Bath City vs Hemel Hempstead Town betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Twerton Park Stadium (8840 seats)

Bath City have some work to do from their 19th spot, and the first chance is vs Hemel Hempstead Town. Read more!

Insights:
  • Bath City have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Vanarama National League South
  • Hemel Hempstead Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Vanarama National League South

Bath have less rest than Hemel Hempstead Town in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Vanarama National League South game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Slough Town, was also a home game here at Twerton Park Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Bath City form and stats

When playing at home in the Vanarama National League South, Bath City have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 15 games.

The spoils were shared in Bath City's previous game, also at home. Visiting Slough Town (placed 12th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Welling United the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Bath City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bath as a small favourite), we find six games. Bath City has won two of these, drawn three and lost one.

Bath City have conceded 22 in these home matches.

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Hemel Hempstead Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League South travels is 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

There might be some fixture complaints from Hemel Hempstead Town as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against Dorking Wanderers.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Welling United at their stadium, the result 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hemel Hempstead Town playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Hemel Hempstead Town wins, five draws and four defeats.

Hempstead have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 19 goals have been scored. 20 goals have been conceded by Hemel Hempstead Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the squads played each other earlier this campaign; Hemel Hempstead Town - Bath 3-1. Previous ten meetings with these teams: Bath City won four, Hemel Hempstead Town triumphed in four and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Bath CityC. Cooke
C. Cooke
13 goals
Bath CityA. Fletcher
A. Fletcher
10 goals
Hemel Hempstead TownC. Hughes
C. Hughes
6 goals

Bath City missing players

Hemel Hempstead Town missing players

Bath City Hemel Hempstead Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 30
9 5 1 Won W 3 7 11
3 2 1 Drew D 1 2 6
19 8 2 Lost L 1 6 13
33 15 4 Scored S 8 19 38
58 22 5 Conceded C 6 20 53
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
87% 87% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 67% 80%
61% 53% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 53% 63%
32% 13% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 27% 43%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 13% 13%
52% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 60% 60%
13% 20% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 13%
39% 40% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 27% 30%
 
6.1 6.5 9.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5.9 6.1
5.6 4.7 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.3 4.2
1.6 1.7 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.8 1.7
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
10.1 11.2 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 10.4 10.4
3.8 4.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.8 4.5
28% 24% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 26% 28%
 
11.3 8.5 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 9.5 8.9
5.1 4 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 3.7 3.8
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Bath City have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Vanarama National League South
  • Hemel Hempstead Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Vanarama National League South

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dorking Wanderers 31 20 3 8 74 43 15 13 0 2 40 16 16 7 3 6 34 27 31 63
2 Maidstone United 31 19 6 6 57 29 16 12 1 3 32 14 15 7 5 3 25 15 28 63
3 Dartford 30 16 8 6 53 34 15 9 6 0 27 13 15 7 2 6 26 21 19 56
4 Oxford City 31 15 9 7 57 35 16 8 4 4 34 21 15 7 5 3 23 14 22 54
5 Ebbsfleet United 30 17 2 11 60 42 15 11 1 3 37 11 15 6 1 8 23 31 18 53
6 Eastbourne Borough 31 14 7 10 58 46 15 8 3 4 33 24 16 6 4 6 25 22 12 49
7 St Albans City 30 13 6 11 45 40 16 7 3 6 27 21 14 6 3 5 18 19 5 45
8 Dulwich Hamlet 31 12 8 11 53 45 16 6 4 6 25 21 15 6 4 5 28 24 8 44
9 Chippenham Town 31 11 10 10 49 39 16 7 3 6 32 26 15 4 7 4 17 13 10 43
10 Havant & Waterlooville 30 12 7 11 43 44 15 5 4 6 25 20 15 7 3 5 18 24 -1 43
11 Hungerford Town 30 13 3 14 49 50 15 7 2 6 23 23 15 6 1 8 26 27 -1 42
12 Slough Town 30 10 9 11 42 48 16 7 5 4 26 21 14 3 4 7 16 27 -6 39
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 30 11 6 13 38 53 15 4 4 7 19 33 15 7 2 6 19 20 -15 39
14 Hampton & Richmond 29 10 6 13 45 46 14 6 2 6 23 20 15 4 4 7 22 26 -1 36
15 Braintree Town 31 8 11 12 30 43 15 5 6 4 16 18 16 3 5 8 14 25 -13 35
16 Concord Rangers 29 9 7 13 37 52 13 6 3 4 16 21 16 3 4 9 21 31 -15 34
17 Chelmsford City 30 7 10 13 34 39 15 3 6 6 13 15 15 4 4 7 21 24 -5 31
18 Tonbridge Angels 29 7 9 13 30 42 15 3 6 6 16 18 14 4 3 7 14 24 -12 30
19 Bath City 31 9 3 19 33 58 15 5 2 8 15 22 16 4 1 11 18 36 -25 30
20 Welling United 31 7 6 18 32 68 15 5 2 8 16 28 16 2 4 10 16 40 -36 27
21 Billericay Town 30 6 8 16 30 53 15 3 5 7 18 30 15 3 3 9 12 23 -23 26

Read more about Vanarama National League South

The National League South, formerly known as Conference South, is the sixth highest division in English football. It consists of teams located in the South West and South East of England, London and the southern parts of Wales, the Midlands and the East of England. 22 teams make up the league table.