Open game expected at Priory Lane Stadium: Eastbourne Borough vs Concord Rangers preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Date: Sat 25.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Priory Lane Stadium (4134 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Eastbourne Borough in 14th and Concord Rangers in 11th place.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Eastbourne Borough form and stats

Overall Vanarama National League South stats at home this season for Eastbourne Borough are 5-3-5 (wins-draw-losses). The last three games played by Eastbourne Borough, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

An away draw last time out for Eastbourne Borough, facing Chelmsford City in a game that ended 1-1. In the match before that, Eastbourne Borough hosted St Albans City and drew the game 3-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Eastbourne Borough have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 2 Lost 5.

The Eastbourne Borough fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 matches. Eastbourne Borough have conceded 23 from these games.

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Concord Rangers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League South travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. Concord Rangers has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Vanarama National League South home defeat versus Weymouth with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Bath City.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Concord Rangers in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Concord Rangers, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Concord Rangers has another fixture away, a Vanarama National League South game, against Chippenham Town in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Concord Rangers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Concord Rangers have conceded 18 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Concord Rangers - Eastbourne Borough 5-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Eastbourne Borough victories, 1 draw and 6 Concord Rangers wins. 8 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Concord RangersJ. Nouble
J. Nouble
7 goals
Eastbourne BoroughG. Luer
G. Luer
6 goals
Concord Rangers
D. Sheriff
6 goals

Eastbourne Borough missing players

Concord Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Eastbourne Borough Concord Rangers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 2 11 25
7 5 1 Won W 2 4 10
10 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
10 5 1 Lost L 0 6 12
28 19 5 Scored S 6 13 38
46 23 6 Conceded C 2 18 37
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 80%
48% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 73% 68%
33% 31% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 32%
19% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 9% 16%
48% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 48%
19% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 20%
44% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 32%
 
5.2 5.2 6.3 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 5.5 5.1
5 4.5 6.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.5 5.5 4.4
1.1 1.4 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.5
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
270 123 40 Total Shots T S 20 104 284
119 56 17 Shots on Target S O 9 39 117
23% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 33% 32%
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • All of Eastbourne Borough's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Concord Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Concord Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Eastbourne Borough have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Eastbourne Borough haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 26 18 2 6 53 31 12 11 0 1 24 9 14 7 2 5 29 22 22 56
2 Bath City 26 14 7 5 43 23 14 9 4 1 25 10 12 5 3 4 18 13 20 49
3 Havant & Waterlooville 24 14 6 4 53 31 12 5 3 4 21 16 12 9 3 0 32 15 22 48
4 Slough Town 25 13 7 5 39 25 14 9 4 1 21 10 11 4 3 4 18 15 14 46
5 Weymouth 25 12 8 5 42 25 13 8 2 3 25 13 12 4 6 2 17 12 17 44
6 Dorking Wanderers 26 12 7 7 48 41 14 8 3 3 26 15 12 4 4 4 22 26 7 43
7 Dartford 27 11 7 9 46 41 13 5 5 3 26 17 14 6 2 6 20 24 5 40
8 Maidstone United 25 9 9 7 41 30 12 4 6 2 23 14 13 5 3 5 18 16 11 36
9 Chelmsford City 26 9 9 8 46 42 14 6 6 2 31 22 12 3 3 6 15 20 4 36
10 Hemel Hempstead Town 26 10 6 10 32 36 12 6 3 3 17 13 14 4 3 7 15 23 -4 36
11 Concord Rangers 25 10 3 12 38 37 14 6 2 6 25 19 11 4 1 6 13 18 1 33
12 Hampton & Richmond 24 10 3 11 33 37 11 4 2 5 14 16 13 6 1 6 19 21 -4 33
13 Oxford City 26 9 6 11 41 50 14 5 3 6 21 30 12 4 3 5 20 20 -9 33
14 Eastbourne Borough 27 7 10 10 28 46 13 5 3 5 19 23 14 2 7 5 9 23 -18 31
15 Dulwich Hamlet 27 7 9 11 41 38 14 3 4 7 22 23 13 4 5 4 19 15 3 30
16 Billericay Town 24 7 9 8 39 43 10 5 5 0 19 11 14 2 4 8 20 32 -4 30
17 Braintree Town 27 9 3 15 40 59 13 4 2 7 18 25 14 5 1 8 22 34 -19 30
18 Tonbridge Angels 25 7 6 12 34 44 12 6 2 4 25 22 13 1 4 8 9 22 -10 27
19 St Albans City 27 6 9 12 31 45 14 3 5 6 15 23 13 3 4 6 16 22 -14 27
20 Welling United 26 7 5 14 27 39 14 6 2 6 21 20 12 1 3 8 6 19 -12 26
21 Chippenham Town 26 5 10 11 27 36 12 4 4 4 14 17 14 1 6 7 13 19 -9 25
22 Hungerford Town 26 5 3 18 31 54 12 2 2 8 11 22 14 3 1 10 20 32 -23 18

