Delightful dogfight as daring Eastbourne Borough duel with determined Taunton Town

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Priory Lane Stadium (4134 seats)

A good game and three points is the only event that will be enough for the Eastbourne Borough regulars in this Priory Lane Stadium battle with Taunton Town, as they enjoy a robust lead on the away side in the Vanarama National League South table.

Insights:
  • Eastbourne Borough have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Taunton Town have the fewest scored goals (20) in Vanarama National League South

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Vanarama National League South game only four days ago.

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Eastbourne Borough form and stats

7-1-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League South numbers at home for Eastbourne Borough so far this season.

Eastbourne Borough are returning here after visiting Dulwich Hamlet and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.

Before that, Eastbourne Borough had a home game versus Hungerford Town which ended with a victory 3-1.

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 Eastbourne have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 1 and lost 4.

Eastbourne Borough have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Priory Lane Stadium with 27 goals in 15 league matches. 22 goals have been conceded.

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Taunton Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Taunton Town so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Smith and Budd secured the home win 2-0 against Havant & Waterlooville in their previous game.

A 0-1 loss hosting St Albans City before that.

Taunton 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 2 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Taunton Town are hosting Dulwich Hamlet in the Vanarama National League South only three days away.

The attacking power of Taunton when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Taunton Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Eastbourne BoroughS. Remy
S. Remy
7 goals
Eastbourne BoroughL. Gravata
L. Gravata
6 goals
EastbourneJ. Hammond
J. Hammond
5 goals

Eastbourne Borough missing players

Taunton Town missing players

Eastbourne Borough Taunton Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 15 5 Played P 4 11 21
14 7 4 Won W 0 2 7
3 1 0 Drew D 2 3 7
12 7 1 Lost L 2 6 7
50 27 13 Scored S 2 7 20
44 22 4 Conceded C 8 14 19
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 81%
86% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 45% 48%
66% 67% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 27% 29%
38% 40% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 19%
21% 20% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 9% 10%
62% 67% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 38%
14% 13% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 33%
28% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 55% 48%
 
5.1 5.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.4 3.7
5.1 4.2 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.4 4.5
1.5 1.6 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 10.7 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 8.6 9.1
5 5.2 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.9 3
35% 35% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 22% 31%
 
11.3 10.2 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.7 10.3
4.8 3.9 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.1 3.8
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Eastbourne Borough have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Eastbourne Borough have scored more than double the goals of Taunton Town.
  • Eastbourne Borough haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Taunton Town have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Vanarama National League South
  • Taunton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Vanarama National League South
  • Taunton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Vanarama National League South
  • Taunton Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Vanarama National League South
  • Taunton Town have the fewest scored goals (20) in Vanarama National League South
  • Taunton Town have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Vanarama National League South
  • Taunton Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) 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 Ebbsfleet United 28 20 3 5 65 30 15 11 1 3 40 15 13 9 2 2 25 15 35 63
2 Dartford 29 18 3 8 58 32 14 10 1 3 32 13 15 8 2 5 26 19 26 57
3 Havant & Waterlooville 27 16 5 6 57 37 15 8 2 5 30 21 12 8 3 1 27 16 20 53
4 Worthing 29 14 10 5 51 38 15 6 5 4 25 28 14 8 5 1 26 10 13 52
5 Oxford City 30 13 10 7 50 40 15 8 5 2 35 22 15 5 5 5 15 18 10 49
6 Chelmsford City 28 14 6 8 36 25 14 8 2 4 21 11 14 6 4 4 15 14 11 48
7 St Albans City 27 13 6 8 43 26 13 5 4 4 17 12 14 8 2 4 26 14 17 45
8 Eastbourne Borough 29 14 3 12 50 44 15 7 1 7 27 22 14 7 2 5 23 22 6 45
9 Braintree Town 28 11 9 8 41 36 14 7 7 0 23 12 14 4 2 8 18 24 5 42
10 Tonbridge Angels 29 12 5 12 44 46 15 6 4 5 24 22 14 6 1 7 20 24 -2 41
11 Hemel Hempstead Town 28 10 7 11 33 37 14 5 4 5 15 16 14 5 3 6 18 21 -4 37
12 Farnborough 24 10 6 8 29 25 11 4 3 4 13 12 13 6 3 4 16 13 4 36
13 Bath City 27 9 8 10 37 37 13 5 2 6 19 17 14 4 6 4 18 20 0 35
14 Welling United 26 9 8 9 36 41 13 4 3 6 20 22 13 5 5 3 16 19 -5 35
15 Dover Athletic 29 8 8 13 31 42 14 5 3 6 19 19 15 3 5 7 12 23 -11 32
16 Dulwich Hamlet 26 9 4 13 41 50 14 5 1 8 19 26 12 4 3 5 22 24 -9 31
17 Slough Town 27 7 8 12 35 52 14 4 3 7 19 28 13 3 5 5 16 24 -17 29
18 Taunton Town 21 7 7 7 20 19 10 5 4 1 13 5 11 2 3 6 7 14 1 28
19 Chippenham Town 24 6 7 11 22 34 9 4 2 3 6 7 15 2 5 8 16 27 -12 25
20 Hampton & Richmond 26 6 7 13 32 44 12 2 5 5 11 20 14 4 2 8 21 24 -12 25
21 Cheshunt 27 7 4 16 32 50 14 5 1 8 22 30 13 2 3 8 10 20 -18 25
22 Concord Rangers 24 6 5 13 24 42 13 4 4 5 16 19 11 2 1 8 8 23 -18 23
23 Weymouth 26 6 3 17 29 52 13 2 2 9 8 22 13 4 1 8 21 30 -23 21
24 Hungerford Town 27 4 6 17 21 38 14 3 5 6 10 12 13 1 1 11 11 26 -17 18

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.