Betting preview: Slough Town vs Braintree Town should be interesting

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arbour Park (2000 seats)

Struggling Slough Town will hope to pull off an upset when they host enterprising Braintree Town in the upcoming league match. It’s 18th vs 6th and the home fans will have modest confidence.

Insights:
  • Slough Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Braintree Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Slough Town are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Braintree are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

Both teams have had enough rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's look for an enthusiastic game!

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Slough Town form and stats

Slough Town have collected 26 points from their Vanarama National League South home games so far after 7-5-10. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Slough Town after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Slough Town faced defeat in their previous match, away at Weymouth (0-2).

Before that, Slough had a home game versus Farnborough which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 Slough Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 5.

The Slough Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 33 goals in 22 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 38 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Braintree Town form and stats

Playing away, Braintree Town have won 8 games, drawn 4 and suffered 10 defeats in the Vanarama National League South this season.

Braintree won their last game, 2-0 versus Eastbourne Borough played at home.

Prior to that match, the Braintree Town manager Harrop faced defeat when travelling to Worthing and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Braintree in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Braintree Town, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Braintree Town find the net regularly in their away games. 30 goals from 22 away fixtures in the league. 32 goals have been conceded by Braintree in these games.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have battled previously this season: Braintree Town - Slough Town 1-1. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Slough victories, one draw and three Braintree Town wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Braintree TownA. Blair
A. Blair
11 goals
Braintree TownA. Matthews
A. Matthews
8 goals
Slough TownJ. Goddard
J. Goddard
6 goals

Slough Town missing players

Braintree Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Slough Town Braintree Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
13 7 0 Won W 3 8 20
11 5 2 Drew D 0 4 13
21 10 5 Lost L 4 10 12
57 33 6 Scored S 14 30 65
77 38 14 Conceded C 9 32 54
96% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 89%
84% 86% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 82% 78%
53% 59% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 86% 64% 51%
33% 41% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 43% 36% 33%
16% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 9% 13%
58% 59% 71% BTTS BTTS 57% 55% 58%
18% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 29% 32% 33%
29% 27% 29% Failed to Score F T 14% 23% 20%
 
5.4 5.3 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.9 4.3
5.2 5 4.9 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.4 5.3
1.5 1.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2
5 4 3 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
10.8 12.7 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 6.7 8.8
4.2 4.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.2 3.8
30% 31% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 43% 38%
 
11.6 11.2 13.6 Shots against (avg) S A 7 9 9.2
5.2 4.8 6.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.1 4 3.8
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Braintree Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Slough Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Ebbsfleet United 45 31 7 7 105 47 22 17 2 3 65 21 23 14 5 4 40 26 58 100
2 Dartford 45 25 7 13 82 50 23 16 2 5 47 19 22 9 5 8 35 31 32 82
3 Oxford City 45 21 15 9 82 54 23 13 7 3 53 28 22 8 8 6 29 26 28 78
4 Chelmsford City 45 23 9 13 66 47 22 14 2 6 41 20 23 9 7 7 25 27 19 78
5 Worthing 45 21 12 12 89 71 22 11 5 6 51 40 23 10 7 6 38 31 18 75
6 Braintree Town 45 20 13 12 65 54 23 12 9 2 35 22 22 8 4 10 30 32 11 73
7 St Albans City 45 21 9 15 70 51 22 9 5 8 30 23 23 12 4 7 40 28 19 72
8 Havant & Waterlooville 45 19 12 14 80 67 22 10 6 6 42 30 23 9 6 8 38 37 13 69
9 Eastbourne Borough 45 21 5 19 72 65 22 11 2 9 39 30 23 10 3 10 33 35 7 68
10 Tonbridge Angels 45 19 10 16 67 69 22 8 7 7 36 34 23 11 3 9 31 35 -2 67
11 Farnborough 45 19 9 17 59 50 23 9 6 8 33 24 22 10 3 9 26 26 9 66
12 Bath City 45 18 10 17 62 56 22 9 3 10 31 28 23 9 7 7 31 28 6 64
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 45 15 15 15 48 54 23 8 9 6 26 24 22 7 6 9 22 30 -6 60
14 Chippenham Town 45 14 17 14 56 66 23 10 9 4 34 28 22 4 8 10 22 38 -10 59
15 Taunton Town 45 16 10 19 48 54 23 8 6 9 25 27 22 8 4 10 23 27 -6 58
16 Welling United 45 14 14 17 54 63 23 8 5 10 31 32 22 6 9 7 23 31 -9 55
17 Hampton & Richmond 45 15 8 22 59 71 22 9 5 8 27 29 23 6 3 14 32 42 -12 53
18 Slough Town 45 13 11 21 57 77 22 7 5 10 33 38 23 6 6 11 24 39 -20 50
19 Dover Athletic 45 12 12 21 42 66 22 7 6 9 23 31 23 5 6 12 19 35 -24 48
20 Dulwich Hamlet 45 13 9 23 61 88 22 9 3 10 29 33 23 4 6 13 32 55 -27 48
21 Weymouth 45 13 6 26 57 78 23 7 3 13 21 34 22 6 3 13 36 44 -21 45
22 Concord Rangers 45 12 8 25 44 83 23 8 4 11 28 37 22 4 4 14 16 46 -39 44
23 Cheshunt 45 11 10 24 48 73 23 8 4 11 28 37 22 3 6 13 20 36 -25 43
24 Hungerford Town 45 10 10 25 48 67 23 6 9 8 23 21 22 4 1 17 25 46 -19 40

