Taunton Town favourites for feisty fight facing Welling United

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cygnet Health Care Stadium (2500 seats)

This game has been long awaited by fans of both participants, as it's the premier Vanarama National League South game of the season. Both Taunton Town and Welling United are ready for a bright start to their league adventure.

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Taunton Town form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Taunton Town as they were promoted from Non League Premier: Southern South last season. Happy days that were secured through 28 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses from 42 games. The team scored 55 goals at home last season and conceded 20. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

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 Taunton Town's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 9 games, won 7 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Taunton Town have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 0 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Taunton Town have scored 1 goal and conceded 2 times.

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Welling United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Welling United performed last season in the Vanarama National League South: They landed a 20th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 8 draws and 22 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 87 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 5 and lost 12 with 22/47 goals scored/conceded.

Yippee; their first three points in the league after seven matches not winning.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Welling when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 8 matches with the visitors losing 6 times, drawing 2 and winning 0 games.

It's a day of discovery for Welling United as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Welling United have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Welling United has scored 2 goals and conceded 0 times.

Head 2 Head

Taunton Town missing players

Welling United missing players

Taunton Town Welling United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low 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 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Taunton Town Last season Welling United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   20 40
28 18   Won W   3 10
7 2   Drew D   5 8
7 1   Lost L   12 22
83 55   Scored S   22 46
42 20   Conceded C   47 87
98% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 98%
81% 95%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 78%
62% 81%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   80% 70%
29% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 48%
14% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 28%
69% 86%   BTTS BTTS   65% 60%
21% 10%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 18%
12% 5%   Failed to Score F T   30% 25%
 
2.3 2.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4
1.3 0.6   Corners against (avg) C A   7 6.8
0.8 0.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.6
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
5 4.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 8.8
2.5 2.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4
98% 116%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 29%
 
3.2 2.4   Shots against (avg) S A   14.8 13.9
1.3 1.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.5 6

  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 Braintree Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chelmsford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cheshunt 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 Dover Athletic 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 Farnborough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Hampton & Richmond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Havant & Waterlooville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Hemel Hempstead Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Hungerford Town 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 Taunton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Tonbridge Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Welling United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Weymouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Worthing 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 Taunton Town 42 28 7 7 83 42 21 18 2 1 55 20 21 10 5 6 28 22 41 91
2 Hayes & Yeading United 42 26 8 8 100 39 21 16 1 4 58 19 21 10 7 4 42 20 61 86
3 Farnborough 42 26 7 9 73 44 21 15 3 3 40 16 21 11 4 6 33 28 29 85
4 Metropolitan Police FC 42 24 9 9 72 46 21 10 7 4 32 20 21 14 2 5 40 26 26 81
5 Weston-super-Mare 42 23 9 10 72 41 21 11 5 5 37 22 21 12 4 5 35 19 31 78
6 Chesham United 42 22 11 9 80 50 21 14 6 1 53 22 21 8 5 8 27 28 30 77
7 Yate Town 42 21 9 12 66 48 21 8 6 7 30 30 21 13 3 5 36 18 18 72
8 Truro City 42 20 10 12 62 54 21 11 5 5 28 22 21 9 5 7 34 32 8 70
9 Gosport Borough 42 19 9 14 65 56 21 11 4 6 35 25 21 8 5 8 30 31 9 66
10 Poole Town 42 19 7 16 74 69 21 13 3 5 40 30 21 6 4 11 34 39 5 64
11 Walton Casuals 42 16 10 16 53 61 21 10 7 4 34 29 21 6 3 12 19 32 -8 58
12 Swindon Supermarine 42 16 9 17 63 63 21 11 4 6 38 27 21 5 5 11 25 36 0 57
13 Tiverton Town 42 15 8 19 61 63 21 8 5 8 28 23 21 7 3 11 33 40 -2 53
14 Harrow Borough 42 15 7 20 62 77 21 9 5 7 31 32 21 6 2 13 31 45 -15 52
15 Salisbury 42 13 9 20 49 75 21 5 5 11 21 36 21 8 4 9 28 39 -26 48
16 Hendon 42 14 5 23 58 70 21 10 0 11 33 32 21 4 5 12 25 38 -12 47
17 Beaconsfield Town 42 13 7 22 70 92 21 7 5 9 46 42 21 6 2 13 24 50 -22 46
18 Hartley Wintney 42 13 5 24 56 75 21 10 2 9 27 27 21 3 3 15 29 48 -19 44
19 Dorchester Town 42 12 5 25 41 58 21 7 2 12 25 27 21 5 3 13 16 31 -17 41
20 Kings Langley 42 9 10 23 49 68 21 5 6 10 31 27 21 4 4 13 18 41 -19 37
21 Merthyr Town 42 6 8 28 47 94 21 3 2 16 24 46 21 3 6 12 23 48 -47 26
22 Wimborne Town 42 4 7 31 35 106 21 3 3 15 20 51 21 1 4 16 15 55 -71 19
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 Maidstone United 40 27 6 7 80 38 20 16 1 3 44 18 20 11 5 4 36 20 42 87
2 Dorking Wanderers 40 25 6 9 101 53 20 17 1 2 61 23 20 8 5 7 40 30 48 81
3 Ebbsfleet United 40 24 4 12 78 53 20 13 3 4 45 18 20 11 1 8 33 35 25 76
4 Dartford 40 21 11 8 75 42 20 10 8 2 32 18 20 11 3 6 43 24 33 74
5 Oxford City 40 19 12 9 71 46 20 10 6 4 40 24 20 9 6 5 31 22 25 69
6 Eastbourne Borough 40 17 9 14 73 67 20 10 4 6 43 36 20 7 5 8 30 31 6 60
7 Chippenham Town 40 16 11 13 61 50 20 10 3 7 39 30 20 6 8 6 22 20 11 59
8 Havant & Waterlooville 40 15 12 13 58 55 20 8 5 7 37 24 20 7 7 6 21 31 3 57
9 St Albans City 40 15 7 18 55 58 20 8 3 9 30 28 20 7 4 9 25 30 -3 52
10 Dulwich Hamlet 40 13 12 15 63 60 20 7 6 7 29 26 20 6 6 8 34 34 3 51
11 Hampton & Richmond 40 14 9 17 56 56 20 9 4 7 30 22 20 5 5 10 26 34 0 51
12 Hungerford Town 40 15 4 21 59 68 20 7 3 10 27 34 20 8 1 11 32 34 -9 49
13 Slough Town 40 12 13 15 51 69 20 8 6 6 30 31 20 4 7 9 21 38 -18 49
14 Concord Rangers 40 13 10 17 53 72 20 9 5 6 28 31 20 4 5 11 25 41 -19 49
15 Hemel Hempstead Town 40 13 9 18 49 72 20 6 6 8 26 42 20 7 3 10 23 30 -23 48
16 Tonbridge Angels 40 11 12 17 43 53 20 6 6 8 21 20 20 5 6 9 22 33 -10 45
17 Braintree Town 40 11 12 17 38 54 20 6 6 8 20 24 20 5 6 9 18 30 -16 45
18 Bath City 40 13 6 21 45 68 20 7 5 8 21 26 20 6 1 13 24 42 -23 45
19 Chelmsford City 40 9 14 17 46 53 20 4 9 7 18 21 20 5 5 10 28 32 -7 41
20 Welling United 40 10 8 22 46 87 20 7 3 10 24 40 20 3 5 12 22 47 -41 38
21 Billericay Town 40 9 9 22 41 68 20 4 5 11 23 38 20 5 4 11 18 30 -27 36

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.