Football tips: Braintree Town vs Slough Town - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Date: Sat 25.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Avanti Stadium (4151 seats)

Struggling Braintree Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Slough Town in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Slough Town have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 23-9-12 (win-draw-loss) from 44 matches.

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Braintree Town form and stats

Braintree Town, who have the most conceded goals (59) in Vanarama National League South, have played 13 Vanarama National League South games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-7 (wins-draws-losses). Braintree Town are slowly digging their own grave here at Avanti Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Oxford City match.

Braintree Town are returning here after visiting Oxford City in a Vanarama National League South game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Tonbridge Angels that was lost 0-1.

The Braintree Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 13 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Braintree Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Slough Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League South travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Slough Town won their last game, 1-0 versus Dartford played at home. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Billericay Town.

Slough Town has another fixture away, a Vanarama National League South game, against Hampton & Richmond in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Slough Town are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 11 away games so far. 15 goals have been conceded by Slough Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Slough Town - Braintree Town 1-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Braintree Town, 0 draws and 2 wins for Slough Town. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.

Top Goalscorers

 M. Lench
M. Lench
9 goals
 B. Harris
B. Harris
8 goals
 
D. Roberts
7 goals

Braintree Town missing players

Slough Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Braintree Town Slough Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 11 25
9 4 1 Won W 2 4 13
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 7
15 7 1 Lost L 1 4 5
40 18 6 Scored S 8 18 39
59 25 9 Conceded C 5 15 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
85% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 91% 76%
78% 69% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 64% 48%
48% 46% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 24%
33% 31% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 18% 12%
52% 46% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 73% 64%
15% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 28%
33% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 9% 12%
 
3.3 3.9 4 Corners For (avg) C F 9 5.4 6.1
6.6 6.2 7 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.8 3.9 3.6
1.4 1.5 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.2 0.8 1
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
 
252 120 24 Total Shots T S 56 119 297
110 54 15 Shots on Target S O 24 55 129
35% 31% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 29%
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Braintree Town has the most conceded goals (59)
  • Braintree Town has the most conceded goals in the second half (33)
  • Braintree Town has the most matches over the total-line (18)
  • Braintree Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Slough Town has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10)
  • Slough Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Slough Town 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 Wealdstone 26 18 2 6 53 31 12 11 0 1 24 9 14 7 2 5 29 22 22 56
2 Bath City 26 14 7 5 43 23 14 9 4 1 25 10 12 5 3 4 18 13 20 49
3 Slough Town 25 13 7 5 39 25 14 9 4 1 21 10 11 4 3 4 18 15 14 46
4 Havant & Waterlooville 23 13 6 4 50 30 12 5 3 4 21 16 11 8 3 0 29 14 20 45
5 Weymouth 25 12 8 5 42 25 13 8 2 3 25 13 12 4 6 2 17 12 17 44
6 Dorking Wanderers 26 12 7 7 48 41 14 8 3 3 26 15 12 4 4 4 22 26 7 43
7 Dartford 27 11 7 9 46 41 13 5 5 3 26 17 14 6 2 6 20 24 5 40
8 Maidstone United 25 9 9 7 41 30 12 4 6 2 23 14 13 5 3 5 18 16 11 36
9 Chelmsford City 26 9 9 8 46 42 14 6 6 2 31 22 12 3 3 6 15 20 4 36
10 Hemel Hempstead Town 26 10 6 10 32 36 12 6 3 3 17 13 14 4 3 7 15 23 -4 36
11 Concord Rangers 25 10 3 12 38 37 14 6 2 6 25 19 11 4 1 6 13 18 1 33
12 Hampton & Richmond 24 10 3 11 33 37 11 4 2 5 14 16 13 6 1 6 19 21 -4 33
13 Oxford City 26 9 6 11 41 50 14 5 3 6 21 30 12 4 3 5 20 20 -9 33
14 Eastbourne Borough 27 7 10 10 28 46 13 5 3 5 19 23 14 2 7 5 9 23 -18 31
15 Dulwich Hamlet 26 7 9 10 40 35 13 3 4 6 21 20 13 4 5 4 19 15 5 30
16 Billericay Town 24 7 9 8 39 43 10 5 5 0 19 11 14 2 4 8 20 32 -4 30
17 Braintree Town 27 9 3 15 40 59 13 4 2 7 18 25 14 5 1 8 22 34 -19 30
18 Tonbridge Angels 25 7 6 12 34 44 12 6 2 4 25 22 13 1 4 8 9 22 -10 27
19 St Albans City 27 6 9 12 31 45 14 3 5 6 15 23 13 3 4 6 16 22 -14 27
20 Welling United 26 7 5 14 27 39 14 6 2 6 21 20 12 1 3 8 6 19 -12 26
21 Chippenham Town 26 5 10 11 27 36 12 4 4 4 14 17 14 1 6 7 13 19 -9 25
22 Hungerford Town 26 5 3 18 31 54 12 2 2 8 11 22 14 3 1 10 20 32 -23 18

