Vanarama National League match preview: Braintree Town believed to be the weaker party when Fylde pays a visit

Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ironmongery Direct Stadium (4222 seats)

Struggling Braintree Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Fylde in the upcoming league round. It’s 24th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

The visiting Fylde played their last game only four days ago, a Vanarama National League match. That game, against Gateshead, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Fylde.

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Braintree Town form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season. Braintree Town, who have the most conceded goals (77) in Vanarama National League, have only managed 4 wins, 3 draws and 14 losses so far from their games here at Ironmongery Direct Stadium.

In their previous game, the manager D. Searle led his Braintree Town to a defeat in the Vanarama National League match away at Wrexham. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ironmongery Direct Stadium. Before that, Braintree Town had a home game versus Gateshead which ended with a victory 2-0.

Braintree Town has scored 21 goals at home this season, in 21 matches. Braintree Town have conceded 43 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Fylde form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (18) away in Vanarama National League, on their travels is 6 wins, 11 draws and 4 defeats.

Fylde play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Gateshead. That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus Eastleigh.

Fylde find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 25 goals from 21 away fixtures. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (18 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Fylde - Braintree Town 3-0 entered in the official records. Last one meeting between the teams: Braintree Town won 0, Fylde won 1 and 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

D. Rowe
25 goals
A. Bond
6 goals
C. Morton
5 goals

Braintree Town missing players

Fylde missing players

Braintree Town Fylde
Total Home Statistic Away Total
42 21 Played 21 42
42 21 Scored 25 69
77 43 Conceded 18 37
98% 100% Over 0.5 71% 81%
74% 81% Over 1.5 67% 74%
55% 52% Over 2.5 38% 48%
31% 38% Over 3.5 14% 24%
12% 14% Over 4.5 10% 12%
48% 43% Both teams to score 57% 52%
17% 14% Clean Sheet 38% 40%
38% 43% Failed To Score 33% 26%
Key stats this season:
  • Braintree Town hasn'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 D P
1 Leyton Orient 42 23 12 7 69 34 21 13 5 3 37 15 21 10 7 4 32 19 35 81
2 Salford City 42 23 10 9 69 39 21 13 5 3 40 20 21 10 5 6 29 19 30 79
3 Solihull Moors 42 23 9 10 67 40 21 11 7 3 35 15 21 12 2 7 32 25 27 78
4 Wrexham 42 22 9 11 52 35 21 15 3 3 33 12 21 7 6 8 19 23 17 75
5 Fylde 42 20 15 7 69 37 21 14 4 3 44 19 21 6 11 4 25 18 32 75
6 Harrogate Town 42 20 11 11 75 52 21 10 6 5 39 26 21 10 5 6 36 26 23 71
7 Eastleigh 42 20 7 15 56 58 21 9 5 7 25 25 21 11 2 8 31 33 -2 67
8 Ebbsfleet United 42 18 12 12 60 40 21 10 3 8 32 21 21 8 9 4 28 19 20 66
9 Sutton United 42 17 13 12 52 52 21 9 8 4 27 24 21 8 5 8 25 28 0 64
10 Gateshead 42 18 9 15 51 43 21 8 7 6 24 18 21 10 2 9 27 25 8 63
11 Barrow 42 15 12 15 46 47 21 8 6 7 26 25 21 7 6 8 20 22 -1 57
12 Barnet 42 15 11 16 41 46 21 7 7 7 22 23 21 8 4 9 19 23 -5 56
13 Bromley 42 15 10 17 60 63 21 10 5 6 35 27 21 5 5 11 25 36 -3 55
14 Chesterfield 42 12 17 13 48 47 21 6 8 7 21 22 21 6 9 6 27 25 1 53
15 Halifax Town 42 11 19 12 37 38 21 7 10 4 19 10 21 4 9 8 18 28 -1 52
16 Hartlepool United 42 13 13 16 50 57 21 7 6 8 26 27 21 6 7 8 24 30 -7 52
17 Maidenhead United 42 15 5 22 42 64 21 8 3 10 24 33 21 7 2 12 18 31 -22 50
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 42 13 10 19 46 53 21 7 7 7 28 28 21 6 3 12 18 25 -7 49
19 Boreham Wood 42 11 15 16 45 56 21 7 6 8 21 28 21 4 9 8 24 28 -11 48
20 Dover Athletic 42 12 12 18 50 62 21 7 5 9 27 30 21 5 7 9 23 32 -12 48
21 Havant & Waterlooville 42 9 12 21 57 74 21 7 5 9 34 27 21 2 7 12 23 47 -17 39
22 Aldershot Town 42 9 10 23 33 65 21 6 5 10 16 25 21 3 5 13 17 40 -32 37
23 Maidstone United 42 9 6 27 34 72 21 3 4 14 17 35 21 6 2 13 17 37 -38 33
24 Braintree Town 42 8 7 27 42 77 21 4 3 14 21 43 21 4 4 13 21 34 -35 31

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