Vanarama National League South prediction and preview: Oxford City modest favorites to beat Welling United

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 09.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Court Place Farm

With their 12 point advantage in the league table, Oxford City fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Welling United.

Insights:
  • Oxford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Welling United has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Vanarama National League South

The hosts Oxford saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Vanarama National League South. That game was an away game at Billericay Town, so at least Oxford are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Oxford City form and stats

Overall Vanarama National League South stats at home this season for Oxford City are 3-3-1 (wins-draw-losses).

A strong away win for Oxford against Billericay Town the last match. In the game before, an away victory in the Fa Trophy match versus Welling United with a 2-0 scoreline.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Oxford City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won four matches, drawn two and lost one.

There will be little rest for Oxford City after this match as they are travelling to Braintree Town for a Vanarama National League South game in only three days.

Oxford has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Oxford are not conceding a lot of goals here at Court Place Farm in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.

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Welling United form and stats

Welling United, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Vanarama National League South, have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League South, after 1-3-2 (6 played).

Welling United might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Oxford City proved too strong as Welling slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Park View Road. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Chippenham Town.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Welling when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing zero and winning zero games.

A new game in only three days for Welling United, the Vanarama National League South home match versus St Albans City. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Welling's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. As for defending, Welling rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Oxford victories, one draw and four Welling United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

OxfordJ. Roberts
J. Roberts
8 goals
Oxford CityJ. Ashby
J. Ashby
4 goals
Welling UnitedD. Akinyemi
D. Akinyemi
3 goals

Oxford City missing players

Welling United missing players

Oxford City Welling United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 7 2 Played P 3 6 9
5 3 2 Won W 1 1 1
4 3 0 Drew D 1 3 4
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
20 9 6 Scored S 4 10 12
12 4 0 Conceded C 4 11 18
92% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
42% 14% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 67%
33% 14% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 33%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 11%
58% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 78%
33% 57% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
17% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.7 1.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.5 10 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 10.3 11.6
6.2 5.7 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5 5
27% 22% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 27%
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • All of Welling United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Oxford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Welling United has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Vanarama National League South
  • Welling United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Vanarama National League South
  • Welling United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Welling United have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Welling United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 14 9 2 3 19 11 8 5 1 2 9 5 6 4 1 1 10 6 8 29
2 Dorking Wanderers 14 8 3 3 29 15 8 4 2 2 15 9 6 4 1 1 14 6 14 27
3 St Albans City 11 8 3 0 17 5 6 5 1 0 12 4 5 3 2 0 5 1 12 27
4 Hungerford Town 15 8 1 6 22 19 7 3 0 4 8 10 8 5 1 2 14 9 3 25
5 Hampton & Richmond 14 7 2 5 18 13 7 1 2 4 4 10 7 6 0 1 14 3 5 23
6 Havant & Waterlooville 10 6 2 2 22 13 7 4 2 1 16 10 3 2 0 1 6 3 9 20
7 Eastbourne Borough 13 5 5 3 23 17 7 3 2 2 11 8 6 2 3 1 12 9 6 20
8 Oxford City 12 5 4 3 20 12 7 3 3 1 9 4 5 2 1 2 11 8 8 19
9 Maidstone United 10 4 4 2 20 12 5 3 1 1 13 5 5 1 3 1 7 7 8 16
10 Dulwich Hamlet 12 4 4 4 15 15 4 1 1 2 3 7 8 3 3 2 12 8 0 16
11 Ebbsfleet United 12 4 4 4 14 15 5 1 2 2 4 7 7 3 2 2 10 8 -1 16
12 Chippenham Town 13 4 4 5 13 18 7 1 3 3 7 11 6 3 1 2 6 7 -5 16
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 13 5 1 7 20 27 6 0 1 5 5 15 7 5 0 2 15 12 -7 16
14 Concord Rangers 12 3 4 5 14 21 5 1 3 1 8 9 7 2 1 4 6 12 -7 13
15 Tonbridge Angels 12 4 1 7 12 20 5 1 1 3 5 8 7 3 0 4 7 12 -8 13
16 Chelmsford City 12 3 3 6 15 17 7 2 1 4 9 12 5 1 2 2 6 5 -2 12
17 Billericay Town 12 3 2 7 17 23 8 2 0 6 10 17 4 1 2 1 7 6 -6 11
18 Bath City 12 3 1 8 14 22 4 1 0 3 4 8 8 2 1 5 10 14 -8 10
19 Slough Town 10 2 3 5 13 20 5 2 1 2 10 11 5 0 2 3 3 9 -7 9
20 Welling United 9 1 4 4 12 18 3 0 1 2 2 7 6 1 3 2 10 11 -6 7
21 Braintree Town 12 2 1 9 12 28 6 1 1 4 6 14 6 1 0 5 6 14 -16 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.