Vanarama National League South preview: Can Worthing edge out victory against Welling United?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The A2B Stadium (4000 seats)

The bragging rights belong to Worthing at this point, with their 6th spot in the Vanarama National League South table and hosting Welling United (who are sitting at 12th).

Insights:
  • Worthing have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Vanarama National League South

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Worthing form and stats

4 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Worthing have to build on here at The A2B Stadium in the Vanarama National League South.

An away draw last time out for Worthing, facing Hampton & Richmond in a game that ended 0-0.

2-2 away at Bath City before that.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Worthing have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.

The manager Hinshelwood will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Lancing in only three days.

Worthing has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches.

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Welling United form and stats

The visitors are W4-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League South.

Welling United go into this game after a win, the home game against Tonbridge Angels that ended 2-1.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Tonbridge Angels with the score of 1-0.

Welling United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Welling are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 16 goals have been conceded by Welling United in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Welling United - Worthing 2-4. Kealy loves to play against Welling United and have scored 2 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

WorthingC. Kealy
C. Kealy
11 goals
Welling UnitedA. Azeez
A. Azeez
10 goals
Welling UnitedS. Payne
S. Payne
7 goals

Worthing missing players

Welling United missing players

Worthing Welling United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 3 Played P 3 11 23
10 4 1 Won W 1 4 8
10 5 1 Drew D 1 5 8
5 4 1 Lost L 1 2 7
40 19 5 Scored S 3 13 31
36 26 5 Conceded C 6 16 34
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
76% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 78%
56% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 57%
40% 54% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 26%
24% 31% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 27% 22%
68% 77% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 73% 70%
28% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 26%
16% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 13%
 
5 5.2 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 3.9
5.1 4.8 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6.1 4.8
1.7 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 2.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 6
 
12 12.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 7.5 9.3
5.1 5 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.2 3.7
30% 29% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 37% 36%
 
11.8 11.8 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 12.8 12
4.9 5.5 6.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.1 4.8
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Worthing have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Worthing have the most dropped points from leading position (19) 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 Dartford 26 17 3 6 54 25 13 10 1 2 31 10 13 7 2 4 23 15 29 54
2 Havant & Waterlooville 24 15 4 5 53 33 13 7 1 5 26 19 11 8 3 0 27 14 20 49
3 Ebbsfleet United 23 15 3 5 50 26 12 8 1 3 30 13 11 7 2 2 20 13 24 48
4 Chelmsford City 23 13 5 5 33 19 12 8 2 2 21 9 11 5 3 3 12 10 14 44
5 St Albans City 24 12 6 6 39 21 12 5 4 3 15 9 12 7 2 3 24 12 18 42
6 Worthing 25 10 10 5 40 36 13 4 5 4 19 26 12 6 5 1 21 10 4 40
7 Eastbourne Borough 25 12 3 10 44 38 13 6 1 6 24 19 12 6 2 4 20 19 6 39
8 Oxford City 26 10 9 7 42 36 13 6 5 2 30 20 13 4 4 5 12 16 6 39
9 Braintree Town 24 10 7 7 37 31 12 6 6 0 20 10 12 4 1 7 17 21 6 37
10 Tonbridge Angels 25 10 3 12 34 41 12 5 2 5 17 19 13 5 1 7 17 22 -7 33
11 Bath City 24 8 8 8 34 34 11 4 2 5 17 16 13 4 6 3 17 18 0 32
12 Welling United 23 8 8 7 31 34 12 4 3 5 18 18 11 4 5 2 13 16 -3 32
13 Farnborough 21 8 6 7 23 22 10 4 3 3 12 10 11 4 3 4 11 12 1 30
14 Dulwich Hamlet 21 8 4 9 31 34 11 5 1 5 16 16 10 3 3 4 15 18 -3 28
15 Dover Athletic 23 7 7 9 29 32 11 4 3 4 17 14 12 3 4 5 12 18 -3 28
16 Hemel Hempstead Town 24 7 6 11 26 35 12 4 3 5 13 16 12 3 3 6 13 19 -9 27
17 Taunton Town 18 6 7 5 18 17 8 4 4 0 11 4 10 2 3 5 7 13 1 25
18 Slough Town 24 6 6 12 27 45 13 3 3 7 15 25 11 3 3 5 12 20 -18 24
19 Hampton & Richmond 22 6 5 11 29 38 11 2 4 5 10 19 11 4 1 6 19 19 -9 23
20 Concord Rangers 22 6 5 11 22 36 12 4 4 4 15 17 10 2 1 7 7 19 -14 23
21 Cheshunt 24 7 2 15 29 45 12 5 0 7 20 26 12 2 2 8 9 19 -16 23
22 Chippenham Town 22 5 6 11 20 33 9 4 2 3 6 7 13 1 4 8 14 26 -13 21
23 Weymouth 22 5 3 14 24 42 11 1 2 8 5 19 11 4 1 6 19 23 -18 18
24 Hungerford Town 23 3 4 16 17 33 11 2 3 6 7 10 12 1 1 10 10 23 -16 13

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.