Can Braintree Town defeat Havant & Waterlooville in Cressing Road Stadium clash?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cressing Road Stadium

Stadium regulars at Cressing Road Stadium haven’t watched many home wins this season, with Braintree Town languishing in the 20th place. The visiting Havant & Waterlooville will attempt to shield their higher league place in this one.

Insights:
  • Braintree Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Havant & Waterlooville have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Vanarama National League South

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Braintree Town form and stats

With 1 Vanarama National League South win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Braintree Town are certainly not brimming with confidence.

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

1-1 away at Chippenham Town before that.

Braintree are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Braintree defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Havant & Waterlooville form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Havant & Waterlooville playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League South this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Havant & Waterlooville, as they have won on their previous two travels.

The Waterlooville goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

There were no winners in Waterlooville's previous match, a Vanarama National League South home game that ended 0-0 vs Maidstone United (placed 10th).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Tonbridge Angels with the score of 1-0.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Waterlooville have scored 9 goals in 7 league games away. As opposed to that, Havant & Waterlooville have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the former ten meetings between these two contenders are: three wins for Braintree, two draws and five wins for Havant & Waterlooville. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Havant & WaterloovilleJ. McCarthy
J. McCarthy
5 goals
BraintreeL. Holness
L. Holness
4 goals
Havant & WaterloovilleJ. Collins
J. Collins
3 goals

Braintree Town missing players

Havant & Waterlooville missing players

Braintree Town Havant & Waterlooville
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 0 Played P 2 7 12
2 1 0 Won W 2 4 6
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
7 3 0 Lost L 0 2 4
12 6 0 Scored S 4 9 19
24 10 0 Conceded C 2 7 13
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
85% 83% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 67%
46% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 58%
31% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 17%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 17%
46% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 58%
15% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 25%
38% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 25%
 
4.5 5.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 7 7
5.1 5.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.7 5.5
2.6 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.7 3.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.2 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.3 13.2
4.1 4.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3.7 5.9
23% 23% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 35% 27%
 
11.6 9.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 8.3 9.4
6.2 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 4.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Braintree Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Braintree Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Braintree Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Havant & Waterlooville have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Vanarama National League South
  • Havant & Waterlooville 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 Dartford 13 7 4 2 25 9 6 3 3 0 11 5 7 4 1 2 14 4 16 25
2 St Albans City 10 7 1 2 23 11 6 4 1 1 14 6 4 3 0 1 9 5 12 22
3 Ebbsfleet United 10 7 1 2 24 13 4 3 0 1 11 4 6 4 1 1 13 9 11 22
4 Oxford City 12 5 6 1 25 13 6 2 3 1 14 9 6 3 3 0 11 4 12 21
5 Dulwich Hamlet 11 6 3 2 24 12 7 3 2 2 12 9 4 3 1 0 12 3 12 21
6 Dorking Wanderers 13 6 3 4 25 21 6 5 0 1 15 9 7 1 3 3 10 12 4 21
7 Concord Rangers 13 6 3 4 20 24 7 5 0 2 8 9 6 1 3 2 12 15 -4 21
8 Hungerford Town 13 6 2 5 26 20 7 2 2 3 11 12 6 4 0 2 15 8 6 20
9 Havant & Waterlooville 12 6 2 4 19 13 5 2 1 2 10 6 7 4 1 2 9 7 6 20
10 Maidstone United 13 5 4 4 18 15 6 2 1 3 7 9 7 3 3 1 11 6 3 19
11 Chippenham Town 14 4 6 4 22 21 7 2 1 4 11 14 7 2 5 0 11 7 1 18
12 Slough Town 13 5 3 5 16 18 7 3 1 3 9 9 6 2 2 2 7 9 -2 18
13 Welling United 14 5 2 7 15 31 8 4 1 3 10 16 6 1 1 4 5 15 -16 17
14 Hampton & Richmond 11 4 4 3 23 15 5 2 2 1 9 5 6 2 2 2 14 10 8 16
15 Eastbourne Borough 14 4 4 6 29 28 7 2 3 2 14 13 7 2 1 4 15 15 1 16
16 Hemel Hempstead Town 13 4 3 6 16 30 6 0 3 3 5 18 7 4 0 3 11 12 -14 15
17 Bath City 12 4 0 8 13 26 6 2 0 4 7 11 6 2 0 4 6 15 -13 12
18 Tonbridge Angels 12 3 2 7 12 18 6 1 1 4 6 9 6 2 1 3 6 9 -6 11
19 Chelmsford City 13 2 4 7 15 22 7 0 3 4 6 11 6 2 1 3 9 11 -7 10
20 Braintree Town 13 2 4 7 12 24 6 1 2 3 6 10 7 1 2 4 6 14 -12 10
21 Billericay Town 13 2 1 10 13 31 6 1 1 4 9 16 7 1 0 6 4 15 -18 7

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.