Braintree Town and Gateshead spectators can't wait for Vanarama National League clash at Ironmongery Direct Stadium

Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ironmongery Direct Stadium (4222 seats)

The visiting Gateshead side should be favourites in this visit to Braintree Town, as the away team holds a 34 point advantage from their 39 league games this season.

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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Braintree Town form and stats

The struggle is real here at Ironmongery Direct Stadium with only 12 points collected from 20 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 3-3-14. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Ironmongery Direct Stadium, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Salford City game.

Braintree Town's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-4 versus Bromley (placed 13th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Solihull Moors (1-2).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Braintree Town here at Ironmongery Direct Stadium, with less than one goal per game on average (19 from 20 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Braintree Town with 43 goals conceded in these matches.

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Gateshead form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 10 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Gateshead have lost on their last two travels.

Two away games in a row for Gateshead, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-4 versus Sutton United in the Vanarama National League. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Solihull Moors wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Gateshead are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 27 away goals from 20 games. 23 goals have been conceded by Gateshead in these games.

Head 2 Head

Braintree Town and Gateshead have met before this season: Gateshead - Braintree Town 0-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Braintree Town won 4, Gateshead won 3 and 3 draws.

Top Goalscorers

S. Rigg
8 goals
G. Olley
6 goals
C. Morton
5 goals

Braintree Town missing players

Gateshead missing players

Braintree Town Gateshead
Total Home Statistic Away Total
40 20 Played 19 39
98% 100% Over 0.5 89% 95%
72% 80% Over 1.5 68% 69%
55% 55% Over 2.5 37% 41%
30% 40% Over 3.5 5% 13%
12% 15% Over 4.5 5% 8%
48% 45% Both teams to score 53% 51%
15% 10% Clean Sheet 32% 28%
40% 45% Failed To Score 26% 26%

  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 39 22 7 10 62 36 20 11 6 3 33 13 19 11 1 7 29 23 26 73
3 Wrexham 40 21 9 10 47 30 20 14 3 3 30 11 20 7 6 7 17 19 17 72
4 Salford City 39 20 10 9 64 38 20 12 5 3 38 19 19 8 5 6 26 19 26 70
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 39 19 10 10 71 48 19 10 5 4 37 23 20 9 5 6 34 25 23 67
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 Ebbsfleet United 39 17 10 12 55 37 20 9 3 8 28 19 19 8 7 4 27 18 18 61
10 Sutton United 40 16 12 12 48 49 20 9 7 4 25 22 20 7 5 8 23 27 -1 60
11 Barrow 40 15 11 14 45 45 20 8 6 6 25 23 20 7 5 8 20 22 0 56
12 Hartlepool United 40 13 13 14 48 53 20 7 6 7 26 26 20 6 7 7 22 27 -5 52
13 Bromley 39 14 9 16 55 58 19 9 4 6 31 24 20 5 5 10 24 34 -3 51
14 Halifax Town 39 11 17 11 35 35 19 7 9 3 19 9 20 4 8 8 16 26 0 50
15 Chesterfield 40 11 16 13 46 47 20 5 8 7 19 22 20 6 8 6 27 25 -1 49
16 Dagenham & Redbridge 38 13 8 17 44 47 19 7 6 6 27 25 19 6 2 11 17 22 -3 47
17 Barnet 37 12 10 15 34 44 19 6 6 7 20 23 18 6 4 8 14 21 -10 46
18 Boreham Wood 39 10 14 15 40 51 19 7 5 7 18 24 20 3 9 8 22 27 -11 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 39 9 8 22 31 61 20 6 4 10 16 25 19 3 4 12 15 36 -30 35
23 Maidstone United 39 8 5 26 30 67 19 2 4 13 15 32 20 6 1 13 15 35 -37 29
24 Braintree Town 40 7 7 26 39 74 20 3 3 14 19 43 20 4 4 12 20 31 -35 28

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