Vanarama National League South: Ebbsfleet United believed to top Braintree Town

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Tue 26.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)

Ebbsfleet United are prepared for Braintree Town with expectations of securing all three points. Can they? Check our match preview!

Insights:
  • All of Ebbsfleet United's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Braintree Town is in the worst form (0-0-6)

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Ebbsfleet United form and stats

Ebbsfleet United have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Vanarama National League South. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

Ebbsfleet are returning here after visiting Eastbourne Borough in a Vanarama National League South game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Hampton & Richmond.

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

Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Ebbsfleet has scored 9 goals here in 3 home games. On the other hand, Ebbsfleet United have conceded 4 goals.

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Braintree Town form and stats

With the Braintree losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Braintree Town failed to get anything from their last game, a Vanarama National League South home match vs Dulwich Hamlet (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-2.

Prior to that match, the Braintree manager D. Maxwell faced defeat when travelling to Welling United and losing 0-1.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Braintree manager D. Maxwell as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Chippenham Town.

Braintree have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. For Braintree Town, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ebbsfleet five wins, two draws and Braintree Town three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

EbbsfleetD. Poleon
D. Poleon
7 goals
Braintree TownL. Holness
L. Holness
4 goals
Ebbsfleet UnitedJ. Martin
J. Martin
2 goals

Ebbsfleet United missing players

Braintree Town missing players

Ebbsfleet United Braintree Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 0 5 10
5 2 1 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
2 1 0 Lost L 0 3 6
18 9 3 Scored S 0 5 10
10 4 1 Conceded C 0 11 21
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 90%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 60%
50% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 40%
25% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 10%
62% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 50%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 10%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 40%
 
8.1 6.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.9
4.8 5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.4 5.2
2.5 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.6 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.9 16 14 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.8 9.9
5.9 6.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.6 3.7
38% 45% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 27%
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • All of Ebbsfleet United's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Braintree Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Braintree Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Braintree Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Braintree Town is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Ebbsfleet United have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dartford 8 7 1 0 22 4 4 3 1 0 8 2 4 4 0 0 14 2 18 22
2 Oxford City 10 4 5 1 23 13 6 2 3 1 14 9 4 2 2 0 9 4 10 17
3 Maidstone United 9 5 2 2 16 11 5 2 1 2 7 8 4 3 1 0 9 3 5 17
4 Ebbsfleet United 8 5 1 2 18 10 3 2 0 1 9 4 5 3 1 1 9 6 8 16
5 St Albans City 8 5 1 2 17 9 4 2 1 1 8 4 4 3 0 1 9 5 8 16
6 Dulwich Hamlet 8 4 2 2 17 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 3 1 0 12 3 8 14
7 Dorking Wanderers 9 4 2 3 17 14 4 3 0 1 10 6 5 1 2 2 7 8 3 14
8 Concord Rangers 10 4 2 4 16 22 5 3 0 2 5 8 5 1 2 2 11 14 -6 14
9 Hampton & Richmond 9 3 4 2 17 9 5 2 2 1 9 5 4 1 2 1 8 4 8 13
10 Hungerford Town 8 4 1 3 15 11 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 3 0 2 11 7 4 13
11 Eastbourne Borough 10 3 4 3 22 19 6 1 3 2 12 12 4 2 1 1 10 7 3 13
12 Chippenham Town 10 3 4 3 14 15 4 1 0 3 6 11 6 2 4 0 8 4 -1 13
13 Havant & Waterlooville 8 4 0 4 14 10 4 2 0 2 10 6 4 2 0 2 4 4 4 12
14 Tonbridge Angels 8 3 2 3 12 13 4 1 1 2 6 6 4 2 1 1 6 7 -1 11
15 Welling United 10 3 2 5 10 26 5 2 1 2 6 13 5 1 1 3 4 13 -16 11
16 Chelmsford City 9 2 3 4 11 15 4 0 2 2 3 6 5 2 1 2 8 9 -4 9
17 Bath City 9 3 0 6 11 20 5 1 0 4 5 10 4 2 0 2 6 10 -9 9
18 Slough Town 9 2 2 5 10 16 4 1 0 3 4 7 5 1 2 2 6 9 -6 8
19 Billericay Town 9 2 1 6 11 19 5 1 1 3 8 12 4 1 0 3 3 7 -8 7
20 Braintree Town 10 1 3 6 10 21 5 0 2 3 5 10 5 1 1 3 5 11 -11 6
21 Hemel Hempstead Town 9 1 2 6 9 26 5 0 2 3 3 16 4 1 0 3 6 10 -17 5

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.