Delightful dogfight as daring Eastbourne Borough duel with determined Bath City

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Priory Lane Stadium (4134 seats)

It's only round two of the Vanarama National League South for these contenders. And fresh bodies and minds here at Priory Lane Stadium as Eastbourne Borough greet Bath City. Read this preview!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Eastbourne Borough form and stats

The previous season, Eastbourne Borough's league stats were 17 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses, resulting in 6th place in the Vanarama National League South. In these 40 matches they scored 73 goals and let in 67. Appearing at home in the previous season Eastbourne Borough generated 10-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 43 goals and 36 conceded.

It's back home for Eastbourne Borough, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Oxford City away with the result 3-1. Hammond, Luer and Dickenson found the net in that victory.

Before that game, the home loss against Dartford with the scoreline 2-7.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Eastbourne Borough handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Eastbourne as they have a new game in only three days, a Vanarama National League South match thankfully also at home. Ebbsfleet United are visiting.

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Bath City form and stats

Let's have a look at how Bath City performed last season in the Vanarama National League South: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 6 draws and 21 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 68 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 1 and lost 13 with 24/42 goals scored/conceded.

Home advantage was not enough for Bath City in their previous game as they lost hosting Dartford, 0-2.

A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Oxford City.

Bath City 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, 0 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

Bath City have another fixture that requires travelling in just three days, a Vanarama National League South game vs Hampton & Richmond. A demanding itinerary for the visiting team!

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Eastbourne won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Bath City got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

Eastbourne BoroughM. Dickinson
M. Dickinson
1 goals
Eastbourne BoroughJ. Hammond
J. Hammond
1 goals
Eastbourne BoroughG. Luer
G. Luer
1 goals

Eastbourne Borough missing players

Bath City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Eastbourne Borough Bath City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 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% 100%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
12 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 8
6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
11 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Eastbourne Borough Last season Bath City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
17 10   Won W   6 13
9 4   Drew D   1 6
14 6   Lost L   13 21
73 43   Scored S   24 45
67 36   Conceded C   42 68
98% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
88% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   90% 82%
65% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   70% 60%
45% 60%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 30%
25% 35%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 12%
62% 65%   BTTS BTTS   55% 50%
25% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 20%
15% 10%   Failed to Score F T   35% 38%
 
4.2 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.8
5.9 6   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.6
1.4 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.7
5 2   Red cards R C   3 4
 
11.3 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 9.8
5.1 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.8
36% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 30%
 
12.1 11.6   Shots against (avg) S A   12.9 11
5.2 5.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 4.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ebbsfleet United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Eastbourne Borough 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Havant & Waterlooville 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Tonbridge Angels 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Dartford 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Cheshunt 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Dulwich Hamlet 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Concord Rangers 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Hemel Hempstead Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Chelmsford City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Dover Athletic 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 St Albans City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Worthing 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Taunton Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Welling United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Hampton & Richmond 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
17 Braintree Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Farnborough 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Hungerford Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
20 Oxford City 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
21 Slough Town 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
22 Weymouth 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
23 Bath City 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
24 Chippenham Town 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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

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

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