Vanarama National League South match preview: Maidstone United versus Chippenham Town

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Date: Tue 10.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Gallagher Stadium (2363 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Maidstone United are in the 8th position while the guests worry at 19th.

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.

Chippenham Town play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Chippenham Town when playing on artificial turf are 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats from two matches. They have scored 5 goals and conceded 4 times in these games.

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Maidstone United form and stats

Maidstone United have collected 12 points from their Vanarama National League South home games so far after 3-3-1. Two home wins in a row for Maidstone United bring valid hopes of a third.

Maidstone United are returning here after visiting Oxford City in a Vanarama National League South game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Maidstone United lost 1-3 at Blackpool's place.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Concord Rangers are coming to town in four days.

Maidstone United can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 14 times. On the other hand, Maidstone United have conceded 7 goals.

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Chippenham Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Chippenham Town so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-5 (win-draw-lose). Recent form does not give Chippenham Town much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Maidstone United will be a tough nut to crack. Chippenham Town seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Chippenham Town play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Havant & Waterlooville (placed 3rd). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Eastbourne Borough's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Chippenham Town when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Chippenham Town have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Maidstone UnitedM. McClure
M. McClure
9 goals
Maidstone UnitedD. Wishart
D. Wishart
7 goals
Maidstone UnitedI. Akanbi
I. Akanbi
5 goals

Maidstone United missing players

Chippenham Town missing players

Maidstone United Chippenham Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 7 2 Played P 3 10 18
7 3 1 Won W 1 1 4
6 3 1 Drew D 1 4 7
5 1 0 Lost L 1 5 7
30 14 4 Scored S 4 8 17
21 7 0 Conceded C 4 12 21
94% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 89%
78% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 61%
61% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 30% 39%
39% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 10% 11%
11% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 6%
72% 71% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 50%
22% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 28%
11% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 33%
 
5.1 7 7.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.7 3.6
4.6 4.9 6.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.7 4.7 4.4
1.3 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.6
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 3 4
 
200 100 18 Total Shots T S 27 90 160
90 46 6 Shots on Target S O 10 34 61
32% 30% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 24% 28%
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Chippenham Town has the fewest matches over the total-line (6)
  • Maidstone United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maidstone United have won significantly more corners at home than 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 18 13 2 3 39 20 8 7 0 1 18 8 10 6 2 2 21 12 19 41
2 Slough Town 19 11 4 4 31 18 11 7 3 1 17 8 8 4 1 3 14 10 13 37
3 Havant & Waterlooville 17 10 5 2 38 19 10 5 3 2 18 10 7 5 2 0 20 9 19 35
4 Weymouth 19 9 7 3 34 19 9 7 1 1 22 9 10 2 6 2 12 10 15 34
5 Bath City 20 9 6 5 31 18 11 6 4 1 18 7 9 3 2 4 13 11 13 33
6 Dorking Wanderers 20 9 6 5 31 29 11 7 2 2 16 8 9 2 4 3 15 21 2 33
7 Hemel Hempstead Town 17 9 2 6 24 23 8 5 1 2 13 9 9 4 1 4 11 14 1 29
8 Maidstone United 18 7 6 5 30 21 7 3 3 1 14 7 11 4 3 4 16 14 9 27
9 Hampton & Richmond 20 8 2 10 29 33 9 4 1 4 14 13 11 4 1 6 15 20 -4 26
10 Braintree Town 20 8 2 10 31 41 9 4 1 4 14 18 11 4 1 6 17 23 -10 26
11 Chelmsford City 20 6 7 7 35 35 11 4 5 2 24 19 9 2 2 5 11 16 0 25
12 Concord Rangers 20 7 3 10 31 32 11 5 2 4 20 14 9 2 1 6 11 18 -1 24
13 Billericay Town 17 6 6 5 25 26 7 4 3 0 13 7 10 2 3 5 12 19 -1 24
14 Welling United 20 6 5 9 22 24 11 5 2 4 17 12 9 1 3 5 5 12 -2 23
15 Oxford City 19 6 5 8 28 33 10 3 2 5 11 19 9 3 3 3 17 14 -5 23
16 Dartford 19 5 7 7 27 35 8 1 5 2 13 14 11 4 2 5 14 21 -8 22
17 Eastbourne Borough 19 5 7 7 17 30 9 3 2 4 10 15 10 2 5 3 7 15 -13 22
18 Dulwich Hamlet 19 4 7 8 23 26 10 2 3 5 13 17 9 2 4 3 10 9 -3 19
19 Chippenham Town 18 4 7 7 17 21 8 3 3 2 9 9 10 1 4 5 8 12 -4 19
20 Tonbridge Angels 20 5 4 11 27 36 11 5 2 4 22 20 9 0 2 7 5 16 -9 19
21 Hungerford Town 20 5 2 13 22 37 9 2 2 5 8 13 11 3 0 8 14 24 -15 17
22 St Albans City 19 3 6 10 19 35 11 1 4 6 10 21 8 2 2 4 9 14 -16 15

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.