Possible nail-biting contest in Maidstone United - Dartford game

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gallagher Stadium (2363 seats)

Get ready for a show! Today's main heroes are Maidstone United and Dartford, a win is the objective and 1 1/2 hours the duration.

Insights:
  • Maidstone United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dartford have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Vanarama National League South

Maidstone United and Dartford should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This football field has artifical turf, which is not Dartford's familiar surface at their own stadium. When playing on artifical turf Dartford have performed like this: Played six matches with the outcome 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 12-5 (scored/conceded).

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Maidstone United form and stats

Maidstone United have collected 10 points from their Vanarama National League South home games so far after 3-1-3.

The spoils were shared in Maidstone's previous game, also at home. Visiting Billericay Town (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) (placed 21st) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.

Before that match, a Vanarama National League South win away at Ebbsfleet United.

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 Maidstone have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost four.

The Maidstone fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. On the other hand, Maidstone have conceded 9 goals.

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Dartford form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Vanarama National League South.

Dartford won their last game, 1-0 versus Billericay Town played at home.

Before that, Dartford travelled to Bath City (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) and returned home with a draw after the Fa Trophy game finished 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Dartford in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Dartford, two draws and one defeat.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Dartford are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the prior ten meetings featuring these two teams are: one win for Maidstone, three draws and six wins for Dartford. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

DartfordA. Azeez
A. Azeez
10 goals
MaidstoneJ. Luque
J. Luque
9 goals
Maidstone UnitedS. Corne
S. Corne
4 goals

Maidstone United missing players

Dartford missing players

Maidstone United Dartford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 0 Played P 2 8 15
7 3 0 Won W 2 5 9
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
4 3 0 Lost L 0 2 2
22 8 0 Scored S 5 17 29
17 9 0 Conceded C 1 6 11
87% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 87%
67% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 60%
47% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 47%
33% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 40%
20% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 20%
47% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 40%
33% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 47%
33% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 27%
 
4.9 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 7.2 6.9
5.3 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5 4.1
2.3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.5 1.6
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.1 14.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13.2 13.8
4.2 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.2 5.8
35% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 40% 33%
 
9.3 7.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.2 7.9
4.5 3.9 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 3.1 2.9
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Dartford have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dartford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dartford have scored at least twice as many goals away as Maidstone United have scored home.
  • Dartford have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dartford have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dartford have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Vanarama National League South
  • Dartford have the the best goal difference (+18) in Vanarama National League South
  • Maidstone United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Maidstone United 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 Dartford 15 9 4 2 29 11 7 4 3 0 12 5 8 5 1 2 17 6 18 31
2 Oxford City 15 8 6 1 29 13 8 4 3 1 17 9 7 4 3 0 12 4 16 30
3 Dulwich Hamlet 15 8 4 3 35 21 8 4 2 2 17 11 7 4 2 1 18 10 14 28
4 Ebbsfleet United 14 8 1 5 34 22 6 4 0 2 19 7 8 4 1 3 15 15 12 25
5 Maidstone United 15 7 4 4 22 17 7 3 1 3 8 9 8 4 3 1 14 8 5 25
6 Havant & Waterlooville 15 7 3 5 24 18 7 2 2 3 13 11 8 5 1 2 11 7 6 24
7 St Albans City 13 7 2 4 27 18 8 4 1 3 18 13 5 3 1 1 9 5 9 23
8 Hungerford Town 15 7 2 6 29 22 8 2 2 4 11 13 7 5 0 2 18 9 7 23
9 Hampton & Richmond 14 6 4 4 27 17 6 2 2 2 9 6 8 4 2 2 18 11 10 22
10 Eastbourne Borough 16 6 4 6 34 29 8 3 3 2 17 14 8 3 1 4 17 15 5 22
11 Concord Rangers 15 6 4 5 23 28 8 5 1 2 10 11 7 1 3 3 13 17 -5 22
12 Chippenham Town 16 5 6 5 26 23 8 3 1 4 15 15 8 2 5 1 11 8 3 21
13 Dorking Wanderers 14 6 3 5 26 25 6 5 0 1 15 9 8 1 3 4 11 16 1 21
14 Slough Town 15 6 3 6 19 22 8 4 1 3 11 10 7 2 2 3 8 12 -3 21
15 Bath City 15 6 0 9 19 31 8 3 0 5 10 15 7 3 0 4 9 16 -12 18
16 Hemel Hempstead Town 15 5 3 7 19 33 7 0 3 4 7 21 8 5 0 3 12 12 -14 18
17 Welling United 16 5 2 9 15 39 9 4 1 4 10 18 7 1 1 5 5 21 -24 17
18 Tonbridge Angels 15 3 4 8 14 21 8 1 3 4 7 10 7 2 1 4 7 11 -7 13
19 Chelmsford City 14 2 5 7 16 23 7 0 3 4 6 11 7 2 2 3 10 12 -7 11
20 Braintree Town 15 2 5 8 14 28 7 1 2 4 6 12 8 1 3 4 8 16 -14 11
21 Billericay Town 15 2 1 12 13 33 7 1 1 5 9 17 8 1 0 7 4 16 -20 7

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.