Delightful dogfight as daring Worthing duel with determined Dover Athletic

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The A2B Stadium (4000 seats)

It's a brand new Vanarama National League South campaign and Worthing are keen to get competitive here at The A2B Stadium. Dover Athletic are guesting and this looks to be a fascinating season kickoff.

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Worthing form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Worthing as they were promoted from Non League Premier: Isthmian last season. Happy days that were secured through 31 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from 42 games. The team scored 56 goals at home last season and conceded 17. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Worthing handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

Worthing 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 1 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Worthing have scored 3 goals and conceded 1 time.

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Dover Athletic form and stats

The last season was not a pleasant experience for Dover Athletic as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 2 victories from 44 games, relegation was a fact. Dover Athletic's manager Hessenthaler are hoping to lead the team right back to National League at the first attempt.

We have checked recent matches where Dover Athletic have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Just as the home team, Dover Athletic have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Dover Athletic win, 0 draws and 0 losses.

Head 2 Head

Worthing-Dover Athletic H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Worthing one win, Dover Athletic one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Worthing missing players

Dover Athletic missing players

Worthing Dover Athletic
Total Home vs top 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
Worthing Last season Dover Athletic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   22 44
31 18   Won W   1 2
4 1   Drew D   4 7
7 2   Lost L   17 35
100 56   Scored S   24 37
45 17   Conceded C   60 101
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 93%
90% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 73%
71% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 59%
48% 48%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 39%
17% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   41% 27%
55% 48%   BTTS BTTS   68% 57%
40% 48%   Clean Sheets C S   5% 9%
5% 5%   Failed to Score F T   32% 41%
 
3.8 1.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 3.9
1.7 0.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 6.4
0.7 0.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.1
0 0   Red cards R C   1 4
 
5.7 4.3   Shots (avg) S (   6.6 7.3
2.7 2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3
88% 139%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 28%
 
4.4 2.6   Shots against (avg) S A   14.5 14
2 1.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.5 6.4

  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 Worthing 42 31 4 7 100 45 21 18 1 2 56 17 21 13 3 5 44 28 55 97
2 Bishop's Stortford 42 25 12 5 89 33 21 14 6 1 57 19 21 11 6 4 32 14 56 87
3 Enfield Town 42 26 6 10 91 57 21 16 2 3 42 20 21 10 4 7 49 37 34 84
4 AFC Hornchurch 42 25 6 11 89 42 21 13 3 5 44 19 21 12 3 6 45 23 47 81
5 Cheshunt 42 22 10 10 71 40 21 9 5 7 31 20 21 13 5 3 40 20 31 76
6 Folkestone Invicta 42 20 12 10 85 62 21 11 7 3 44 21 21 9 5 7 41 41 23 72
7 Lewes 42 20 10 12 89 63 21 10 5 6 44 30 21 10 5 6 45 33 26 70
8 Margate 42 19 8 15 60 62 21 13 3 5 38 28 21 6 5 10 22 34 -2 65
9 Bognor Regis Town 42 15 14 13 62 58 21 8 6 7 33 33 21 7 8 6 29 25 4 59
10 Kingstonian 42 17 8 17 68 71 21 10 5 6 39 30 21 7 3 11 29 41 -3 59
11 Horsham 42 16 9 17 66 58 21 8 6 7 38 31 21 8 3 10 28 27 8 57
12 Carshalton Athletic 42 15 12 15 65 57 21 10 3 8 40 29 21 5 9 7 25 28 8 57
13 Potters Bar Town 42 16 5 21 54 74 21 8 2 11 28 38 21 8 3 10 26 36 -20 53
14 Corinthian-Casuals 42 13 13 16 51 58 21 5 7 9 20 25 21 8 6 7 31 33 -7 52
15 Wingate & Finchley 42 13 10 19 60 74 21 7 6 8 34 30 21 6 4 11 26 44 -14 49
16 Bowers & Pitsea 42 12 9 21 54 72 21 5 2 14 23 38 21 7 7 7 31 34 -18 45
17 Haringey Borough 42 9 15 18 57 81 21 5 11 5 42 40 21 4 4 13 15 41 -24 42
18 Brightlingsea Regent 42 11 6 25 44 92 21 7 2 12 24 46 21 4 4 13 20 46 -48 39
19 Cray Wanderers 42 10 9 23 64 85 21 5 4 12 37 44 21 5 5 11 27 41 -21 36
20 Leatherhead 42 9 9 24 43 83 21 3 4 14 16 37 21 6 5 10 27 46 -40 36
21 East Thurrock United 42 9 8 25 44 98 21 6 6 9 24 37 21 3 2 16 20 61 -54 35
22 Merstham 42 10 3 29 43 84 21 6 3 12 28 35 21 4 0 17 15 49 -41 33
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 Stockport County 44 30 4 10 87 38 22 15 3 4 44 17 22 15 1 6 43 21 49 94
2 Wrexham 44 26 10 8 91 46 22 15 6 1 47 18 22 11 4 7 44 28 45 88
3 Solihull Moors 44 25 12 7 83 45 22 14 5 3 51 24 22 11 7 4 32 21 38 87
4 Halifax Town 44 25 9 10 62 35 22 17 2 3 37 11 22 8 7 7 25 24 27 84
5 Notts County 44 24 10 10 81 52 22 15 5 2 47 22 22 9 5 8 34 30 29 82
6 Grimsby Town 44 23 8 13 68 46 22 15 2 5 38 19 22 8 6 8 30 27 22 77
7 Chesterfield 44 20 14 10 69 51 22 11 7 4 36 26 22 9 7 6 33 25 18 74
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 44 22 7 15 80 53 22 10 6 6 46 29 22 12 1 9 34 24 27 73
9 Boreham Wood 44 18 13 13 49 40 22 11 8 3 28 14 22 7 5 10 21 26 9 67
10 Bromley 44 18 13 13 61 53 22 11 7 4 36 23 22 7 6 9 25 30 8 67
11 Torquay United 44 18 12 14 66 54 22 11 6 5 39 23 22 7 6 9 27 31 12 66
12 Yeovil Town 44 15 14 15 43 46 22 7 7 8 20 25 22 8 7 7 23 21 -3 59
13 Southend United 44 16 10 18 45 61 22 10 5 7 26 27 22 6 5 11 19 34 -16 58
14 Altrincham 44 15 10 19 62 69 22 10 4 8 39 27 22 5 6 11 23 42 -7 55
15 Woking 44 16 5 23 59 61 22 8 0 14 28 36 22 8 5 9 31 25 -2 53
16 Wealdstone 44 14 11 19 51 65 22 8 7 7 24 24 22 6 4 12 27 41 -14 53
17 Maidenhead United 44 13 12 19 48 67 22 9 5 8 32 35 22 4 7 11 16 32 -19 51
18 Barnet 44 13 11 20 59 89 22 6 6 10 28 42 22 7 5 10 31 47 -30 50
19 Eastleigh 44 12 10 22 52 74 22 8 6 8 33 33 22 4 4 14 19 41 -22 46
20 Aldershot Town 44 11 10 23 46 73 22 4 5 13 19 40 22 7 5 10 27 33 -27 43
21 King's Lynn Town 44 8 10 26 47 79 22 4 4 14 22 38 22 4 6 12 25 41 -32 34
22 Weymouth 44 6 10 28 40 88 22 3 7 12 21 38 22 3 3 16 19 50 -48 28
23 Dover Athletic 44 2 7 35 37 101 22 1 3 18 13 41 22 1 4 17 24 60 -64 1

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.