Home advantage could prove decisive in Hemel Hempstead Town - Welling United battle

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vauxhall Road

Welling United have journeyed here for an exciting duel against the hosts Hemel Hempstead Town. Get smart on the fixture with this full Vanarama National League South preview!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hempstead and Welling United.

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Hemel Hempstead Town form and stats

Hemel Hempstead Town have only played one Vanarama National League South game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats from 20 matches.

Hemel Hempstead Town lost their last game at Braintree Town (placed 9th) after a 1-3 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated through four league games.

1-1 away at Hampton & Richmond before that.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hemel Hempstead Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 5.

Hemel Hempstead Town has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Welling United form and stats

One match played away so far in the Vanarama National League South for Welling United and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses from 20 games.

Welling had fun at their own home (Vauxhall Road) last time out, beating Cheshunt 2-1. Hyde and Azeez scored.

Preceding that, the 2-4 home loss versus Worthing.

Welling United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Welling United have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Hemel Hempstead Town-Welling United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hempstead two wins, Welling United three wins, five draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Hemel Hempstead TownJ. Greenidge
J. Greenidge
2 goals
Welling UnitedT. Hyde
T. Hyde
2 goals
Welling UnitedA. Azeez
A. Azeez
2 goals

Hemel Hempstead Town missing players

Welling United missing players

Hemel Hempstead Town Welling United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 1 1 Scored S 0 0 4
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
33% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
4.3 7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 3.3
3.3 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2
2.3 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.3 13 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 10
3.7 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 3.3
27% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
 
9.7 9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 14
4.3 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 6
Hemel Hempstead Town Last season Welling United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
13 6   Won W   3 10
9 6   Drew D   5 8
18 8   Lost L   12 22
49 26   Scored S   22 46
72 42   Conceded C   47 87
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 98%
80% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 78%
62% 70%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   80% 70%
42% 60%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 48%
12% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 28%
60% 55%   BTTS BTTS   65% 60%
15% 15%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 18%
30% 35%   Failed to Score F T   30% 25%
 
5.7 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4
4.3 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   7 6.8
1.7 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.6
7 4   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.3 10.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 8.8
4.3 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4
28% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 29%
 
9.3 8.9   Shots against (avg) S A   14.8 13.9
4.1 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.5 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 Ebbsfleet United 3 3 0 0 9 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 6 4 5 9
2 Worthing 3 2 1 0 8 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 7 2 5 7
3 Havant & Waterlooville 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 7
4 Tonbridge Angels 3 2 1 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 7
5 Concord Rangers 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
6 Dartford 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 6
7 Dulwich Hamlet 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 5
8 Chelmsford City 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
9 Braintree Town 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 4
10 Dover Athletic 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
11 Farnborough 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
12 Bath City 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 5 4 -1 4
13 Welling United 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 4
14 Hemel Hempstead Town 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 -1 4
15 Eastbourne Borough 3 1 0 2 8 8 2 0 0 2 5 7 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 3
16 Cheshunt 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 3
17 Oxford City 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
18 Hampton & Richmond 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 2
19 St Albans City 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
20 Hungerford Town 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 1
21 Taunton Town 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 1
22 Slough Town 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 1
23 Chippenham Town 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
24 Weymouth 3 0 0 3 3 9 3 0 0 3 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 -6 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 Maidstone United 40 27 6 7 80 38 20 16 1 3 44 18 20 11 5 4 36 20 42 87
2 Dorking Wanderers 40 25 6 9 101 53 20 17 1 2 61 23 20 8 5 7 40 30 48 81
3 Ebbsfleet United 40 24 4 12 78 53 20 13 3 4 45 18 20 11 1 8 33 35 25 76
4 Dartford 40 21 11 8 75 42 20 10 8 2 32 18 20 11 3 6 43 24 33 74
5 Oxford City 40 19 12 9 71 46 20 10 6 4 40 24 20 9 6 5 31 22 25 69
6 Eastbourne Borough 40 17 9 14 73 67 20 10 4 6 43 36 20 7 5 8 30 31 6 60
7 Chippenham Town 40 16 11 13 61 50 20 10 3 7 39 30 20 6 8 6 22 20 11 59
8 Havant & Waterlooville 40 15 12 13 58 55 20 8 5 7 37 24 20 7 7 6 21 31 3 57
9 St Albans City 40 15 7 18 55 58 20 8 3 9 30 28 20 7 4 9 25 30 -3 52
10 Dulwich Hamlet 40 13 12 15 63 60 20 7 6 7 29 26 20 6 6 8 34 34 3 51
11 Hampton & Richmond 40 14 9 17 56 56 20 9 4 7 30 22 20 5 5 10 26 34 0 51
12 Hungerford Town 40 15 4 21 59 68 20 7 3 10 27 34 20 8 1 11 32 34 -9 49
13 Slough Town 40 12 13 15 51 69 20 8 6 6 30 31 20 4 7 9 21 38 -18 49
14 Concord Rangers 40 13 10 17 53 72 20 9 5 6 28 31 20 4 5 11 25 41 -19 49
15 Hemel Hempstead Town 40 13 9 18 49 72 20 6 6 8 26 42 20 7 3 10 23 30 -23 48
16 Tonbridge Angels 40 11 12 17 43 53 20 6 6 8 21 20 20 5 6 9 22 33 -10 45
17 Braintree Town 40 11 12 17 38 54 20 6 6 8 20 24 20 5 6 9 18 30 -16 45
18 Bath City 40 13 6 21 45 68 20 7 5 8 21 26 20 6 1 13 24 42 -23 45
19 Chelmsford City 40 9 14 17 46 53 20 4 9 7 18 21 20 5 5 10 28 32 -7 41
20 Welling United 40 10 8 22 46 87 20 7 3 10 24 40 20 3 5 12 22 47 -41 38
21 Billericay Town 40 9 9 22 41 68 20 4 5 11 23 38 20 5 4 11 18 30 -27 36

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.