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 Ebbsfleet United 45 31 7 7 105 47 22 17 2 3 65 21 23 14 5 4 40 26 58 100
2 Dartford 45 25 7 13 82 50 23 16 2 5 47 19 22 9 5 8 35 31 32 82
3 Oxford City 45 21 15 9 82 54 23 13 7 3 53 28 22 8 8 6 29 26 28 78
4 Chelmsford City 45 23 9 13 66 47 22 14 2 6 41 20 23 9 7 7 25 27 19 78
5 Worthing 45 21 12 12 89 71 22 11 5 6 51 40 23 10 7 6 38 31 18 75
6 Braintree Town 45 20 13 12 65 54 23 12 9 2 35 22 22 8 4 10 30 32 11 73
7 St Albans City 45 21 9 15 70 51 22 9 5 8 30 23 23 12 4 7 40 28 19 72
8 Havant & Waterlooville 45 19 12 14 80 67 22 10 6 6 42 30 23 9 6 8 38 37 13 69
9 Eastbourne Borough 45 21 5 19 72 65 22 11 2 9 39 30 23 10 3 10 33 35 7 68
10 Tonbridge Angels 45 19 10 16 67 69 22 8 7 7 36 34 23 11 3 9 31 35 -2 67
11 Farnborough 45 19 9 17 59 50 23 9 6 8 33 24 22 10 3 9 26 26 9 66
12 Bath City 45 18 10 17 62 56 22 9 3 10 31 28 23 9 7 7 31 28 6 64
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 45 15 15 15 48 54 23 8 9 6 26 24 22 7 6 9 22 30 -6 60
14 Chippenham Town 45 14 17 14 56 66 23 10 9 4 34 28 22 4 8 10 22 38 -10 59
15 Taunton Town 45 16 10 19 48 54 23 8 6 9 25 27 22 8 4 10 23 27 -6 58
16 Welling United 45 14 14 17 54 63 23 8 5 10 31 32 22 6 9 7 23 31 -9 55
17 Hampton & Richmond 45 15 8 22 59 71 22 9 5 8 27 29 23 6 3 14 32 42 -12 53
18 Slough Town 45 13 11 21 57 77 22 7 5 10 33 38 23 6 6 11 24 39 -20 50
19 Dover Athletic 45 12 12 21 42 66 22 7 6 9 23 31 23 5 6 12 19 35 -24 48
20 Dulwich Hamlet 45 13 9 23 61 88 22 9 3 10 29 33 23 4 6 13 32 55 -27 48
21 Weymouth 45 13 6 26 57 78 23 7 3 13 21 34 22 6 3 13 36 44 -21 45
22 Concord Rangers 45 12 8 25 44 83 23 8 4 11 28 37 22 4 4 14 16 46 -39 44
23 Cheshunt 45 11 10 24 48 73 23 8 4 11 28 37 22 3 6 13 20 36 -25 43
24 Hungerford Town 45 10 10 25 48 67 23 6 9 8 23 21 22 4 1 17 25 46 -19 40

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