Football preview: Ebbsfleet United odds-on when Weymouth visit

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fuling Stadium

Nothing but a win will suffice for the Ebbsfleet United regulars in this Fuling Stadium battle with Weymouth, seeing as they have a healthy lead on them in the Vanarama National League South table.

Insights:
  • Ebbsfleet United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Ebbsfleet United have scored more than double the goals of Weymouth.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Ebbsfleet United form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Fuling Stadium as Ebbsfleet United have scored 30 goals to get 25 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Vanarama National League South are 8-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Ebbsfleet United are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Ebbsfleet are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Dartford. As you see from the result above, Ebbsfleet United suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Before that game, the home loss against Dartford with the scoreline 1-4.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ebbsfleet United, as the Kent Senior Cup home game vs Dartford is only three days away.

Goals decide football matches and Ebbsfleet United are scoring many of them at home; 30 on target from 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ebbsfleet's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Weymouth 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.

Weymouth might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Taunton Town proved too strong as Weymouth slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Bob Lucas Stadium.

Prior to that match, the Weymouth manager Wilkinson faced defeat when travelling to Dulwich Hamlet and losing 0-2.

Weymouth are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 11 away games so far. For Weymouth, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Weymouth has visited these top teams five times, and 5 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Ebbsfleet have been victorious in all of the 4 latest games versus this opponent. Can they do it again?

The two teams in this fixture also met each other earlier on this match year: Weymouth - Ebbsfleet United 2-3.

Top Goalscorers

Ebbsfleet UnitedD. Poleon
D. Poleon
14 goals
Ebbsfleet UnitedR. Bingham
R. Bingham
7 goals
Ebbsfleet UnitedG. Cundle
G. Cundle
7 goals

Ebbsfleet United missing players

Weymouth missing players

Ebbsfleet United Weymouth
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 5 11 22
15 8 3 Won W 1 4 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
5 3 0 Lost L 4 6 14
50 30 10 Scored S 7 19 24
26 13 0 Conceded C 15 23 42
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
87% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
65% 75% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 82% 59%
43% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 55% 41%
26% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 36% 23%
52% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 80% 73% 50%
35% 42% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 18%
13% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 18% 41%
 
5.6 6.6 9 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.9 5.6
2.7 2.4 1 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.5 4.9
1.5 1.2 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.1 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
14.3 16.8 22.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 11.8 10.5
6.4 7.9 12.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 5.4 4.5
33% 32% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 24%
 
7.5 6.1 3.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.3 10.6
3 2.6 0.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.6 5.7 4.6
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • All of Ebbsfleet United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Weymouth's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ebbsfleet United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ebbsfleet United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Ebbsfleet United have scored more than double the goals of Weymouth.
  • Ebbsfleet United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Ebbsfleet United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Weymouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Weymouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 26 17 3 6 54 25 13 10 1 2 31 10 13 7 2 4 23 15 29 54
2 Havant & Waterlooville 24 15 4 5 53 33 13 7 1 5 26 19 11 8 3 0 27 14 20 49
3 Ebbsfleet United 23 15 3 5 50 26 12 8 1 3 30 13 11 7 2 2 20 13 24 48
4 Chelmsford City 23 13 5 5 33 19 12 8 2 2 21 9 11 5 3 3 12 10 14 44
5 St Albans City 24 12 6 6 39 21 12 5 4 3 15 9 12 7 2 3 24 12 18 42
6 Worthing 25 10 10 5 40 36 13 4 5 4 19 26 12 6 5 1 21 10 4 40
7 Eastbourne Borough 25 12 3 10 44 38 13 6 1 6 24 19 12 6 2 4 20 19 6 39
8 Oxford City 26 10 9 7 42 36 13 6 5 2 30 20 13 4 4 5 12 16 6 39
9 Braintree Town 24 10 7 7 37 31 12 6 6 0 20 10 12 4 1 7 17 21 6 37
10 Tonbridge Angels 25 10 3 12 34 41 12 5 2 5 17 19 13 5 1 7 17 22 -7 33
11 Bath City 24 8 8 8 34 34 11 4 2 5 17 16 13 4 6 3 17 18 0 32
12 Welling United 23 8 8 7 31 34 12 4 3 5 18 18 11 4 5 2 13 16 -3 32
13 Farnborough 21 8 6 7 23 22 10 4 3 3 12 10 11 4 3 4 11 12 1 30
14 Dulwich Hamlet 21 8 4 9 31 34 11 5 1 5 16 16 10 3 3 4 15 18 -3 28
15 Dover Athletic 23 7 7 9 29 32 11 4 3 4 17 14 12 3 4 5 12 18 -3 28
16 Hemel Hempstead Town 24 7 6 11 26 35 12 4 3 5 13 16 12 3 3 6 13 19 -9 27
17 Taunton Town 18 6 7 5 18 17 8 4 4 0 11 4 10 2 3 5 7 13 1 25
18 Slough Town 24 6 6 12 27 45 13 3 3 7 15 25 11 3 3 5 12 20 -18 24
19 Hampton & Richmond 22 6 5 11 29 38 11 2 4 5 10 19 11 4 1 6 19 19 -9 23
20 Concord Rangers 22 6 5 11 22 36 12 4 4 4 15 17 10 2 1 7 7 19 -14 23
21 Cheshunt 24 7 2 15 29 45 12 5 0 7 20 26 12 2 2 8 9 19 -16 23
22 Chippenham Town 22 5 6 11 20 33 9 4 2 3 6 7 13 1 4 8 14 26 -13 21
23 Weymouth 22 5 3 14 24 42 11 1 2 8 5 19 11 4 1 6 19 23 -18 18
24 Hungerford Town 23 3 4 16 17 33 11 2 3 6 7 10 12 1 1 10 10 23 -16 13

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.