthyr Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Wimborne Town has the fewest scored goals in the first half (8)
- Wimborne Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Merthyr Town have scored away.
- Wimborne Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 56 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 29 | 60 |
| 2 | Chesham United | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 64 | 41 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 60 |
| 3 | Tiverton Town | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 67 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 32 | 54 |
| 4 | Swindon Supermarine | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 53 |
| 5 | Hayes & Yeading United | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 61 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 22 | 52 |
| 6 | Taunton Town | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 43 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 50 |
| 7 | Gosport Borough | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 45 |
| 8 | Poole Town | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 44 |
| 9 | Salisbury | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 43 |
| 10 | Weston-super-Mare | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 52 | 44 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 42 |
| 11 | Metropolitan Police FC | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 21 | -2 | 40 |
| 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 | Merthyr Town | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 35 |
| 15 | Wimborne Town | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 47 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | -11 | 35 |
| 16 | Harrow Borough | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 55 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -17 | 32 |
| 17 | Blackfield & Langley | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 33 | -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 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 25 | -12 | 29 |
| 20 | Walton Casuals | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 39 | 67 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 29 | -28 | 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 |