Tonbridge Angels supporters put their faith in manager S. McKimm to deliver victory against Eastbourne Borough

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Tue 17.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Longmead Stadium (5000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Vanarama National League South, Tonbridge Angels holding 20th place and Eastbourne Borough lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

It's no vacation for neither Tonbridge Angels nor Eastbourne Borough 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.

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Tonbridge Angels form and stats

Tonbridge Angels have played 13 Vanarama National League South games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Tonbridge Angels manager S. McKimm and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Concord Rangers (placed 17th) in the Vanarama National League South. In the game before, an away victory match versus Dulwich Hamlet with a 1-0 scoreline.

A goal frenzy last time out for Tonbridge Angels, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Concord Rangers. Fun stuff to watch!

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Tonbridge Angels handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and two defeats.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (26 in 13 games), Tonbridge Angels's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Tonbridge Angels defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Eastbourne Borough form and stats

There's been little loot from Eastbourne Borough's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 16 away games in the Vanarama National League South. Eastbourne Borough only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 8 draws.

Eastbourne Borough had fun at their own home (Longmead Stadium) last time out, beating Maidstone United 3-0. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Billericay Town.

We have checked recent matches where Eastbourne Borough have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, three draws and four defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Eastbourne Borough manager D. Bloor as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Oxford City.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Eastbourne Borough rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Eastbourne Borough - Tonbridge Angels 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Tonbridge Angels four wins, one draw and Eastbourne Borough three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tonbridge Angels
J. Turner
10 goals
Eastbourne BoroughG. Luer
G. Luer
9 goals
Eastbourne BoroughC. Walker
C. Walker
7 goals

Tonbridge Angels missing players

Eastbourne Borough missing players

Tonbridge Angels Eastbourne Borough
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 13 6 Played P 5 16 33
9 6 4 Won W 2 2 8
9 3 1 Drew D 0 8 14
13 4 1 Lost L 3 6 11
46 26 13 Scored S 4 12 38
54 23 7 Conceded C 12 27 54
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 81% 91%
77% 92% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 85%
61% 69% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 44% 52%
42% 46% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 38% 33%
26% 38% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 12% 15%
65% 85% 83% BTTS BTTS 20% 44% 55%
19% 8% 17% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 18%
23% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 36%
 
5.5 6.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.4 4.9 5
4.6 4.3 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 5.4 5.3
1.5 1.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.6 1.1 1.2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
307 156 79 Total Shots T S 65 151 322
131 69 34 Shots on Target S O 30 66 142
35% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 18% 26%
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Eastbourne Borough has the fewest scored goals (12) away
  • Eastbourne Borough has the fewest scored goals in the second half (17)
  • Eastbourne Borough have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Tonbridge Angels have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tonbridge Angels have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Eastbourne Borough have scored away.
  • Tonbridge Angels 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 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

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.