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 Wealdstone 26 18 2 6 53 31 12 11 0 1 24 9 14 7 2 5 29 22 22 56
2 Bath City 26 14 7 5 43 23 14 9 4 1 25 10 12 5 3 4 18 13 20 49
3 Havant & Waterlooville 24 14 6 4 53 31 12 5 3 4 21 16 12 9 3 0 32 15 22 48
4 Slough Town 25 13 7 5 39 25 14 9 4 1 21 10 11 4 3 4 18 15 14 46
5 Weymouth 25 12 8 5 42 25 13 8 2 3 25 13 12 4 6 2 17 12 17 44
6 Dorking Wanderers 26 12 7 7 48 41 14 8 3 3 26 15 12 4 4 4 22 26 7 43
7 Dartford 27 11 7 9 46 41 13 5 5 3 26 17 14 6 2 6 20 24 5 40
8 Maidstone United 25 9 9 7 41 30 12 4 6 2 23 14 13 5 3 5 18 16 11 36
9 Chelmsford City 26 9 9 8 46 42 14 6 6 2 31 22 12 3 3 6 15 20 4 36
10 Hemel Hempstead Town 26 10 6 10 32 36 12 6 3 3 17 13 14 4 3 7 15 23 -4 36
11 Concord Rangers 25 10 3 12 38 37 14 6 2 6 25 19 11 4 1 6 13 18 1 33
12 Hampton & Richmond 24 10 3 11 33 37 11 4 2 5 14 16 13 6 1 6 19 21 -4 33
13 Oxford City 26 9 6 11 41 50 14 5 3 6 21 30 12 4 3 5 20 20 -9 33
14 Eastbourne Borough 27 7 10 10 28 46 13 5 3 5 19 23 14 2 7 5 9 23 -18 31
15 Dulwich Hamlet 27 7 9 11 41 38 14 3 4 7 22 23 13 4 5 4 19 15 3 30
16 Billericay Town 24 7 9 8 39 43 10 5 5 0 19 11 14 2 4 8 20 32 -4 30
17 Braintree Town 27 9 3 15 40 59 13 4 2 7 18 25 14 5 1 8 22 34 -19 30
18 Tonbridge Angels 25 7 6 12 34 44 12 6 2 4 25 22 13 1 4 8 9 22 -10 27
19 St Albans City 27 6 9 12 31 45 14 3 5 6 15 23 13 3 4 6 16 22 -14 27
20 Welling United 26 7 5 14 27 39 14 6 2 6 21 20 12 1 3 8 6 19 -12 26
21 Chippenham Town 26 5 10 11 27 36 12 4 4 4 14 17 14 1 6 7 13 19 -9 25
22 Hungerford Town 26 5 3 18 31 54 12 2 2 8 11 22 14 3 1 10 20 32 -23 18

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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.