The Havant & Waterlooville & Slough Town managers P. Doswell and N. Baker are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Vanarama National League South league table.
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.
Havant & Waterlooville's stadium, West Leigh Park, has a grass surface. Slough Town have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Slough Town when playing on grass; 22 wins, 10 draws and 11 losses from 43 matches. They have scored 71 goals in these games and conceded 52.
Havant & Waterlooville form and stats
Overall Vanarama National League South stats at home this season for Havant & Waterlooville are 6-4-5 (wins-draw-losses).
The Havant & Waterlooville crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to St Albans City here at West Leigh Park in a Vanarama National League South match. Before that, Havant & Waterlooville played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Slough Town.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Havant & Waterlooville have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won zero, drawn one and lost zero.
Havant & Waterlooville are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League South match at Welling United awaits in three days.
Havant & Waterlooville have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at West Leigh Park with 25 goals in 15 league matches. Havant & Waterlooville have conceded 20 in these home matches.
Slough Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League South travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Slough Town are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Chelmsford City (placed 11th). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Havant & Waterlooville.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Slough Town playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Slough Town wins, two draws and two defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Slough Town now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Vanarama National League South game at Dorking Wanderers is waiting in only three days.
Slough Town are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 15 away games so far. Slough Town have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Slough Town - Havant & Waterlooville 1-1 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ayunga 17 goals |  D. Kedwell 11 goals |  M. Lench 10 goals |
Havant & Waterlooville missing players
Slough Town missing players
| Havant & Waterlooville | Slough Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 15 | 31 |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 58 | 25 | 13 | Scored | S | 4 | 24 | 46 |
| 36 | 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 30 |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 74% |
| 70% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 43% | 33% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 19% |
| 20% | 20% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 13% | 10% |
| 73% | 73% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 73% | 65% |
| 27% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 26% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 6.3 | 6.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.8 | 6.4 |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 397 | 200 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 163 | 375 |
| 170 | 73 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 80 | 166 |
| 34% | 34% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 30% | 27% |
- Havant & Waterlooville has the most points from losing position (22)
- Havant & Waterlooville have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Slough Town has the fewest conceded goals (30)
- Slough Town has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12)
- Slough Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Slough Town 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 | Wealdstone | 29 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 66 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 34 | 65 |
| 2 | Bath City | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 59 |
| 3 | Slough Town | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 57 |
| 4 | Weymouth | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 53 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 56 |
| 5 | Havant & Waterlooville | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 58 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 22 | 55 |
| 6 | Dorking Wanderers | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 48 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 6 | 50 |
| 7 | Dartford | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 49 |
| 8 | Hampton & Richmond | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 50 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 46 |
| 9 | Maidstone United | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 44 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 42 |
| 10 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -7 | 41 |
| 11 | Chelmsford City | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 52 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 1 | 40 |
| 12 | Oxford City | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 55 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | -11 | 40 |
| 13 | Welling United | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 39 |
| 14 | Concord Rangers | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -1 | 35 |
| 15 | Dulwich Hamlet | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 34 |
| 16 | St Albans City | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 50 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 25 | -12 | 34 |
| 17 | Eastbourne Borough | 31 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -19 | 34 |
| 18 | Billericay Town | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 49 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 35 | -7 | 32 |
| 19 | Tonbridge Angels | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 51 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -9 | 32 |
| 20 | Chippenham Town | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -12 | 32 |
| 21 | Braintree Town | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 41 | 64 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 37 | -23 | 32 |
| 22 | Hungerford Town | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 36 | 63 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 40 | -27 | 25 |