Vanarama National League South preview: Can Bath City edge out victory against Tonbridge Angels?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Twerton Park Stadium (8840 seats)

Bath City and Tonbridge Angels have both played out a "par" performance up to now, to use a golf expression. The teams both have mid-table spots in the Vanarama National League South.

Insights:
  • Bath City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Tonbridge Angels haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

The hosts Bath City saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Vanarama National League South. This match was also played here at Twerton Park Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Tonbridge Angels have had more rest.

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Bath City form and stats

The Vanarama National League South statistics at home this season for Bath City are 6-3-7 (wins-draws-losses).

The Bath City fans enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Havant & Waterlooville and win 2-0.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Dulwich Hamlet with a 2-1 scoreline.

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 Bath City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bath as they are travelling to their away game against Slough Town in the Vanarama National League South. That match is three days after this one.

The Bath City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 16 matches. Bath City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tonbridge Angels form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League South travels is 7 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats.

There might be some fixture complaints from Tonbridge as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Chelmsford City. Until that loss this team had taken at least a draw from seven league matches in a row. Tonbridge Angels were so close to getting something from the game against Chelmsford City, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal six minutes into overtime.

A draw for Tonbridge before that, at their own venue hosting Concord Rangers (2-2).

Tonbridge Angels are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Take note that 9 of this side's 12 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Tonbridge Angels manager Saunders as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Hampton & Richmond.

Tonbridge find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. Tonbridge Angels struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Bath City have avoided a loss in the last 8 games (5-3-0) facing Tonbridge Angels.

Tonbridge Angels - Bath 1-2 was the output when this pair of squads last met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Bath CityC. Cooke
C. Cooke
11 goals
Tonbridge AngelsJ. Greenidge
J. Greenidge
11 goals
Bath CityA. Fletcher
A. Fletcher
8 goals

Bath City missing players

Tonbridge Angels missing players

Bath City Tonbridge Angels
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
12 6 1 Won W 1 7 14
9 3 1 Drew D 0 1 6
11 7 2 Lost L 3 8 13
45 23 3 Scored S 4 22 50
42 21 3 Conceded C 8 26 51
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
75% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 79%
47% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 56% 64%
31% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 36%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 25% 21%
56% 56% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 61%
25% 19% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 18%
25% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 24%
 
5.1 5.5 8.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.2 5.3
4.9 4.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.1 4.6
1.9 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10 10.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 9.5 9.8
4.4 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.9 4.3
31% 35% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 33% 34%
 
9.5 8.9 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 12.4 11.5
4.1 4.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.6 5.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Bath City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Tonbridge Angels haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Ebbsfleet United 33 24 4 5 78 34 17 13 1 3 48 17 16 11 3 2 30 17 44 76
2 Dartford 33 20 5 8 64 35 16 12 1 3 35 13 17 8 4 5 29 22 29 65
3 Havant & Waterlooville 31 18 5 8 63 43 17 10 2 5 36 23 14 8 3 3 27 20 20 59
4 Oxford City 34 16 11 7 60 42 17 10 5 2 41 22 17 6 6 5 19 20 18 59
5 Worthing 33 15 10 8 62 48 17 7 5 5 35 33 16 8 5 3 27 15 14 55
6 Braintree Town 33 15 10 8 50 40 17 9 8 0 28 15 16 6 2 8 22 25 10 55
7 Chelmsford City 33 16 7 10 39 30 17 10 2 5 24 13 16 6 5 5 15 17 9 55
8 St Albans City 32 15 7 10 51 36 15 6 4 5 20 15 17 9 3 5 31 21 15 52
9 Farnborough 29 14 6 9 38 28 13 6 3 4 19 13 16 8 3 5 19 15 10 48
10 Eastbourne Borough 33 15 3 15 55 52 17 8 1 8 29 25 16 7 2 7 26 27 3 48
11 Tonbridge Angels 33 14 6 13 50 51 17 7 5 5 28 25 16 7 1 8 22 26 -1 48
12 Bath City 32 12 9 11 45 42 16 6 3 7 23 21 16 6 6 4 22 21 3 45
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 32 11 9 12 36 42 16 6 5 5 18 18 16 5 4 7 18 24 -6 42
14 Welling United 31 10 10 11 42 49 15 4 4 7 22 26 16 6 6 4 20 23 -7 40
15 Dover Athletic 32 9 10 13 34 44 16 6 4 6 21 20 16 3 6 7 13 24 -10 37
16 Taunton Town 26 8 9 9 27 26 13 5 6 2 15 9 13 3 3 7 12 17 1 33
17 Slough Town 32 8 9 15 37 59 16 4 4 8 20 32 16 4 5 7 17 27 -22 33
18 Dulwich Hamlet 32 9 5 18 47 66 16 5 1 10 21 30 16 4 4 8 26 36 -19 32
19 Hampton & Richmond 31 7 8 16 39 56 14 3 5 6 14 23 17 4 3 10 25 33 -17 29
20 Chippenham Town 29 6 10 13 28 43 12 4 4 4 11 13 17 2 6 9 17 30 -15 28
21 Cheshunt 32 7 7 18 37 59 17 5 3 9 23 32 15 2 4 9 14 27 -22 28
22 Hungerford Town 31 7 6 18 29 41 17 5 5 7 17 15 14 2 1 11 12 26 -12 27
23 Concord Rangers 28 7 6 15 28 47 14 4 4 6 16 20 14 3 2 9 12 27 -19 27
24 Weymouth 31 7 4 20 34 60 16 3 3 10 11 25 15 4 1 10 23 35 -26 25

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.