Vanarama National League South preview: Can Dartford edge out victory against Bath City?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 17.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Princes Park (4100 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Vanarama National League South so far, with Dartford placed 7th and Bath City sitting in the 9th position.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the FA Cup. That game was also an away game, at Slough Town. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Dartford form and stats

Dartford have only played one Vanarama National League South game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats from 18 matches.

Dartford are confident in defense, having played 346 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Dartford travelled for their previous game, a trip to Hampton & Richmond that ended 0-0. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Chelmsford City.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Dartford have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost three.

At Princes Park, Dartford has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Bath City form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Vanarama National League South ended in defeat. Last season Bath City had these away match statistics: Played 18; won 8, drew 4 and lost 6.

It's the second away game in a row for Bath, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Slough Town (placed 11th) in the FA Cup last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Billericay Town.

0 goals so far away for Bath City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Dartford-Bath City H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Dartford seven wins, Bath City one win, one draw. five of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

DartfordK. Marsh-Brown
K. Marsh-Brown
1 goals

Dartford missing players

Bath City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dartford Bath City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
1 1 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 2 2 2
50% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 8 0 Total Shots T S 3 3 11
5 3 0 Shots on Target S O 2 2 8
20% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
Dartford Last season Bath City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
37 18   Played P   18 36
18 8   Won W   8 18
9 6   Drew D   4 9
10 4   Lost L   6 9
65 33   Scored S   22 51
47 20   Conceded C   22 39
95% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 86%
84% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 72%
65% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 53%
32% 28%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 22%
19% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
57% 61%   BTTS BTTS   44% 47%
32% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   39% 42%
16% 11%   Failed to Score F T   28% 25%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.4
6 3   Red cards R C   0 0
 
396 204   Total Shots T S   193 445
167 84   Shots on Target S O   63 161
36% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 32%

  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 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 6
2 Hungerford Town 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
3 Ebbsfleet United 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
4 Oxford City 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
5 Maidstone United 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
6 St Albans City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Dartford 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Eastbourne Borough 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 3
9 Bath City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
10 Tonbridge Angels 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
11 Slough Town 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
12 Chippenham Town 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 Havant & Waterlooville 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Concord Rangers 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Dulwich Hamlet 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
16 Chelmsford City 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
17 Hampton & Richmond 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
18 Welling United 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Hemel Hempstead Town 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
20 Billericay Town 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
21 Braintree Town 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
Last season 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 33 22 4 7 69 35 17 15 0 2 39 12 16 7 4 5 30 23 34 70
2 Havant & Waterlooville 34 19 10 5 64 37 17 8 4 5 28 20 17 11 6 0 36 17 27 67
3 Weymouth 35 17 12 6 60 35 18 11 4 3 36 17 17 6 8 3 24 18 25 63
4 Bath City 35 18 9 8 50 37 17 10 5 2 28 15 18 8 4 6 22 22 13 63
5 Slough Town 35 17 9 9 51 38 17 9 5 3 22 14 18 8 4 6 29 24 13 60
6 Dartford 34 16 8 10 60 46 18 8 6 4 33 20 16 8 2 6 27 26 14 56
7 Dorking Wanderers 35 14 8 13 58 56 18 9 4 5 32 22 17 5 4 8 26 34 2 50
8 Hampton & Richmond 33 14 5 14 51 50 17 6 4 7 28 25 16 8 1 7 23 25 1 47
9 Maidstone United 33 12 9 12 48 44 17 7 6 4 29 19 16 5 3 8 19 25 4 45
10 Chelmsford City 34 11 11 12 55 56 17 7 8 2 36 25 17 4 3 10 19 31 -1 44
11 Hemel Hempstead Town 34 12 8 14 36 43 17 8 3 6 19 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -7 44
12 Chippenham Town 35 10 12 13 39 45 18 7 6 5 22 24 17 3 6 8 17 21 -6 42
13 Welling United 34 12 6 16 38 46 17 8 2 7 25 22 17 4 4 9 13 24 -8 42
14 Oxford City 34 11 9 14 47 60 17 6 3 8 24 37 17 5 6 6 23 23 -13 42
15 Eastbourne Borough 33 8 14 11 38 54 17 6 6 5 26 27 16 2 8 6 12 27 -16 38
16 Dulwich Hamlet 35 9 10 16 51 50 18 5 4 9 29 29 17 4 6 7 22 21 1 37
17 Concord Rangers 32 10 7 15 44 48 17 6 4 7 28 23 15 4 3 8 16 25 -4 37
18 Billericay Town 32 8 13 11 46 55 14 6 7 1 25 17 18 2 6 10 21 38 -9 37
19 St Albans City 35 9 10 16 41 54 17 3 6 8 17 27 18 6 4 8 24 27 -13 37
20 Tonbridge Angels 31 9 9 13 46 54 13 6 3 4 26 23 18 3 6 9 20 31 -8 36
21 Braintree Town 35 10 5 20 44 67 18 5 4 9 21 28 17 5 1 11 23 39 -23 35
22 Hungerford Town 33 8 4 21 38 64 16 4 2 10 14 24 17 4 2 11 24 40 -26 28

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 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 6
2 Hungerford Town 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
3 Ebbsfleet United 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
4 Oxford City 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
5 Maidstone United 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
6 St Albans City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Dartford 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Eastbourne Borough 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 3
9 Bath City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
10 Tonbridge Angels 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
11 Slough Town 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
12 Chippenham Town 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 Havant & Waterlooville 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Concord Rangers 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Dulwich Hamlet 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
16 Chelmsford City 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
17 Hampton & Richmond 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
18 Welling United 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Hemel Hempstead Town 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
20 Billericay Town 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
21 Braintree Town 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0

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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.