Match preview: Home supporters have big expectations when Worthing greet Taunton Town

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 22.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The A2B Stadium (4000 seats)

Only three points will satisfy the Worthing fans in this The A2B Stadium clash with Taunton Town, seeing as they have a healthy lead on their opponents in the Vanarama National League South table.

Insights:
  • Worthing have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Vanarama National League South
  • Taunton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Taunton Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FA Cup game only four sleeps ago.

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Worthing form and stats

Worthing have collected 6 points from their Vanarama National League South home games so far after 1-3-1.

In their previous game, the manager Hinshelwood led his Worthing to a defeat away at Braintree Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The A2B Stadium.

Ahead of that match, Worthing lost 1-2 at home to Farnborough.

Observe: 9 of the latest 12 league matches from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.

There will be little rest for Worthing after this match as they are travelling to Dulwich Hamlet for a Vanarama National League South game in only three days.

Worthing are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Taunton Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Taunton Town's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Vanarama National League South. Taunton Town only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw. Taunton Town seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The regulars enjoyed Taunton's previous fixture versus Yeovil Town, a FA Cup win (1-0) played at home.

Before that, 0-0 away against Yeovil Town in the FA Cup.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Vanarama National League South trip to Oxford City.

Taunton Town are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 6 away games. As opposed to that, Taunton have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

WorthingO. Pearce
O. Pearce
4 goals
WorthingC. Kealy
C. Kealy
4 goals
WorthingJ. Colbran
J. Colbran
2 goals

Worthing missing players

Taunton Town missing players

Worthing Taunton Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 5 2 Played P 1 6 11
5 1 1 Won W 0 1 3
5 3 0 Drew D 0 1 4
2 1 1 Lost L 1 4 4
19 6 4 Scored S 0 1 7
13 6 4 Conceded C 5 8 11
92% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 73%
83% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 17% 36%
50% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 17% 27%
17% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 17% 18%
17% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 17% 9%
75% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 27%
25% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 36%
8% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 83% 64%
 
5.7 6.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 3.3
4 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 4.2
1.9 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.5 13.6 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 2 9 9.5
5.5 5.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.8 3
27% 21% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 6% 21%
 
10.5 10 12 Shots against (avg) S A 22 13.8 12.5
4.7 4.8 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 10 4.5 4.4
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Taunton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Worthing have scored more than double the goals of Taunton Town.
  • Worthing have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Vanarama National League South

  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 11 10 1 0 32 9 6 6 0 0 22 3 5 4 1 0 10 6 23 31
2 Havant & Waterlooville 11 9 2 0 28 13 5 5 0 0 14 4 6 4 2 0 14 9 15 29
3 Dartford 13 9 0 4 23 13 7 5 0 2 12 7 6 4 0 2 11 6 10 27
4 Chelmsford City 11 7 3 1 16 7 6 4 1 1 11 6 5 3 2 0 5 1 9 24
5 Bath City 12 6 3 3 25 19 5 3 0 2 12 8 7 3 3 1 13 11 6 21
6 Worthing 12 5 5 2 19 13 5 1 3 1 6 6 7 4 2 1 13 7 6 20
7 Braintree Town 12 6 2 4 21 17 6 4 2 0 10 4 6 2 0 4 11 13 4 20
8 Welling United 12 5 4 3 20 16 7 2 2 3 13 12 5 3 2 0 7 4 4 19
9 St Albans City 12 5 4 3 11 8 6 1 3 2 2 3 6 4 1 1 9 5 3 19
10 Dover Athletic 12 5 2 5 20 18 6 4 0 2 13 6 6 1 2 3 7 12 2 17
11 Tonbridge Angels 12 5 2 5 19 21 5 2 1 2 9 10 7 3 1 3 10 11 -2 17
12 Slough Town 12 5 2 5 13 20 6 3 1 2 7 7 6 2 1 3 6 13 -7 17
13 Eastbourne Borough 11 5 1 5 24 19 6 3 0 3 15 11 5 2 1 2 9 8 5 16
14 Oxford City 11 4 3 4 17 16 5 2 2 1 12 7 6 2 1 3 5 9 1 15
15 Chippenham Town 11 4 3 4 8 11 6 4 1 1 6 3 5 0 2 3 2 8 -3 15
16 Hemel Hempstead Town 12 4 3 5 12 16 6 2 1 3 5 7 6 2 2 2 7 9 -4 15
17 Taunton Town 11 3 4 4 7 11 5 2 3 0 6 3 6 1 1 4 1 8 -4 13
18 Hampton & Richmond 11 3 3 5 15 16 5 1 3 1 6 6 6 2 0 4 9 10 -1 12
19 Farnborough 11 3 1 7 9 14 5 1 1 3 3 5 6 2 0 4 6 9 -5 10
20 Dulwich Hamlet 11 2 2 7 14 19 5 1 0 4 6 10 6 1 2 3 8 9 -5 8
21 Hungerford Town 12 2 2 8 7 15 6 1 1 4 3 5 6 1 1 4 4 10 -8 8
22 Concord Rangers 12 2 2 8 8 22 7 1 2 4 7 13 5 1 0 4 1 9 -14 8
23 Cheshunt 12 2 0 10 13 29 6 1 0 5 7 17 6 1 0 5 6 12 -16 6
24 Weymouth 11 0 2 9 7 26 7 0 1 6 3 15 4 0 1 3 4 11 -19 2

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.