Welling United vs Bath City match preview: Even contest expected at Park View Road

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Park View Road (5500 seats)

Victories have not come easily for Welling United so far, and that also applies to Bath City. These students from the school of hard knocks have the opportunity for some important points here.

Insights:
  • Welling United have the most conceded goals (65) in Vanarama National League South
  • Bath City is in the worst form (0-1-5)

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Welling United form and stats

5 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats. That’s what Welling United, who have the most conceded goals (65) in Vanarama National League South, have to build on here at Park View Road in the Vanarama National League South. When Welling United hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Welling United, Billericay Town, Braintree Town, Chelmsford City, Tonbridge Angels and Concord Rangers), they have won 4 of 4 matches! The Welling United manager Taylor might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The home team returns to Park View Road after drawing with Billericay Town (placed 21st) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2.

Preceding that match was the home game against Hemel Hempstead Town that was lost 1-2.

There will be little rest for Welling United after this match as they are travelling to Hampton & Richmond for a Vanarama National League South game in only three days.

Welling United has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Welling defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. Welling United has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Bath City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bath City so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 4-0-11 (win-draw-lose). When Bath City is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Billericay Town, Bath City, Braintree Town, Chelmsford City, Tonbridge Angels and Concord Rangers is teams we like to compare Welling United with. It's looking increasingly bleak for Bath City who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Braintree Town was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Bath might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Ebbsfleet United proved too strong as Bath City slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Twerton Park Stadium.

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting St Albans City's place.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Slough Town in just three days.

Bath City have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. The Bath City manager Gill has some worries about the defense as 35 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Bath City - Welling 2-1 was the end result in these participants' previous H2H fixture, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Welling United wins - draws - Bath City wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Welling UnitedD. Akinyemi
D. Akinyemi
12 goals
Bath CityC. Cooke
C. Cooke
12 goals
Bath CityA. Fletcher
A. Fletcher
9 goals

Welling United missing players

Bath City missing players

Welling United Bath City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 3 15 29
7 5 4 Won W 2 4 9
5 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
17 8 0 Lost L 1 11 19
30 15 5 Scored S 4 17 31
65 27 1 Conceded C 2 35 56
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
76% 64% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 87% 86%
69% 57% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 73% 66%
48% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 53% 34%
28% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 14%
55% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 53% 48%
21% 29% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 7% 14%
28% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 41%
 
4 4.3 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.8 5.7
6.8 6.5 8.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.7 5.8
1.4 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
8.8 9.4 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.1 9.8
4 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.7
26% 24% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 29%
 
13.4 12.7 15.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 14.3 11.4
5.8 5.4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 6.4 5.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Bath City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Bath City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bath City have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Vanarama National League South
  • Bath City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Bath City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Welling United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Welling United have the most conceded goals (65) in Vanarama National League South
  • Welling United have the most conceded goals in the first half (34) in Vanarama National League South
  • Welling United have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Vanarama National League South
  • Welling United have the the worst goal difference (-35) in Vanarama National League South
  • Welling United 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 Dorking Wanderers 29 19 3 7 70 39 14 12 0 2 38 15 15 7 3 5 32 24 31 60
2 Maidstone United 29 18 6 5 54 27 15 11 1 3 30 14 14 7 5 2 24 13 27 60
3 Oxford City 30 15 9 6 56 32 16 8 4 4 34 21 14 7 5 2 22 11 24 54
4 Dartford 28 15 8 5 49 29 14 8 6 0 25 12 14 7 2 5 24 17 20 53
5 Ebbsfleet United 28 16 2 10 57 40 14 10 1 3 34 10 14 6 1 7 23 30 17 50
6 St Albans City 28 13 6 9 44 37 15 7 3 5 27 20 13 6 3 4 17 17 7 45
7 Dulwich Hamlet 29 12 8 9 53 42 15 6 4 5 25 20 14 6 4 4 28 22 11 44
8 Eastbourne Borough 29 12 7 10 54 44 14 7 3 4 30 22 15 5 4 6 24 22 10 43
9 Hungerford Town 28 13 3 12 48 42 14 7 2 5 22 19 14 6 1 7 26 23 6 42
10 Chippenham Town 30 10 10 10 45 37 15 6 3 6 28 24 15 4 7 4 17 13 8 40
11 Hemel Hempstead Town 29 11 6 12 37 51 15 4 4 7 19 33 14 7 2 5 18 18 -14 39
12 Havant & Waterlooville 28 10 7 11 38 44 14 4 4 6 21 20 14 6 3 5 17 24 -6 37
13 Slough Town 28 9 8 11 39 46 15 6 5 4 24 20 13 3 3 7 15 26 -7 35
14 Hampton & Richmond 28 9 6 13 43 45 13 5 2 6 21 19 15 4 4 7 22 26 -2 33
15 Chelmsford City 28 7 10 11 33 36 14 3 6 5 13 14 14 4 4 6 20 22 -3 31
16 Braintree Town 29 7 10 12 29 43 14 4 6 4 15 18 15 3 4 8 14 25 -14 31
17 Concord Rangers 27 8 6 13 35 51 12 6 2 4 15 20 15 2 4 9 20 31 -16 30
18 Tonbridge Angels 27 7 7 13 29 41 14 3 5 6 16 18 13 4 2 7 13 23 -12 28
19 Bath City 29 9 1 19 31 56 14 5 1 8 14 21 15 4 0 11 17 35 -25 28
20 Welling United 29 7 5 17 30 65 14 5 1 8 15 27 15 2 4 9 15 38 -35 26
21 Billericay Town 28 4 8 16 24 51 14 2 5 7 16 29 14 2 3 9 8 22 -27 20

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.