Vanarama National League South match preview: Eastbourne Borough versus Maidstone United

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Tue 12.January
Match begins: 19:45 (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 8th and Maidstone United in 9th place.

Insights:
  • Eastbourne Borough haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Maidstone United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Maidstone United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Vanarama National League South game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Hungerford Town. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

9-6-18 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Maidstone United when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 33 matches are 35-60 (scored/conceded).

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Eastbourne Borough form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Eastbourne Borough have to build on here at Priory Lane Stadium in the Vanarama National League South.

Eastbourne lost their last game at Haringey Borough after a 1-3 scoreline. A 2-2 draw away in the Vanarama National League South before that, with Concord Rangers the opponent.

Eastbourne have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Priory Lane Stadium with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Eastbourne have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Maidstone United form and stats

There's been little loot from Maidstone United's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Vanarama National League South. Maidstone United only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.

There might be some fixture complaints from Maidstone as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Vanarama National League South match against Hungerford Town (1-2). Before that, Maidstone secured a home win against Poole Town with the score 2-0.

After this away game Maidstone return home for a Vanarama National League South game against Chippenham Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Maidstone have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Maidstone struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Last four meetings between the teams: Eastbourne won two, Maidstone United won one and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

EastbourneC. Whelpdale
C. Whelpdale
5 goals
Eastbourne BoroughC. Walker
C. Walker
5 goals
Eastbourne BoroughC. Kendall
C. Kendall
5 goals

Eastbourne Borough missing players

Maidstone United missing players

Eastbourne Borough Maidstone United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 2 6 11
5 3 0 Won W 0 1 4
5 2 2 Drew D 1 3 4
3 2 0 Lost L 1 2 3
23 11 2 Scored S 0 8 21
17 8 2 Conceded C 1 9 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 91%
92% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 82%
69% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 64%
38% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 45%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 27%
77% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 64%
8% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 18%
15% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 10.1 7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 13.3 13.5
4.8 4.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 6.2 6.5
37% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 29%
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Eastbourne Borough haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Maidstone United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Dorking Wanderers 15 9 3 3 31 16 9 5 2 2 17 10 6 4 1 1 14 6 15 30
2 Dartford 15 9 2 4 20 13 8 5 1 2 9 5 7 4 1 2 11 8 7 29
3 Hungerford Town 16 9 1 6 24 20 8 4 0 4 10 11 8 5 1 2 14 9 4 28
4 St Albans City 12 8 3 1 17 7 7 5 1 1 12 6 5 3 2 0 5 1 10 27
5 Hampton & Richmond 14 7 2 5 18 13 7 1 2 4 4 10 7 6 0 1 14 3 5 23
6 Havant & Waterlooville 10 6 2 2 22 13 7 4 2 1 16 10 3 2 0 1 6 3 9 20
7 Oxford City 13 5 5 3 20 12 8 3 4 1 9 4 5 2 1 2 11 8 8 20
8 Eastbourne Borough 13 5 5 3 23 17 7 3 2 2 11 8 6 2 3 1 12 9 6 20
9 Maidstone United 11 4 4 3 21 14 5 3 1 1 13 5 6 1 3 2 8 9 7 16
10 Dulwich Hamlet 12 4 4 4 15 15 4 1 1 2 3 7 8 3 3 2 12 8 0 16
11 Ebbsfleet United 12 4 4 4 14 15 5 1 2 2 4 7 7 3 2 2 10 8 -1 16
12 Chippenham Town 13 4 4 5 13 18 7 1 3 3 7 11 6 3 1 2 6 7 -5 16
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 14 5 1 8 21 29 6 0 1 5 5 15 8 5 0 3 16 14 -8 16
14 Chelmsford City 13 4 3 6 17 17 7 2 1 4 9 12 6 2 2 2 8 5 0 15
15 Concord Rangers 12 3 4 5 14 21 5 1 3 1 8 9 7 2 1 4 6 12 -7 13
16 Tonbridge Angels 12 4 1 7 12 20 5 1 1 3 5 8 7 3 0 4 7 12 -8 13
17 Billericay Town 12 3 2 7 17 23 8 2 0 6 10 17 4 1 2 1 7 6 -6 11
18 Bath City 12 3 1 8 14 22 4 1 0 3 4 8 8 2 1 5 10 14 -8 10
19 Braintree Town 13 3 1 9 14 29 7 2 1 4 8 15 6 1 0 5 6 14 -15 10
20 Slough Town 10 2 3 5 13 20 5 2 1 2 10 11 5 0 2 3 3 9 -7 9
21 Welling United 10 1 5 4 12 18 3 0 1 2 2 7 7 1 4 2 10 11 -6 8

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.