Meadowbank Stadium: Dorking Wanderers vs Braintree Town Vanarama National League South full preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Meadowbank Stadium (2000 seats)

Dorking Wanderers should be probable winners of this home fixture vs Braintree Town, if the league table is thought to provide some clues. Or are we in for a surprise?

Insights:
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most scored goals (44) in Vanarama National League South
  • Braintree Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

Both contenders have had adequate rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an active match!

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Dorking Wanderers form and stats

Home games in the Vanarama National League South have been a walk in the park for Dorking Wanderers so far, with 21 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

Dorking Wanderers are returning here after visiting Havant & Waterlooville in a Vanarama National League South game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Havant & Waterlooville in a game that was won 8-0.

Wanderers always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Meadowbank Stadium with 26 goals in 8 league games. 10 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Braintree Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Braintree Town's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Vanarama National League South. Braintree Town only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.

Braintree delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Dartford (placed 5th) in their previous match; a Vanarama National League South game. Drawing 2-2 against Dartford after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Maxwell needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Chelmsford City wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Braintree, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have battled before this season: Braintree Town - Wanderers 2-2. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Dorking Wanderers wins - draws - Braintree Town wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Dorking WanderersA. Rutherford
A. Rutherford
12 goals
Dorking WanderersJ. McShane
J. McShane
7 goals
WanderersM. Briggs
M. Briggs
4 goals

Dorking Wanderers missing players

Braintree Town missing players

Dorking Wanderers Braintree Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 2 9 17
10 7 3 Won W 0 1 2
3 0 0 Drew D 1 3 6
5 1 0 Lost L 1 5 9
44 26 9 Scored S 1 8 16
29 10 5 Conceded C 3 19 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 88%
83% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 56% 53%
67% 62% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 35%
33% 50% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
78% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 47%
17% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 12%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 41%
 
6.7 7.6 9 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3 4.1
4.5 3.2 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.9 5.6
2.1 2.4 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
13.4 15.5 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 8.9 8.8
5.8 7.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.6 3.6
42% 46% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 25% 26%
 
8.7 6.8 6 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 12.4 11.4
4 2.8 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 7 6.1
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 played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Braintree Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Braintree Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dorking Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dorking Wanderers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Dorking Wanderers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Dorking Wanderers have scored more than double the goals of Braintree Town.
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most points from losing position (14) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most scored goals (26) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most scored goals (44) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Dorking Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Maidstone United 19 11 4 4 33 18 10 6 1 3 18 10 9 5 3 1 15 8 15 37
2 Ebbsfleet United 18 11 2 5 40 23 10 7 1 2 25 8 8 4 1 3 15 15 17 35
3 Oxford City 19 9 8 2 37 22 11 5 4 2 23 16 8 4 4 0 14 6 15 35
4 Dorking Wanderers 18 10 3 5 44 29 8 7 0 1 26 10 10 3 3 4 18 19 15 33
5 Dartford 18 9 5 4 31 18 7 4 3 0 12 5 11 5 2 4 19 13 13 32
6 Dulwich Hamlet 17 8 5 4 37 24 9 4 2 3 17 12 8 4 3 1 20 12 13 29
7 Chippenham Town 21 7 7 7 33 30 9 3 1 5 16 19 12 4 6 2 17 11 3 28
8 Havant & Waterlooville 19 8 4 7 27 30 9 2 3 4 14 14 10 6 1 3 13 16 -3 28
9 St Albans City 15 8 2 5 31 21 10 5 1 4 22 16 5 3 1 1 9 5 10 26
10 Hungerford Town 17 8 2 7 30 25 9 2 2 5 11 16 8 6 0 2 19 9 5 26
11 Slough Town 19 7 5 7 29 30 10 5 2 3 17 13 9 2 3 4 12 17 -1 26
12 Concord Rangers 19 7 5 7 28 34 10 5 2 3 11 14 9 2 3 4 17 20 -6 26
13 Bath City 19 8 0 11 25 36 10 4 0 6 12 16 9 4 0 5 13 20 -11 24
14 Hemel Hempstead Town 19 6 5 8 24 38 9 0 4 5 9 25 10 6 1 3 15 13 -14 23
15 Eastbourne Borough 17 6 4 7 35 31 9 3 3 3 18 16 8 3 1 4 17 15 4 22
16 Hampton & Richmond 16 6 4 6 28 24 6 2 2 2 9 6 10 4 2 4 19 18 4 22
17 Welling United 19 6 2 11 18 46 9 4 1 4 10 18 10 2 1 7 8 28 -28 20
18 Chelmsford City 17 4 6 7 22 24 8 1 3 4 9 11 9 3 3 3 13 13 -2 18
19 Tonbridge Angels 18 3 5 10 16 26 10 1 4 5 9 13 8 2 1 5 7 13 -10 14
20 Braintree Town 17 2 6 9 16 33 8 1 3 4 8 14 9 1 3 5 8 19 -17 12
21 Billericay Town 19 2 4 13 14 36 9 1 2 6 10 20 10 1 2 7 4 16 -22 10

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.