Vanarama National League South preview: Can Maidstone United edge out victory against Havant & Waterlooville?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gallagher Stadium (2363 seats)

A quick look at the Vanarama National League South table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's a lot more data available. Get our Maidstone United - Havant & Waterlooville match preview!

Insights:
  • Maidstone United have the fewest conceded goals (32) in Vanarama National League South
  • Havant & Waterlooville haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

This football stadium has artifical turf, which is not Havant & Waterlooville's regular surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on artifical turf Havant & Waterlooville have performed like this: Played four matches earning 0 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat with the goal production 4-5 (scored/conceded).

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Maidstone United form and stats

40 points is a decent return from 17 Vanarama National League South games here at Gallagher Stadium for Maidstone United. The data says 13 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. The Maidstone United fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Gallagher Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Maidstone United has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

A nice win for Maidstone last time playing, versus St Albans City. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Powell, Corne and Binnom-Williams scoring for the victors.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Braintree Town and winning 2-1.

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 Maidstone United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won five times, drawn four and lost four.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (35 in 17 games), Maidstone United's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Maidstone have conceded only 16 goals.

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Havant & Waterlooville form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Havant & Waterlooville playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League South this season.

Havant & Waterlooville played 2-2 against Billericay Town in their previous match.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Dartford.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Havant & Waterlooville have scored 19 goals in 16 league games away. Waterlooville's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 25 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Maidstone United and Havant & Waterlooville have faced each other previously this season: Havant & Waterlooville - Maidstone United 0-0. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Maidstone victories, three draws and two Havant & Waterlooville wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Maidstone UnitedJ. Luque
J. Luque
18 goals
Maidstone UnitedJ. Barham
J. Barham
12 goals
Maidstone UnitedS. Corne
S. Corne
7 goals

Maidstone United missing players

Havant & Waterlooville missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Maidstone United Havant & Waterlooville
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 6 Played P 6 16 32
21 13 5 Won W 3 7 12
6 1 0 Drew D 1 4 9
6 3 1 Lost L 2 5 11
62 35 12 Scored S 7 19 46
32 16 7 Conceded C 14 25 47
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
73% 76% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 75% 75%
55% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 56%
36% 41% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 34%
24% 24% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 12%
52% 41% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 62%
36% 41% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 19% 22%
21% 18% 17% Failed to Score F T 17% 19% 22%
 
5.9 6.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 7.2 6.6
4.4 3.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.5 5.2
1.9 1.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.4
6 4 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
12.8 15.1 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.2 12.7
5.2 5.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.2 5.5
36% 35% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 28% 26%
 
7.6 6.5 8 Shots against (avg) S A 12 9.6 10.1
3.4 3 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.6 4.7
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Havant & Waterlooville haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Maidstone United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Maidstone United have the fewest conceded goals (32) in Vanarama National League South
  • Maidstone United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Vanarama National League South
  • 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 Maidstone United 33 21 6 6 62 32 17 13 1 3 35 16 16 8 5 3 27 16 30 69
2 Dorking Wanderers 33 20 5 8 77 46 16 13 1 2 42 18 17 7 4 6 35 28 31 65
3 Dartford 32 17 9 6 55 35 16 9 7 0 28 14 16 8 2 6 27 21 20 60
4 Ebbsfleet United 32 18 3 11 62 43 16 11 2 3 38 12 16 7 1 8 24 31 19 57
5 Eastbourne Borough 33 16 7 10 63 48 16 9 3 4 35 24 17 7 4 6 28 24 15 55
6 Oxford City 32 15 9 8 58 38 16 8 4 4 34 21 16 7 5 4 24 17 20 54
7 Dulwich Hamlet 33 12 10 11 56 48 17 6 5 6 26 22 16 6 5 5 30 26 8 46
8 St Albans City 33 13 6 14 48 46 17 7 3 7 27 22 16 6 3 7 21 24 2 45
9 Hungerford Town 32 14 3 15 53 53 16 7 2 7 25 26 16 7 1 8 28 27 0 45
10 Havant & Waterlooville 32 12 9 11 46 47 16 5 5 6 27 22 16 7 4 5 19 25 -1 45
11 Chippenham Town 32 11 10 11 49 41 16 7 3 6 32 26 16 4 7 5 17 15 8 43
12 Hemel Hempstead Town 32 12 6 14 43 58 16 5 4 7 23 36 16 7 2 7 20 22 -15 42
13 Slough Town 32 10 10 12 43 51 17 7 5 5 26 23 15 3 5 7 17 28 -8 40
14 Braintree Town 33 9 11 13 33 45 16 5 6 5 17 20 17 4 5 8 16 25 -12 38
15 Concord Rangers 31 10 8 13 41 55 15 7 4 4 20 24 16 3 4 9 21 31 -14 38
16 Hampton & Richmond 31 10 7 14 47 49 15 6 2 7 23 21 16 4 5 7 24 28 -2 37
17 Tonbridge Angels 31 8 9 14 35 46 16 4 6 6 18 18 15 4 3 8 17 28 -11 33
18 Bath City 33 10 3 20 35 61 16 6 2 8 17 23 17 4 1 12 18 38 -26 33
19 Chelmsford City 32 7 10 15 34 42 16 3 6 7 13 17 16 4 4 8 21 25 -8 31
20 Billericay Town 32 7 9 16 35 56 16 4 5 7 21 31 16 3 4 9 14 25 -21 30
21 Welling United 32 8 6 18 33 68 16 6 2 8 17 28 16 2 4 10 16 40 -35 30

