Evenly matched teams: Farnborough vs Eastbourne Borough match preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Paddy Power Park (4163 seats)

With the tense opening match finished it’s time for the second Vanarama National League South meeting of the season. Farnborough are ready to confront Eastbourne Borough in front of their stadium regulars.

Farnborough and Eastbourne Borough should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Farnborough form and stats

In the previous season, Farnborough's league statistics were 19 wins, 9 draws and 18 losses, ending with 12th position in the Vanarama National League South. In these 46 matches they scored {59 goals} and conceded 52. Appearing as the home team in the previous season Farnborough managed 9-6-8 (win-draw-lost) with {33 goals} and 24 conceded.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 210 minutes without scoring a league goal. Saied was the last player to find the net.

In their previous game, the manager Day led his Farnborough to a defeat away at Chelmsford City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Paddy Power Park.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at St Albans City.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Farnborough as they have a new game in only three days, a Vanarama National League South match thankfully also at home. Hemel Hempstead Town are visiting.

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Eastbourne Borough form and stats

Let's have a look at how Eastbourne Borough performed last season in the Vanarama National League South: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 22 victories, 5 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 74 and conceded {66 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 3 and lost 10 with 33/35 goals scored/conceded.

Eastbourne Borough won their last game, 1-0 versus Hampton & Richmond played at home.

A 0-2 defeat away at Braintree Town before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Eastbourne playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 4 Eastbourne Borough wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Eastbourne Borough have another match away from home in just two sleeps, a Vanarama National League South fixture versus Aveley. A rough timetable for the visiting team!

Head 2 Head

Data for the prior ten meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for Farnborough, four draws and four wins for Eastbourne Borough. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

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Total First Half Second Half
Farnborough Eastbourne Borough
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 8
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 9
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 18
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 14
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 7%
 
8 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Farnborough Last season Eastbourne Borough
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
19 9   Won W   10 22
9 6   Drew D   3 5
18 8   Lost L   10 19
59 33   Scored S   33 74
52 24   Conceded C   35 66
93% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 98%
65% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 85%
50% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 63%
22% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 30%
9% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   22% 17%
52% 57%   BTTS BTTS   57% 59%
26% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 17%
28% 30%   Failed to Score F T   35% 26%
 
5.3 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.6
4.3 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.1
1.6 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.5
2 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
11.7 12.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.6 10
4.9 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 5.1
27% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 31%
 
7.9 7.5   Shots against (avg) S A   12.2 10.8
3.4 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Truro City 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 St Albans City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Maidstone United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Taunton Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Chelmsford City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Worthing 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Eastbourne Borough 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Chippenham Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Hemel Hempstead Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Weston-super-Mare 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Bath City 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
12 Dartford 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Torquay United 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
14 Dover Athletic 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Braintree Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Weymouth 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Slough Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Yeovil Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Havant & Waterlooville 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Aveley 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
21 Tonbridge Angels 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Farnborough 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
23 Hampton & Richmond 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
24 Welling United 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 0
Last season 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 46 32 7 7 110 47 23 18 2 3 70 21 23 14 5 4 40 26 63 103
2 Dartford 46 25 8 13 82 50 23 16 2 5 47 19 23 9 6 8 35 31 32 83
3 Oxford City 46 21 15 10 83 56 23 13 7 3 53 28 23 8 8 7 30 28 27 78
4 Worthing 46 22 12 12 92 72 23 12 5 6 54 41 23 10 7 6 38 31 20 78
5 Chelmsford City 46 23 9 14 67 49 23 14 2 7 42 22 23 9 7 7 25 27 18 78
6 St Albans City 46 22 9 15 72 51 23 10 5 8 32 23 23 12 4 7 40 28 21 75
7 Braintree Town 46 20 14 12 66 55 23 12 9 2 35 22 23 8 5 10 31 33 11 74
8 Eastbourne Borough 46 22 5 19 74 66 23 12 2 9 41 31 23 10 3 10 33 35 8 71
9 Tonbridge Angels 46 20 10 16 68 69 23 9 7 7 37 34 23 11 3 9 31 35 -1 70
10 Havant & Waterlooville 46 19 12 15 80 70 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 9 6 8 38 37 10 69
11 Bath City 46 19 10 17 64 57 23 10 3 10 33 29 23 9 7 7 31 28 7 67
12 Farnborough 46 19 9 18 59 52 23 9 6 8 33 24 23 10 3 10 26 28 7 66
13 Chippenham Town 46 15 17 14 57 66 23 10 9 4 34 28 23 5 8 10 23 38 -9 62
14 Taunton Town 46 17 10 19 50 55 23 8 6 9 25 27 23 9 4 10 25 28 -5 61
15 Hemel Hempstead Town 46 15 15 16 49 57 23 8 9 6 26 24 23 7 6 10 23 33 -8 60
16 Welling United 46 15 14 17 57 63 23 8 5 10 31 32 23 7 9 7 26 31 -6 58
17 Hampton & Richmond 46 15 9 22 59 71 23 9 6 8 27 29 23 6 3 14 32 42 -12 54
18 Slough Town 46 13 12 21 58 78 23 7 6 10 34 39 23 6 6 11 24 39 -20 51
19 Weymouth 46 14 6 26 59 78 23 7 3 13 21 34 23 7 3 13 38 44 -19 48
20 Dover Athletic 46 12 12 22 42 68 23 7 6 10 23 33 23 5 6 12 19 35 -26 48
21 Dulwich Hamlet 46 13 9 24 61 89 23 9 3 11 29 34 23 4 6 13 32 55 -28 48
22 Concord Rangers 46 12 8 26 45 85 23 8 4 11 28 37 23 4 4 15 17 48 -40 44
23 Cheshunt 46 11 10 25 48 74 23 8 4 11 28 37 23 3 6 14 20 37 -26 43
24 Hungerford Town 46 10 10 26 48 72 23 6 9 8 23 21 23 4 1 18 25 51 -24 40

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 Truro City 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 St Albans City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Maidstone United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Taunton Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Chelmsford City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Worthing 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Eastbourne Borough 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Chippenham Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Hemel Hempstead Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Weston-super-Mare 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Bath City 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
12 Dartford 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Torquay United 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
14 Dover Athletic 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Braintree Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Weymouth 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Slough Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Yeovil Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Havant & Waterlooville 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Aveley 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
21 Tonbridge Angels 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Farnborough 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
23 Hampton & Richmond 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
24 Welling United 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 0

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