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 Wealdstone 26 18 2 6 53 31 12 11 0 1 24 9 14 7 2 5 29 22 22 56
2 Bath City 26 14 7 5 43 23 14 9 4 1 25 10 12 5 3 4 18 13 20 49
3 Slough Town 25 13 7 5 39 25 14 9 4 1 21 10 11 4 3 4 18 15 14 46
4 Havant & Waterlooville 23 13 6 4 50 30 12 5 3 4 21 16 11 8 3 0 29 14 20 45
5 Weymouth 25 12 8 5 42 25 13 8 2 3 25 13 12 4 6 2 17 12 17 44
6 Dorking Wanderers 26 12 7 7 48 41 14 8 3 3 26 15 12 4 4 4 22 26 7 43
7 Dartford 27 11 7 9 46 41 13 5 5 3 26 17 14 6 2 6 20 24 5 40
8 Maidstone United 25 9 9 7 41 30 12 4 6 2 23 14 13 5 3 5 18 16 11 36
9 Chelmsford City 26 9 9 8 46 42 14 6 6 2 31 22 12 3 3 6 15 20 4 36
10 Hemel Hempstead Town 26 10 6 10 32 36 12 6 3 3 17 13 14 4 3 7 15 23 -4 36
11 Concord Rangers 25 10 3 12 38 37 14 6 2 6 25 19 11 4 1 6 13 18 1 33
12 Hampton & Richmond 24 10 3 11 33 37 11 4 2 5 14 16 13 6 1 6 19 21 -4 33
13 Oxford City 26 9 6 11 41 50 14 5 3 6 21 30 12 4 3 5 20 20 -9 33
14 Eastbourne Borough 27 7 10 10 28 46 13 5 3 5 19 23 14 2 7 5 9 23 -18 31
15 Dulwich Hamlet 26 7 9 10 40 35 13 3 4 6 21 20 13 4 5 4 19 15 5 30
16 Billericay Town 24 7 9 8 39 43 10 5 5 0 19 11 14 2 4 8 20 32 -4 30
17 Braintree Town 27 9 3 15 40 59 13 4 2 7 18 25 14 5 1 8 22 34 -19 30
18 Tonbridge Angels 25 7 6 12 34 44 12 6 2 4 25 22 13 1 4 8 9 22 -10 27
19 St Albans City 27 6 9 12 31 45 14 3 5 6 15 23 13 3 4 6 16 22 -14 27
20 Welling United 26 7 5 14 27 39 14 6 2 6 21 20 12 1 3 8 6 19 -12 26
21 Chippenham Town 26 5 10 11 27 36 12 4 4 4 14 17 14 1 6 7 13 19 -9 25
22 Hungerford Town 26 5 3 18 31 54 12 2 2 8 11 22 14 3 1 10 20 32 -23 18

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