Home advantage could prove decisive in Dulwich Hamlet - Braintree Town battle

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Champion Hill Stadium (3000 seats)

This fixture has been long awaited by supporters of both teams, as it's the premier Vanarama National League South game of the season. Both Dulwich Hamlet and Braintree Town are ready for a positive start to their campaign.

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Dulwich Hamlet form and stats

In the previous season, Dulwich Hamlet's league stats were 13 wins, 12 draws and 15 losses, ending with 10th spot in the Vanarama National League South. During these 40 matches they scored 63 goals and conceded 60. Performing as the host team in the last season Dulwich Hamlet generated 7-6-7 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 26 conceded.

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 Dulwich Hamlet have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 5 and lost 6.

Dulwich have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Dulwich Hamlet scored 2 goals and let in 2 goals during these one game.

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Braintree Town form and stats

Let's have a look at how Braintree Town performed last season in the Vanarama National League South: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 12 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 9 with 18/30 goals scored/conceded.

Braintree Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Just as the home team, Braintree Town have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Braintree Town wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the prior six meetings between these two sides are: four wins for Dulwich, one draw and one win for Braintree Town. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Dulwich Hamlet missing players

Braintree Town missing players

Dulwich Hamlet Braintree Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
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%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Dulwich Hamlet Last season Braintree Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
13 7   Won W   5 11
12 6   Drew D   6 12
15 7   Lost L   9 17
63 29   Scored S   18 38
60 26   Conceded C   30 54
92% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 92%
85% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 60%
55% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 40%
38% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 28%
15% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 5%
62% 60%   BTTS BTTS   30% 38%
18% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 30%
28% 30%   Failed to Score F T   50% 40%
 
5.9 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5
5.4 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.6
1.6 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2
5 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
8.7 8.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 9.7
3.8 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.8
41% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 25%
 
9.6 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   11.3 11.2
4.6 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bath City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Braintree Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chelmsford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cheshunt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chippenham Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Concord Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Dartford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dover Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Dulwich Hamlet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Eastbourne Borough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Ebbsfleet United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Farnborough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Hampton & Richmond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Havant & Waterlooville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Hemel Hempstead Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Hungerford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Oxford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Slough Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 St Albans City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Taunton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Tonbridge Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Welling United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Weymouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Worthing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Maidstone United 40 27 6 7 80 38 20 16 1 3 44 18 20 11 5 4 36 20 42 87
2 Dorking Wanderers 40 25 6 9 101 53 20 17 1 2 61 23 20 8 5 7 40 30 48 81
3 Ebbsfleet United 40 24 4 12 78 53 20 13 3 4 45 18 20 11 1 8 33 35 25 76
4 Dartford 40 21 11 8 75 42 20 10 8 2 32 18 20 11 3 6 43 24 33 74
5 Oxford City 40 19 12 9 71 46 20 10 6 4 40 24 20 9 6 5 31 22 25 69
6 Eastbourne Borough 40 17 9 14 73 67 20 10 4 6 43 36 20 7 5 8 30 31 6 60
7 Chippenham Town 40 16 11 13 61 50 20 10 3 7 39 30 20 6 8 6 22 20 11 59
8 Havant & Waterlooville 40 15 12 13 58 55 20 8 5 7 37 24 20 7 7 6 21 31 3 57
9 St Albans City 40 15 7 18 55 58 20 8 3 9 30 28 20 7 4 9 25 30 -3 52
10 Dulwich Hamlet 40 13 12 15 63 60 20 7 6 7 29 26 20 6 6 8 34 34 3 51
11 Hampton & Richmond 40 14 9 17 56 56 20 9 4 7 30 22 20 5 5 10 26 34 0 51
12 Hungerford Town 40 15 4 21 59 68 20 7 3 10 27 34 20 8 1 11 32 34 -9 49
13 Slough Town 40 12 13 15 51 69 20 8 6 6 30 31 20 4 7 9 21 38 -18 49
14 Concord Rangers 40 13 10 17 53 72 20 9 5 6 28 31 20 4 5 11 25 41 -19 49
15 Hemel Hempstead Town 40 13 9 18 49 72 20 6 6 8 26 42 20 7 3 10 23 30 -23 48
16 Tonbridge Angels 40 11 12 17 43 53 20 6 6 8 21 20 20 5 6 9 22 33 -10 45
17 Braintree Town 40 11 12 17 38 54 20 6 6 8 20 24 20 5 6 9 18 30 -16 45
18 Bath City 40 13 6 21 45 68 20 7 5 8 21 26 20 6 1 13 24 42 -23 45
19 Chelmsford City 40 9 14 17 46 53 20 4 9 7 18 21 20 5 5 10 28 32 -7 41
20 Welling United 40 10 8 22 46 87 20 7 3 10 24 40 20 3 5 12 22 47 -41 38
21 Billericay Town 40 9 9 22 41 68 20 4 5 11 23 38 20 5 4 11 18 30 -27 36

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.