Braintree Town favourites for feisty fight facing Bath City

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cressing Road Stadium

The season has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, loss and gain giving mid-table places so far. Pave the way for Braintree Town - Bath City!

Insights:
  • Braintree Town have not yet lost a game at home.

Both teams have had adequate rest since their last match. Let's hope for an animated game!

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Braintree Town form and stats

Braintree Town have performed here at Cressing Road Stadium this season with 6 wins from 12 Vanarama National League South matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 6 games and lost 0. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Cressing Road Stadium, but a victory now would be sweet for Braintree Town.

The regulars are hoping that Braintree will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Fa Trophy fixture against Eastleigh.

Prior to that, an away loss at Havant & Waterlooville in the Vanarama National League South.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Braintree Town handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The Braintree fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 12 league matches. Braintree Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at Cressing Road Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.

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Bath City form and stats

As the visiting team in Vanarama National League South matches, Bath City have produced an overall stat of 4-6-3 so far. Bath City has drawn their two previous away games.

180 minutes! That's how long the Bath goalkeeper Max Harris and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Two away matches in a row for Bath City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Bracknell Town in the Fa Trophy.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Eastbourne Borough in the Vanarama National League South.

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

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bath have scored 17 goals in 13 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Bath City have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have played each other previously this season, with the final score Bath City - Braintree Town 3-1 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between these participants: Braintree Town won two, Bath City were winners in four and we saw four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bath CityC. Cooke
C. Cooke
11 goals
Bath CityA. Fletcher
A. Fletcher
8 goals
BraintreeK. Clements
K. Clements
5 goals

Braintree Town missing players

Bath City missing players

Braintree Town Bath City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 13 25
10 6 3 Won W 2 4 9
7 6 1 Drew D 0 6 8
8 0 0 Lost L 1 3 8
38 20 9 Scored S 3 17 36
34 10 2 Conceded C 2 18 34
88% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 92%
80% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 69% 72%
60% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 46% 48%
44% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 36%
16% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 16%
60% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 54% 56%
28% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 24%
24% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 31% 28%
 
4.2 4.2 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.6 5.1
5.5 5.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.4 4.3
1.8 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 1.9
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.5 11.2 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 10.3 10.8
4.2 5.1 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.6 4.7
37% 33% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 24% 28%
 
9 9.7 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 6 9.8 9.7
3.7 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.6 4.4
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Braintree Town have not yet lost a game at home.

  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 26 18 3 5 58 28 14 10 1 3 36 14 12 8 2 2 22 14 30 57
2 Dartford 28 18 3 7 58 29 14 10 1 3 32 13 14 8 2 4 26 16 29 57
3 Havant & Waterlooville 25 16 4 5 56 34 14 8 1 5 29 20 11 8 3 0 27 14 22 52
4 Worthing 27 12 10 5 45 38 14 5 5 4 22 28 13 7 5 1 23 10 7 46
5 Chelmsford City 25 13 5 7 33 22 13 8 2 3 21 10 12 5 3 4 12 12 11 44
6 Oxford City 28 11 10 7 45 38 14 7 5 2 32 21 14 4 5 5 13 17 7 43
7 St Albans City 26 12 6 8 42 26 13 5 4 4 17 12 13 7 2 4 25 14 16 42
8 Eastbourne Borough 27 12 3 12 44 42 14 6 1 7 24 21 13 6 2 5 20 21 2 39
9 Braintree Town 25 10 7 8 38 34 12 6 6 0 20 10 13 4 1 8 18 24 4 37
10 Tonbridge Angels 27 11 4 12 40 46 13 5 3 5 20 22 14 6 1 7 20 24 -6 37
11 Bath City 25 9 8 8 36 34 12 5 2 5 19 16 13 4 6 3 17 18 2 35
12 Farnborough 22 9 6 7 27 23 10 4 3 3 12 10 12 5 3 4 15 13 4 33
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 26 9 6 11 31 36 13 5 3 5 15 16 13 4 3 6 16 20 -5 33
14 Welling United 25 8 8 9 35 41 13 4 3 6 20 22 12 4 5 3 15 19 -6 32
15 Dulwich Hamlet 23 9 4 10 36 40 12 5 1 6 17 20 11 4 3 4 19 20 -4 31
16 Dover Athletic 26 8 7 11 31 35 13 5 3 5 19 16 13 3 4 6 12 19 -4 31
17 Taunton Town 19 6 7 6 18 18 8 4 4 0 11 4 11 2 3 6 7 14 0 25
18 Slough Town 25 6 7 12 30 48 13 3 3 7 15 25 12 3 4 5 15 23 -18 25
19 Hampton & Richmond 24 6 6 12 30 41 12 2 5 5 11 20 12 4 1 7 19 21 -11 24
20 Chippenham Town 23 6 6 11 21 33 9 4 2 3 6 7 14 2 4 8 15 26 -12 24
21 Concord Rangers 22 6 5 11 22 36 12 4 4 4 15 17 10 2 1 7 7 19 -14 23
22 Cheshunt 25 7 2 16 30 48 13 5 0 8 21 29 12 2 2 8 9 19 -18 23
23 Weymouth 23 5 3 15 25 46 11 1 2 8 5 19 12 4 1 7 20 27 -21 18
24 Hungerford Town 24 4 4 16 18 33 12 3 3 6 8 10 12 1 1 10 10 23 -15 16

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.