Table
  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 33 21 6 6 62 32 17 13 1 3 35 16 16 8 5 3 27 16 30 69
2 Dorking Wanderers 33 20 5 8 77 46 16 13 1 2 42 18 17 7 4 6 35 28 31 65
3 Dartford 32 17 9 6 55 35 16 9 7 0 28 14 16 8 2 6 27 21 20 60
4 Ebbsfleet United 32 18 3 11 62 43 16 11 2 3 38 12 16 7 1 8 24 31 19 57
5 Eastbourne Borough 33 16 7 10 63 48 16 9 3 4 35 24 17 7 4 6 28 24 15 55
6 Oxford City 32 15 9 8 58 38 16 8 4 4 34 21 16 7 5 4 24 17 20 54
7 Dulwich Hamlet 33 12 10 11 56 48 17 6 5 6 26 22 16 6 5 5 30 26 8 46
8 St Albans City 33 13 6 14 48 46 17 7 3 7 27 22 16 6 3 7 21 24 2 45
9 Hungerford Town 32 14 3 15 53 53 16 7 2 7 25 26 16 7 1 8 28 27 0 45
10 Havant & Waterlooville 32 12 9 11 46 47 16 5 5 6 27 22 16 7 4 5 19 25 -1 45
11 Chippenham Town 32 11 10 11 49 41 16 7 3 6 32 26 16 4 7 5 17 15 8 43
12 Hemel Hempstead Town 32 12 6 14 43 58 16 5 4 7 23 36 16 7 2 7 20 22 -15 42
13 Slough Town 32 10 10 12 43 51 17 7 5 5 26 23 15 3 5 7 17 28 -8 40
14 Braintree Town 33 9 11 13 33 45 16 5 6 5 17 20 17 4 5 8 16 25 -12 38
15 Concord Rangers 31 10 8 13 41 55 15 7 4 4 20 24 16 3 4 9 21 31 -14 38
16 Hampton & Richmond 31 10 7 14 47 49 15 6 2 7 23 21 16 4 5 7 24 28 -2 37
17 Tonbridge Angels 31 8 9 14 35 46 16 4 6 6 18 18 15 4 3 8 17 28 -11 33
18 Bath City 33 10 3 20 35 61 16 6 2 8 17 23 17 4 1 12 18 38 -26 33
19 Chelmsford City 32 7 10 15 34 42 16 3 6 7 13 17 16 4 4 8 21 25 -8 31
20 Billericay Town 32 7 9 16 35 56 16 4 5 7 21 31 16 3 4 9 14 25 -21 30
21 Welling United 32 8 6 18 33 68 16 6 2 8 17 28 16 2 4 10 16 40 -35 30

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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.