The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Maidstone United welcome Welling United for the opening game at Gallagher Stadium. Read on!
It's no vacation for neither Maidstone nor Welling United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
0 - 0 - 3 with 1-5. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Welling United when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Welling United play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Maidstone United form and stats
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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won three times, drawn four and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Maidstone United as they are travelling to their away game against Havant & Waterlooville in the Vanarama National League South. That match is four days after this one.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Maidstone United friendly games in pre-season: Maidstone played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Maidstone United scored 3 goals and conceded 0 in these one game.
Last season, Maidstone United's league statistics were 12 wins, 9 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Vanarama National League South. Over these 33 matches they scored 48 goals and conceded 44. Playing at home last season Maidstone United managed 7-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 19 conceded.
Welling United form and stats
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 three wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of ten matches.
Just as the home team, Welling United have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Welling wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Let's have a look at how Welling United performed last season in the Vanarama National League South: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 6 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 13/24 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Maidstone United, zero draws and one win for Welling United. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Maidstone United missing players
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| Maidstone United | Welling United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Maidstone United | Last season | Welling United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 48 | 29 | Scored | S | 13 | 38 | ||
| 44 | 19 | Conceded | C | 24 | 46 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 73% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 58% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 47% | ||
| 36% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 21% | ||
| 15% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | ||
| 64% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 44% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 26% | ||
| 21% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 38% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 338 | 210 | Total Shots | T S | 154 | 338 | ||
| 151 | 94 | Shots on Target | S O | 64 | 148 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bath City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Billericay Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Braintree Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Chelmsford City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Chippenham Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Concord Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Dartford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Dorking Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Dulwich Hamlet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Eastbourne Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ebbsfleet United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Hampton & Richmond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Havant & Waterlooville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Hungerford Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Maidstone United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Oxford City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Slough Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | St Albans City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Tonbridge Angels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Welling United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Wealdstone | 33 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 35 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 34 | 70 |
| 2 | Havant & Waterlooville | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 64 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 17 | 27 | 67 |
| 3 | Weymouth | 35 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 60 | 35 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 25 | 63 |
| 4 | Bath City | 35 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 63 |
| 5 | Slough Town | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 60 |
| 6 | Dartford | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 60 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 56 |
| 7 | Dorking Wanderers | 35 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 58 | 56 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 2 | 50 |
| 8 | Hampton & Richmond | 33 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 51 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 47 |
| 9 | Maidstone United | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 45 |
| 10 | Chelmsford City | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 55 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | -1 | 44 |
| 11 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -7 | 44 |
| 12 | Chippenham Town | 35 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 45 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 21 | -6 | 42 |
| 13 | Welling United | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -8 | 42 |
| 14 | Oxford City | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 60 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 23 | -13 | 42 |
| 15 | Eastbourne Borough | 33 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 38 | 54 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -16 | 38 |
| 16 | Dulwich Hamlet | 35 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 51 | 50 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 37 |
| 17 | Concord Rangers | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -4 | 37 |
| 18 | Billericay Town | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 46 | 55 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 38 | -9 | 37 |
| 19 | St Albans City | 35 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 41 | 54 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | -13 | 37 |
| 20 | Tonbridge Angels | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 54 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 31 | -8 | 36 |
| 21 | Braintree Town | 35 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 44 | 67 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 39 | -23 | 35 |
| 22 | Hungerford Town | 33 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 38 | 64 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 40 | -26 | 28 |