Soccer betting preview: Braintree Town welcomes Chippenham Town in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cressing Road Stadium

Vanarama National League South: Braintree Town are 12 points short of Chippenham Town, but are inspired to go all in. Let's start!

These are hustling days for the host team, as they played only four days ago in the Vanarama National League South. This match was also played here at Cressing Road Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Chippenham Town have had more rest.

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Braintree Town form and stats

Braintree Town have played 13 Vanarama National League South games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-6-4 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Cressing Road Stadium.

A nice win for Braintree Town last time playing, versus Slough Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Holness scoring for the victors.

Prior to that, an away loss at Dulwich Hamlet.

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 Braintree have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost two.

Braintree Town are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League South match at Maidstone United awaits in three days.

Braintree Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. On the other hand, Braintree have conceded 18 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Chippenham Town form and stats

4-7-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Chippenham Town in their Vanarama National League South matches away.

Chippenham Town's last game was the home draw against Hampton & Richmond (1-1).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Eastbourne Borough.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Chippenham Town playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were five Chippenham Town wins, one draw and three defeats.

Chippenham find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Chippenham Town are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also played each other previously this match year: Chippenham Town - Braintree 1-1. Numbers for the prior five meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for Braintree Town, two draws and one win for Chippenham Town. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Braintree TownL. Holness
L. Holness
9 goals

Braintree Town missing players

Chippenham Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Braintree Town Chippenham Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 14 29
6 3 2 Won W 1 4 10
10 6 2 Drew D 1 7 10
11 4 1 Lost L 2 3 9
28 14 4 Scored S 3 17 45
42 18 4 Conceded C 3 12 36
93% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 93%
70% 69% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 72%
48% 46% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 29% 45%
33% 38% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 31%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 21%
44% 54% 20% BTTS BTTS 0% 36% 55%
26% 31% 60% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 31%
37% 23% 40% Failed to Score F T 75% 36% 21%
 
5.1 5.7 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.4 3.6
6.1 6.1 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.3 4.5
2.2 1.8 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 1.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.6 10.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.4 10.8
4 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.2 4.7
26% 27% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 29% 33%
 
12.3 12.9 16 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 10.6 10.9
5.7 5.5 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.3 4.5

  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 28 19 3 6 68 36 14 12 0 2 38 15 14 7 3 4 30 21 32 60
2 Maidstone United 27 16 6 5 50 25 13 9 1 3 26 12 14 7 5 2 24 13 25 54
3 Oxford City 28 14 8 6 50 31 15 7 4 4 29 21 13 7 4 2 21 10 19 50
4 Dartford 27 14 8 5 46 27 13 7 6 0 22 10 14 7 2 5 24 17 19 50
5 Ebbsfleet United 27 15 2 10 55 40 14 10 1 3 34 10 13 5 1 7 21 30 15 47
6 Dulwich Hamlet 28 12 8 8 52 40 15 6 4 5 25 20 13 6 4 3 27 20 12 44
7 St Albans City 26 13 5 8 43 35 14 7 2 5 26 19 12 6 3 3 17 16 8 44
8 Hungerford Town 27 13 3 11 46 39 14 7 2 5 22 19 13 6 1 6 24 20 7 42
9 Eastbourne Borough 28 11 7 10 53 44 13 6 3 4 29 22 15 5 4 6 24 22 9 40
10 Chippenham Town 29 10 10 9 45 36 15 6 3 6 28 24 14 4 7 3 17 12 9 40
11 Hemel Hempstead Town 29 11 6 12 37 51 15 4 4 7 19 33 14 7 2 5 18 18 -14 39
12 Slough Town 28 9 8 11 39 46 15 6 5 4 24 20 13 3 3 7 15 26 -7 35
13 Havant & Waterlooville 27 9 7 11 36 43 13 3 4 6 19 19 14 6 3 5 17 24 -7 34
14 Chelmsford City 27 7 10 10 32 34 14 3 6 5 13 14 13 4 4 5 19 20 -2 31
15 Hampton & Richmond 27 8 6 13 41 44 12 4 2 6 19 18 15 4 4 7 22 26 -3 30
16 Concord Rangers 27 8 6 13 35 51 12 6 2 4 15 20 15 2 4 9 20 31 -16 30
17 Tonbridge Angels 26 7 7 12 29 36 14 3 5 6 16 18 12 4 2 6 13 18 -7 28
18 Braintree Town 27 6 10 11 28 42 13 3 6 4 14 18 14 3 4 7 14 24 -14 28
19 Bath City 28 9 1 18 31 54 13 5 1 7 14 19 15 4 0 11 17 35 -23 28
20 Welling United 28 7 4 17 28 63 14 5 1 8 15 27 14 2 3 9 13 36 -35 25
21 Billericay Town 27 4 7 16 22 49 13 2 4 7 14 27 14 2 3 9 8 22 -27 19

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 Dorking Wanderers 28 19 3 6 68 36 14 12 0 2 38 15 14 7 3 4 30 21 32 60
2 Maidstone United 27 16 6 5 50 25 13 9 1 3 26 12 14 7 5 2 24 13 25 54
3 Oxford City 28 14 8 6 50 31 15 7 4 4 29 21 13 7 4 2 21 10 19 50
4 Dartford 27 14 8 5 46 27 13 7 6 0 22 10 14 7 2 5 24 17 19 50
5 Ebbsfleet United 27 15 2 10 55 40 14 10 1 3 34 10 13 5 1 7 21 30 15 47
6 Dulwich Hamlet 28 12 8 8 52 40 15 6 4 5 25 20 13 6 4 3 27 20 12 44
7 St Albans City 26 13 5 8 43 35 14 7 2 5 26 19 12 6 3 3 17 16 8 44
8 Hungerford Town 27 13 3 11 46 39 14 7 2 5 22 19 13 6 1 6 24 20 7 42
9 Eastbourne Borough 28 11 7 10 53 44 13 6 3 4 29 22 15 5 4 6 24 22 9 40
10 Chippenham Town 29 10 10 9 45 36 15 6 3 6 28 24 14 4 7 3 17 12 9 40
11 Hemel Hempstead Town 29 11 6 12 37 51 15 4 4 7 19 33 14 7 2 5 18 18 -14 39
12 Slough Town 28 9 8 11 39 46 15 6 5 4 24 20 13 3 3 7 15 26 -7 35
13 Havant & Waterlooville 27 9 7 11 36 43 13 3 4 6 19 19 14 6 3 5 17 24 -7 34
14 Chelmsford City 27 7 10 10 32 34 14 3 6 5 13 14 13 4 4 5 19 20 -2 31
15 Hampton & Richmond 27 8 6 13 41 44 12 4 2 6 19 18 15 4 4 7 22 26 -3 30
16 Concord Rangers 27 8 6 13 35 51 12 6 2 4 15 20 15 2 4 9 20 31 -16 30
17 Tonbridge Angels 26 7 7 12 29 36 14 3 5 6 16 18 12 4 2 6 13 18 -7 28
18 Braintree Town 27 6 10 11 28 42 13 3 6 4 14 18 14 3 4 7 14 24 -14 28
19 Bath City 28 9 1 18 31 54 13 5 1 7 14 19 15 4 0 11 17 35 -23 28
20 Welling United 28 7 4 17 28 63 14 5 1 8 15 27 14 2 3 9 13 36 -35 25
21 Billericay Town 27 4 7 16 22 49 13 2 4 7 14 27 14 2 3 9 8 22 -27 19

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