Vanarama National League South preview: Can Hemel Hempstead Town edge out victory against Dover Athletic?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vauxhall Road

Which side will go home victorious when Dover Athletic visit Hemel Hempstead Town? In this pre-match guide you'll find all the relevant information and stats required to make a prediction.

Insights:
  • Hemel Hempstead Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Vanarama National League South. That game, against Tonbridge Angels, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Dover Athletic.

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Hemel Hempstead Town form and stats

When playing at home in the Vanarama National League South, Hemel Hempstead Town have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games.

A good away victory last time out for Hemel Hempstead Town, who won 3-1 against Dartford (placed 2nd).

Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Cheshunt in the Hertfordshire Senior Challenge Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hemel Hempstead Town handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

An interesting fact: 8 of the latest 10 league games from these players have had goals from both teams.

Hempstead are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League South match at Farnborough awaits in three days.

Hemel Hempstead Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. Hempstead's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dover Athletic form and stats

Dover Athletic have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League South, after 3-4-7 (14 played). Dover Athletic has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Two away games in a row for Dover Athletic, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Tonbridge Angels. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Tonbridge Angels was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Ebbsfleet United.

Dover Athletic are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 8 matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Dover are hosting Worthing in the Vanarama National League South only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dover Athletic as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Dover Athletic struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties get together this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Dover Athletic - Hempstead 4-0.

Top Goalscorers

Dover AthleticA. Pavey
A. Pavey
8 goals
Dover AthleticL. Wanadio
L. Wanadio
7 goals
Hemel Hempstead TownJ. Castiglione
J. Castiglione
5 goals

Hemel Hempstead Town missing players

Dover Athletic missing players

Hemel Hempstead Town Dover Athletic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 14 27
9 5 3 Won W 1 3 8
6 3 0 Drew D 2 4 7
11 5 1 Lost L 1 7 12
31 15 5 Scored S 3 12 31
36 16 3 Conceded C 6 23 39
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
77% 69% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 79% 81%
46% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 48%
31% 23% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 26%
8% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 4%
58% 54% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 52%
27% 31% 75% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 30%
19% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 22%
 
4.6 5.4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.6 4.2
5.5 5.2 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.3 5.2
2.1 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.8 11.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.9 9.7
3.7 4.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4 4.1
34% 27% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 21% 26%
 
10.2 9.5 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 11.6 11.2
4.4 3.8 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.1 4.6
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Hemel Hempstead Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 27 19 3 5 61 29 14 10 1 3 36 14 13 9 2 2 25 15 32 60
2 Dartford 28 18 3 7 58 29 14 10 1 3 32 13 14 8 2 4 26 16 29 57
3 Havant & Waterlooville 25 16 4 5 56 34 14 8 1 5 29 20 11 8 3 0 27 14 22 52
4 Chelmsford City 26 14 5 7 35 23 13 8 2 3 21 10 13 6 3 4 14 13 12 47
5 Oxford City 29 12 10 7 47 39 14 7 5 2 32 21 15 5 5 5 15 18 8 46
6 Worthing 27 12 10 5 45 38 14 5 5 4 22 28 13 7 5 1 23 10 7 46
7 St Albans City 26 12 6 8 42 26 13 5 4 4 17 12 13 7 2 4 25 14 16 42
8 Eastbourne Borough 28 13 3 12 47 43 15 7 1 7 27 22 13 6 2 5 20 21 4 42
9 Braintree Town 26 11 7 8 40 35 13 7 6 0 22 11 13 4 1 8 18 24 5 40
10 Tonbridge Angels 28 12 4 12 44 46 14 6 3 5 24 22 14 6 1 7 20 24 -2 40
11 Bath City 26 9 8 9 37 36 12 5 2 5 19 16 14 4 6 4 18 20 1 35
12 Farnborough 22 9 6 7 27 23 10 4 3 3 12 10 12 5 3 4 15 13 4 33
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 26 9 6 11 31 36 13 5 3 5 15 16 13 4 3 6 16 20 -5 33
14 Welling United 25 8 8 9 35 41 13 4 3 6 20 22 12 4 5 3 15 19 -6 32
15 Dulwich Hamlet 25 9 4 12 40 47 13 5 1 7 18 23 12 4 3 5 22 24 -7 31
16 Dover Athletic 27 8 7 12 31 39 13 5 3 5 19 16 14 3 4 7 12 23 -8 31
17 Slough Town 26 7 7 12 34 51 14 4 3 7 19 28 12 3 4 5 15 23 -17 28
18 Taunton Town 19 6 7 6 18 18 8 4 4 0 11 4 11 2 3 6 7 14 0 25
19 Hampton & Richmond 24 6 6 12 30 41 12 2 5 5 11 20 12 4 1 7 19 21 -11 24
20 Chippenham Town 23 6 6 11 21 33 9 4 2 3 6 7 14 2 4 8 15 26 -12 24
21 Concord Rangers 23 6 5 12 23 38 13 4 4 5 16 19 10 2 1 7 7 19 -15 23
22 Cheshunt 25 7 2 16 30 48 13 5 0 8 21 29 12 2 2 8 9 19 -18 23
23 Weymouth 24 5 3 16 26 48 12 1 2 9 6 21 12 4 1 7 20 27 -22 18
24 Hungerford Town 25 4 4 17 19 36 12 3 3 6 8 10 13 1 1 11 11 26 -17 16

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.