Braintree Town v Dartford preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Tue 28.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cressing Road Stadium

Braintree Town will hope that their home advantage is enough to get at least a point from this rough dispute, vs frisky Dartford.

Insights:
  • Braintree Town have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Dartford have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Vanarama National League South

There have been little to rest for the hosts, as they performed in a Vanarama National League South game only two days back. That game was an away game at Chelmsford City, so at least Braintree are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Braintree Town form and stats

Braintree Town's results here at Cressing Road Stadium in the Vanarama National League South have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Braintree are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Chelmsford City. Braintree lost the game against Chelmsford City in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.

Preceding that game was the away draw at St Albans City (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) that finished 0-0.

Braintree have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.

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Dartford form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Vanarama National League South, on their Vanarama National League South travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Dartford play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Cray Wanderers.

A 0-4 defeat away at Maidstone United before that.

Dartford are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 9 away games so far. Dartford have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Braintree wins - draws - Dartford wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DartfordA. Azeez
A. Azeez
10 goals
BraintreeL. Holness
L. Holness
4 goals
DartfordJ. Robinson
J. Robinson
4 goals

Braintree Town missing players

Dartford missing players

Braintree Town Dartford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 4 Played P 4 9 16
2 1 0 Won W 3 5 9
5 2 2 Drew D 1 1 4
9 4 2 Lost L 0 3 3
14 6 4 Scored S 12 17 29
31 12 7 Conceded C 3 10 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 89% 88%
88% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 62%
50% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 56% 50%
31% 29% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 56% 44%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 22% 19%
44% 57% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 38%
12% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 44%
44% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 44% 31%
 
4.3 6 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 9.2 7 6.8
5.4 6.1 8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.2 4.3
2.4 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 9.1 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 16.2 12.8 13.5
3.7 3.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 5.1 5.7
24% 22% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 37% 32%
 
11.6 10.6 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.3 8.6
6.2 5.1 6.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.8 3.2
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Braintree Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Braintree Town have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Braintree Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Braintree Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dartford have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dartford have scored more than double the goals of Braintree Town.
  • Dartford have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dartford have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) 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 Oxford City 18 9 7 2 35 20 11 5 4 2 23 16 7 4 3 0 12 4 15 34
2 Ebbsfleet United 16 10 1 5 39 23 8 6 0 2 24 8 8 4 1 3 15 15 16 31
3 Dartford 16 9 4 3 29 15 7 4 3 0 12 5 9 5 1 3 17 10 14 31
4 Maidstone United 17 9 4 4 27 17 8 4 1 3 12 9 9 5 3 1 15 8 10 31
5 Dorking Wanderers 17 9 3 5 41 28 8 7 0 1 26 10 9 2 3 4 15 18 13 30
6 Dulwich Hamlet 16 8 5 3 37 23 8 4 2 2 17 11 8 4 3 1 20 12 14 29
7 Havant & Waterlooville 17 8 3 6 26 27 7 2 2 3 13 11 10 6 1 3 13 16 -1 27
8 St Albans City 14 8 2 4 30 18 9 5 1 3 21 13 5 3 1 1 9 5 12 26
9 Hungerford Town 16 8 2 6 30 22 8 2 2 4 11 13 8 6 0 2 19 9 8 26
10 Chippenham Town 19 6 7 6 30 28 9 3 1 5 16 19 10 3 6 1 14 9 2 25
11 Concord Rangers 17 7 4 6 27 31 8 5 1 2 10 11 9 2 3 4 17 20 -4 25
12 Hampton & Richmond 15 6 4 5 27 20 6 2 2 2 9 6 9 4 2 3 18 14 7 22
13 Eastbourne Borough 17 6 4 7 35 31 9 3 3 3 18 16 8 3 1 4 17 15 4 22
14 Slough Town 17 6 4 7 23 27 8 4 1 3 11 10 9 2 3 4 12 17 -4 22
15 Bath City 18 7 0 11 23 36 9 3 0 6 10 16 9 4 0 5 13 20 -13 21
16 Hemel Hempstead Town 17 5 4 8 21 37 9 0 4 5 9 25 8 5 0 3 12 12 -16 19
17 Welling United 17 5 2 10 16 42 9 4 1 4 10 18 8 1 1 6 6 24 -26 17
18 Chelmsford City 16 3 6 7 19 23 8 1 3 4 9 11 8 2 3 3 10 12 -4 15
19 Tonbridge Angels 17 3 5 9 16 24 10 1 4 5 9 13 7 2 1 4 7 11 -8 14
20 Braintree Town 16 2 5 9 14 31 7 1 2 4 6 12 9 1 3 5 8 19 -17 11
21 Billericay Town 17 2 2 13 14 36 9 1 2 6 10 20 8 1 0 7 4 16 -22 8

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.