Vanarama National League match preview: Braintree Town versus Bromley

Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ironmongery Direct Stadium

Braintree Town hope to sell all 4222 tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 28 points and a 24th position in the Vanarama National League table. Visiting Bromley holds 13th place with 48.

Braintree Town and Bromley should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Braintree Town form and stats

With 3 wins, 3 draws and 13 defeats from their home games, Braintree Town are certainly not brimming with confidence. Game days at Ironmongery Direct Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Braintree Town as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

The fans are hoping that Braintree Town will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Vanarama National League game against Solihull Moors (placed 2nd). Before that match, a win away at Sutton United.

Braintree Town have scored 17 goals here in 19 matches, not a lot. Braintree Town are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (39 from 19 played).

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Bromley form and stats

The hunting on away grounds hasn’t been very fruitful for Bromley so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 4-5-10 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Bromley have lost on their last two travels.

Bromley's last game was the home draw against Chesterfield (3-3). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Dagenham & Redbridge wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

Bromley are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 19 games. Bromley have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Bromley - Braintree Town 2-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Braintree Town 7 wins, 2 draws and Bromley 1 victory.

Top Goalscorers

J. Hooper
9 goals
F. Sutherland
8 goals
G. Porter
6 goals

Braintree Town missing players

Bromley missing players

Braintree Town Bromley
Total Home Statistic Away Total
39 19 Played 19 38
97% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100%
72% 79% Over 1.5 79% 79%
54% 53% Over 2.5 47% 53%
28% 37% Over 3.5 37% 32%
10% 11% Over 4.5 16% 13%
46% 42% Both teams to score 42% 50%
15% 11% Clean Sheet 32% 21%
41% 47% Failed To Score 26% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Leyton Orient 37 21 10 6 61 28 18 11 4 3 30 11 19 10 6 3 31 17 33 73
2 Solihull Moors 38 22 7 9 62 34 20 11 6 3 33 13 18 11 1 6 29 21 28 73
3 Wrexham 39 21 9 9 47 29 20 14 3 3 30 11 19 7 6 6 17 18 18 72
4 Salford City 38 20 9 9 64 38 19 12 4 3 38 19 19 8 5 6 26 19 26 69
5 Fylde 37 18 13 6 63 32 19 13 3 3 39 16 18 5 10 3 24 16 31 67
6 Harrogate Town 38 19 9 10 69 46 19 10 5 4 37 23 19 9 4 6 32 23 23 66
7 Eastleigh 38 19 7 12 49 46 19 8 5 6 22 20 19 11 2 6 27 26 3 64
8 Gateshead 39 18 8 13 50 39 19 8 6 5 23 16 20 10 2 8 27 23 11 62
9 Sutton United 39 16 12 11 48 46 20 9 7 4 25 22 19 7 5 7 23 24 2 60
10 Ebbsfleet United 38 16 10 12 53 37 20 9 3 8 28 19 18 7 7 4 25 18 16 58
11 Barrow 39 15 10 14 43 43 19 8 5 6 23 21 20 7 5 8 20 22 0 55
12 Hartlepool United 39 12 13 14 47 53 19 6 6 7 25 26 20 6 7 7 22 27 -6 49
13 Bromley 38 13 9 16 51 56 19 9 4 6 31 24 19 4 5 10 20 32 -5 48
14 Halifax Town 38 10 17 11 33 35 18 6 9 3 17 9 20 4 8 8 16 26 -2 47
15 Dagenham & Redbridge 38 13 8 17 44 47 19 7 6 6 27 25 19 6 2 11 17 22 -3 47
16 Chesterfield 39 10 16 13 43 47 19 4 8 7 16 22 20 6 8 6 27 25 -4 46
17 Barnet 36 12 9 15 34 44 19 6 6 7 20 23 17 6 3 8 14 21 -10 45
18 Boreham Wood 38 10 14 14 40 49 18 7 5 6 18 22 20 3 9 8 22 27 -9 44
19 Maidenhead United 39 13 5 21 39 62 19 7 3 9 22 31 20 6 2 12 17 31 -23 44
20 Dover Athletic 39 11 10 18 45 59 20 7 4 9 27 30 19 4 6 9 18 29 -14 43
21 Havant & Waterlooville 39 9 11 19 53 68 20 7 5 8 33 25 19 2 6 11 20 43 -15 38
22 Aldershot Town 38 8 8 22 29 61 20 6 4 10 16 25 18 2 4 12 13 36 -32 32
23 Maidstone United 38 8 5 25 30 65 18 2 4 12 15 30 20 6 1 13 15 35 -35 29
24 Braintree Town 39 7 7 25 37 70 19 3 3 13 17 39 20 4 4 12 20 31 -33 28

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