Braintree Town v Ebbsfleet United preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Tue 15.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Cressing Road Stadium

Straining Braintree Town are desperate to pull off a surprise win when they host top side Ebbsfleet United in the next league fixture. It’s 16th vs 4th and the home supporters will have not-so-high confidence.

Insights:
  • Braintree Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have scored more than double the goals of Braintree Town.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Braintree Town form and stats

4-6-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League South numbers at home for Braintree Town so far this season. Braintree are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Crichlow was the last player to score a league goal for Braintree Town and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Braintree Town haven't scored in 201 minutes.

An away draw last time out for Braintree, facing Tonbridge Angels in a game that ended 0-0.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Maidstone United.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Braintree Town as they have a new game in only four days, a Vanarama National League South match thankfully also at home. Maidstone United are visiting.

The Braintree fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 14 matches. On the other hand, Braintree Town have conceded 18 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ebbsfleet United form and stats

The visitors are W6-D1-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League South.

Ebbsfleet United are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the match against Oxford City (placed 3rd).

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Bath City.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ebbsfleet United manager Kutrieb as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against St Albans City.

The travelling fans enjoy Ebbsfleet's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 14 league matches away. Ebbsfleet United have conceded 30 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head game ended Ebbsfleet United - Braintree Town 2-0, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Braintree Town victories, two draws and six Ebbsfleet United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ebbsfleet UnitedD. Poleon
D. Poleon
14 goals
BraintreeL. Holness
L. Holness
9 goals
Ebbsfleet UnitedR. Bingham
R. Bingham
7 goals

Braintree Town missing players

Ebbsfleet United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Braintree Town Ebbsfleet United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 14 5 Played P 2 14 29
7 4 0 Won W 1 6 17
11 6 4 Drew D 1 1 2
12 4 1 Lost L 0 7 10
29 15 5 Scored S 2 23 60
43 18 7 Conceded C 0 30 41
90% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 93% 93%
63% 64% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 76%
43% 43% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 64% 66%
30% 36% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 57% 48%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 36% 31%
40% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 48%
30% 36% 20% Clean Sheets C S 100% 21% 38%
40% 21% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 21%
 
4.9 5.6 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 10.5 7.6 8.2
6 6.1 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 3.5 3.6
2.1 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.5
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 5 5
 
9.5 10.3 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.6 13.4
3.9 4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.8 5.6
25% 27% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 34% 37%
 
12 13.1 11.6 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.5 8.4
5.4 5.4 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 3.8 3.6
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Braintree Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have scored more than double the goals of Braintree Town.
  • Ebbsfleet United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

  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 30 20 3 7 72 40 15 13 0 2 40 16 15 7 3 5 32 24 32 63
2 Maidstone United 30 18 6 6 55 29 15 11 1 3 30 14 15 7 5 3 25 15 26 60
3 Oxford City 31 15 9 7 57 35 16 8 4 4 34 21 15 7 5 3 23 14 22 54
4 Ebbsfleet United 29 17 2 10 60 41 15 11 1 3 37 11 14 6 1 7 23 30 19 53
5 Dartford 29 15 8 6 51 33 14 8 6 0 25 12 15 7 2 6 26 21 18 53
6 Eastbourne Borough 30 13 7 10 55 44 14 7 3 4 30 22 16 6 4 6 25 22 11 46
7 St Albans City 29 13 6 10 44 38 16 7 3 6 27 21 13 6 3 4 17 17 6 45
8 Dulwich Hamlet 30 12 8 10 53 43 16 6 4 6 25 21 14 6 4 4 28 22 10 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 Hungerford Town 29 13 3 13 49 46 15 7 2 6 23 23 14 6 1 7 26 23 3 42
11 Havant & Waterlooville 29 11 7 11 39 44 14 4 4 6 21 20 15 7 3 5 18 24 -5 40
12 Hemel Hempstead Town 30 11 6 13 38 53 15 4 4 7 19 33 15 7 2 6 19 20 -15 39
13 Slough Town 29 10 8 11 41 47 16 7 5 4 26 21 13 3 3 7 15 26 -6 38
14 Hampton & Richmond 28 9 6 13 43 45 13 5 2 6 21 19 15 4 4 7 22 26 -2 33
15 Concord Rangers 28 9 6 13 36 51 12 6 2 4 15 20 16 3 4 9 21 31 -15 33
16 Braintree Town 30 7 11 12 29 43 14 4 6 4 15 18 16 3 5 8 14 25 -14 32
17 Chelmsford City 29 7 10 12 33 37 15 3 6 6 13 15 14 4 4 6 20 22 -4 31
18 Tonbridge Angels 28 7 8 13 29 41 15 3 6 6 16 18 13 4 2 7 13 23 -12 29
19 Bath City 30 9 2 19 32 57 14 5 1 8 14 21 16 4 1 11 18 36 -25 29
20 Welling United 30 7 6 17 31 66 15 5 2 8 16 28 15 2 4 9 15 38 -35 27
21 Billericay Town 29 5 8 16 28 52 14 2 5 7 16 29 15 3 3 9 12 23 -24 23

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 30 20 3 7 72 40 15 13 0 2 40 16 15 7 3 5 32 24 32 63
2 Maidstone United 30 18 6 6 55 29 15 11 1 3 30 14 15 7 5 3 25 15 26 60
3 Oxford City 31 15 9 7 57 35 16 8 4 4 34 21 15 7 5 3 23 14 22 54
4 Ebbsfleet United 29 17 2 10 60 41 15 11 1 3 37 11 14 6 1 7 23 30 19 53
5 Dartford 29 15 8 6 51 33 14 8 6 0 25 12 15 7 2 6 26 21 18 53
6 Eastbourne Borough 30 13 7 10 55 44 14 7 3 4 30 22 16 6 4 6 25 22 11 46
7 St Albans City 29 13 6 10 44 38 16 7 3 6 27 21 13 6 3 4 17 17 6 45
8 Dulwich Hamlet 30 12 8 10 53 43 16 6 4 6 25 21 14 6 4 4 28 22 10 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 Hungerford Town 29 13 3 13 49 46 15 7 2 6 23 23 14 6 1 7 26 23 3 42
11 Havant & Waterlooville 29 11 7 11 39 44 14 4 4 6 21 20 15 7 3 5 18 24 -5 40
12 Hemel Hempstead Town 30 11 6 13 38 53 15 4 4 7 19 33 15 7 2 6 19 20 -15 39
13 Slough Town 29 10 8 11 41 47 16 7 5 4 26 21 13 3 3 7 15 26 -6 38
14 Hampton & Richmond 28 9 6 13 43 45 13 5 2 6 21 19 15 4 4 7 22 26 -2 33
15 Concord Rangers 28 9 6 13 36 51 12 6 2 4 15 20 16 3 4 9 21 31 -15 33
16 Braintree Town 30 7 11 12 29 43 14 4 6 4 15 18 16 3 5 8 14 25 -14 32
17 Chelmsford City 29 7 10 12 33 37 15 3 6 6 13 15 14 4 4 6 20 22 -4 31
18 Tonbridge Angels 28 7 8 13 29 41 15 3 6 6 16 18 13 4 2 7 13 23 -12 29
19 Bath City 30 9 2 19 32 57 14 5 1 8 14 21 16 4 1 11 18 36 -25 29
20 Welling United 30 7 6 17 31 66 15 5 2 8 16 28 15 2 4 9 15 38 -35 27
21 Billericay Town 29 5 8 16 28 52 14 2 5 7 16 29 15 3 3 9 12 23 -24 23

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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.