Hungerford Town vs Welling United: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bulpit Lane (2500 seats)

The home fans await a victory in this match, and the home advantage might do the trick versus a stumbling visitor. Hungerford Town are in 13th spot while the guesting Welling United lose sleep at 20th.

Insights:
  • Hungerford Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Welling United have the most conceded goals (82) in Vanarama National League South

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Hungerford Town form and stats

Overall Vanarama National League South stats playing at home this season for Hungerford Town are 7-2-9 (wins-draws-losses). The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Bulpit Lane, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Concord Rangers game.

Stress levels are on the rise for Hungerford Town's attacking players as they have now played 381 minutes without scoring in a league game. Seager was their last goal scorer.

Hungerford Town are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Hampton & Richmond.

Before that game, the home loss against Bath City with the scoreline 0-3.

The manager Robinson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Chippenham Town in only two days.

Hungerford has scored 25 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 31 goals have been conceded.

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Welling United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Welling United so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-11 (win-draw-lose).

Welling United's last game was the home draw against Havant & Waterlooville (2-2).

A 0-4 loss hosting Dorking Wanderers before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Welling United playing away, we found seven games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and six home wins.

A new game in only two days for Welling United, the Vanarama National League South home match versus Maidstone United. Busy days.

The visiting Welling have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 18 games. The Welling United manager Feeney has some worries about the defense as 44 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have fought earlier this season: Welling United - Hungerford 1-4. Last ten meetings featuring these participants: Hungerford Town won three, Welling United were winners in six and we saw one draw. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Hungerford TownR. Seager
R. Seager
26 goals
Welling UnitedD. Akinyemi
D. Akinyemi
17 goals
Hungerford TownJ. Evans
J. Evans
6 goals

Hungerford Town missing players

Welling United missing players

Hungerford Town Welling United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
15 7 3 Won W 2 2 8
3 2 0 Drew D 1 5 8
19 9 3 Lost L 3 11 21
55 25 7 Scored S 7 19 40
62 31 11 Conceded C 11 44 82
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
78% 83% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 83% 76%
62% 61% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 78% 68%
41% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 49%
24% 22% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 28% 27%
57% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 61% 57%
14% 17% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 11% 19%
30% 28% 17% Failed to Score F T 17% 33% 27%
 
3.9 4.5 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.9 4.1
5.7 4.1 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 7.2 6.8
2.5 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.5 1.5
9 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.2 13.5 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 8.2 8.6
4.6 5.5 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.9
33% 25% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 30% 27%
 
12.9 10.3 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12 14.4 13.6
5.5 4.3 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 6.4 6
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Hungerford Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Welling United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Welling United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Welling United have the fewest points (11) away in Vanarama National League South
  • Welling United have the most conceded goals (44) away in Vanarama National League South
  • Welling United have the most conceded goals (82) in Vanarama National League South
  • Welling United have the most conceded goals in the first half (46) in Vanarama National League South
  • Welling United have the the worst goal difference (-25) away in Vanarama National League South
  • Welling United have the the worst goal difference (-42) in Vanarama National League South

  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 37 25 6 6 73 33 18 14 1 3 39 16 19 11 5 3 34 17 40 81
2 Dorking Wanderers 37 24 5 8 96 48 19 16 1 2 57 20 18 8 4 6 39 28 48 77
3 Ebbsfleet United 37 22 3 12 72 49 18 12 2 4 41 15 19 10 1 8 31 34 23 69
4 Dartford 37 19 11 7 62 39 19 10 8 1 32 17 18 9 3 6 30 22 23 68
5 Oxford City 37 17 11 9 63 41 19 9 6 4 37 23 18 8 5 5 26 18 22 62
6 Eastbourne Borough 37 17 9 11 70 56 18 10 4 4 40 27 19 7 5 7 30 29 14 60
7 Havant & Waterlooville 37 14 11 12 55 53 18 7 5 6 34 22 19 7 6 6 21 31 2 53
8 Chippenham Town 37 14 10 13 54 46 19 9 3 7 36 28 18 5 7 6 18 18 8 52
9 St Albans City 37 14 7 16 51 52 18 7 3 8 27 25 19 7 4 8 24 27 -1 49
10 Slough Town 38 12 13 13 50 60 19 8 6 5 30 25 19 4 7 8 20 35 -10 49
11 Dulwich Hamlet 38 12 12 14 58 55 19 6 6 7 27 25 19 6 6 7 31 30 3 48
12 Hampton & Richmond 37 13 9 15 52 50 19 8 4 7 27 21 18 5 5 8 25 29 2 48
13 Hungerford Town 37 15 3 19 55 62 18 7 2 9 25 31 19 8 1 10 30 31 -7 48
14 Hemel Hempstead Town 37 13 8 16 47 67 19 6 5 8 26 42 18 7 3 8 21 25 -20 47
15 Concord Rangers 37 12 9 16 49 68 18 8 5 5 25 28 19 4 4 11 24 40 -19 45
16 Bath City 38 12 5 21 41 65 18 6 4 8 17 23 20 6 1 13 24 42 -24 41
17 Chelmsford City 37 9 13 15 43 47 19 4 8 7 17 20 18 5 5 8 26 27 -4 40
18 Tonbridge Angels 37 9 12 16 38 50 19 5 6 8 19 20 18 4 6 8 19 30 -12 39
19 Braintree Town 37 9 12 16 34 52 18 5 6 7 17 22 19 4 6 9 17 30 -18 39
20 Welling United 37 8 8 21 40 82 19 6 3 10 21 38 18 2 5 11 19 44 -42 32
21 Billericay Town 37 7 9 21 37 65 19 4 5 10 22 36 18 3 4 11 15 29 -28 30

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.