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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Tue 01.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Meadowbank Stadium (2000 seats)

Dorking Wanderers and Oxford City are both successful in the Vanarama National League South with their 1st and 3rd positions respectively. Let's hope for a great match!

Insights:
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most scored goals (61) in Vanarama National League South
  • Oxford City have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Vanarama National League South

It's no vacation for neither Dorking Wanderers nor Oxford City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Dorking Wanderers form and stats

This stadium, Meadowbank Stadium, has been a fortress for Dorking Wanderers in the Vanarama National League South so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 9-0-1. In general it's been a long time since Dorking Wanderers tasted defeat here at Meadowbank Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

It's back home for Wanderers, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Billericay Town away with the result 5-0. Briggs, Ottaway, Rutherford and McShane (2) found the net in that victory.

Before that, Dorking Wanderers had a home game versus Ebbsfleet United which ended with a victory 5-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Dorking Wanderers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won two matches, drawn two and lost zero.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Dorking Wanderers, as the Vanarama National League South home game vs Tonbridge Angels is only four days away.

Wanderers always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Meadowbank Stadium with 33 goals in 10 league games. Dorking Wanderers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Oxford City form and stats

Oxford City have an excellent away record in the Vanarama National League South so far with 5-4-0 from 9 games.

Oxford City go into this game after a win, the home game against Havant & Waterlooville that ended 3-1.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Welling United.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Oxford City playing away, we found five games. Results were one away win, one draw and three home wins.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Oxford City manager Ballard as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Hampton & Richmond.

Oxford are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. Oxford City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams face each other this season, as the history books show this recent game: Oxford City - Dorking Wanderers 2-4. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Dorking Wanderers victories, zero draws and two Oxford City wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

WanderersA. Rutherford
A. Rutherford
19 goals
Oxford CityJ. Iaciofano
J. Iaciofano
11 goals
Dorking WanderersJ. McShane
J. McShane
9 goals

Dorking Wanderers missing players

Oxford City missing players

Dorking Wanderers Oxford City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 10 3 Played P 2 9 23
15 9 2 Won W 1 5 11
3 0 0 Drew D 1 4 8
5 1 1 Lost L 0 0 4
61 33 7 Scored S 1 15 42
33 12 3 Conceded C 0 6 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 89% 96%
91% 90% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 83%
87% 90% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 52%
65% 60% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 39%
35% 50% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
78% 80% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 61%
17% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 56% 35%
4% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 11% 9%
 
6.6 7.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5 5.4
4.3 3.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.2 5.4
1.9 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.8 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
14.2 16.6 17.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 11.4 10.1
6 6.8 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.7 5.3
44% 49% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 29% 34%
 
8.1 6.7 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 16 11.2 10.2
3.9 3.1 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.8 4.2
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Oxford City have scored away.
  • Dorking Wanderers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most points (27) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most points from losing position (17) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most scored goals (33) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most scored goals (61) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have the the best goal difference (+28) 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.
  • Dorking Wanderers is in the best form (6-0-0) in Vanarama National League South
  • Oxford City have not yet lost a game away.
  • Oxford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Oxford City have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Vanarama National League South

  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 23 15 3 5 61 33 10 9 0 1 33 12 13 6 3 4 28 21 28 48
2 Maidstone United 23 13 6 4 43 20 11 7 1 3 22 10 12 6 5 1 21 10 23 45
3 Oxford City 23 11 8 4 42 27 14 6 4 4 27 21 9 5 4 0 15 6 15 41
4 Ebbsfleet United 22 13 2 7 45 33 11 8 1 2 26 8 11 5 1 5 19 25 12 41
5 Dartford 22 10 8 4 37 23 10 4 6 0 15 8 12 6 2 4 22 15 14 38
6 Chippenham Town 25 9 8 8 42 33 12 5 1 6 25 22 13 4 7 2 17 11 9 35
7 Hungerford Town 23 11 2 10 41 35 12 5 2 5 19 18 11 6 0 5 22 17 6 35
8 Dulwich Hamlet 22 9 7 6 45 33 12 5 3 4 23 17 10 4 4 2 22 16 12 34
9 St Albans City 20 10 4 6 37 27 12 6 2 4 23 16 8 4 2 2 14 11 10 34
10 Eastbourne Borough 22 9 5 8 45 36 11 5 3 3 24 18 11 4 2 5 21 18 9 32
11 Havant & Waterlooville 22 8 6 8 30 35 10 2 4 4 15 15 12 6 2 4 15 20 -5 30
12 Hemel Hempstead Town 24 8 6 10 30 44 12 2 4 6 14 29 12 6 2 4 16 15 -14 30
13 Hampton & Richmond 23 8 5 10 39 37 10 4 2 4 18 13 13 4 3 6 21 24 2 29
14 Bath City 24 9 1 14 28 45 12 5 1 6 14 17 12 4 0 8 14 28 -17 28
15 Slough Town 22 7 6 9 31 38 11 5 3 3 18 14 11 2 3 6 13 24 -7 27
16 Concord Rangers 23 7 6 10 31 45 11 5 2 4 12 19 12 2 4 6 19 26 -14 27
17 Chelmsford City 22 5 9 8 25 27 12 2 6 4 11 12 10 3 3 4 14 15 -2 24
18 Tonbridge Angels 23 5 7 11 23 32 13 2 5 6 14 18 10 3 2 5 9 14 -9 22
19 Welling United 23 6 4 13 22 52 11 4 1 6 12 22 12 2 3 7 10 30 -30 22
20 Braintree Town 21 3 8 10 23 39 9 1 4 4 10 16 12 2 4 6 13 23 -16 17
21 Billericay Town 24 3 7 14 19 45 12 1 4 7 12 27 12 2 3 7 7 18 -26 16

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.