Balanced ball game between Eastleigh and Dover Athletic expected

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Competition: England Vanarama National League
Competition: Tue 17.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Silverlake Stadium (3000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Silverlake Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Eastleigh languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Dover Athletic will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Eastleigh form and stats

Eastleigh have collected 26 points from their Vanarama National League home games so far after 6-8-3.

T. Barnett was the last player to score a league goal for Eastleigh and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Eastleigh haven't scored in 180 minutes.

In their previous game, the manager B. Strevens led his Eastleigh to a defeat in the Vanarama National League match away at Notts County. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Silverlake Stadium. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Wrexham the opponent.

As you see from the result above, Eastleigh suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Eastleigh have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won four, drawn five and lost three.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Eastleigh as they have a new game in only four days, a Vanarama National League match thankfully also at home. Yeovil Town are visiting.

The Eastleigh fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 17 matches. Eastleigh have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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Dover Athletic form and stats

Playing away, Dover Athletic, who have the most clean sheets (8) away in Vanarama National League, have won 9 games, drawn 3 and suffered 6 defeats in the Vanarama National League this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Dover Athletic have lost on their last two travels.

There were no winners in Dover Athletic's previous match, a Vanarama National League home game that ended 1-1 vs Chesterfield (placed 19th). A loss against Yeovil Town was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, Dover Athletic drew the match against Chesterfield. Manager A. Hessenthaler brought on N. L'Ghoul to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dover Athletic playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were four Dover Athletic wins, zero draws and two defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Dover Athletic manager A. Hessenthaler as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Dagenham & Redbridge.

Dover Athletic have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 19 goals have been scored. 22 goals have been conceded by Dover Athletic in these games.

Head 2 Head

Dover Athletic - Eastleigh 3-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Eastleigh, one draw and six wins for Dover Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Dover Athletic
I. Effiong
16 goals
EastleighT. Barnett
T. Barnett
11 goals
EastleighD. Hollands
D. Hollands
10 goals

Eastleigh missing players

Dover Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Eastleigh Dover Athletic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 17 7 Played P 5 18 38
11 6 2 Won W 3 9 15
13 8 4 Drew D 2 3 9
13 3 1 Lost L 0 6 14
43 22 9 Scored S 6 19 49
55 18 7 Conceded C 3 22 49
92% 88% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 89% 95%
86% 82% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 79%
46% 29% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 47%
27% 18% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 18%
11% 12% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 8%
62% 59% 71% BTTS BTTS 60% 33% 53%
16% 29% 29% Clean Sheets C S 40% 44% 26%
30% 24% 14% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 26%
 
6.6 7.1 7.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.8 5.3
5 4.5 3.9 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.9 4.3
1.5 1.6 2.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
375 198 75 Total Shots T S 54 182 399
149 78 26 Shots on Target S O 23 66 168
28% 28% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 29% 29%
Key stats in Vanarama National League this season:
  • Dover Athletic has the most clean sheets (8) away
  • Eastleigh has the most points from losing position (24)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barrow 37 21 7 9 68 39 19 13 2 4 33 15 18 8 5 5 35 24 29 70
2 Harrogate Town 37 19 9 9 61 44 19 12 4 3 32 16 18 7 5 6 29 28 17 66
3 Notts County 38 17 12 9 61 38 20 10 8 2 36 16 18 7 4 7 25 22 23 63
4 Yeovil Town 37 17 9 11 61 44 18 9 6 3 34 19 19 8 3 8 27 25 17 60
5 Boreham Wood 37 16 12 9 55 40 18 7 7 4 24 18 19 9 5 5 31 22 15 60
6 Halifax Town 37 17 7 13 50 49 20 10 3 7 31 26 17 7 4 6 19 23 1 58
7 Stockport County 39 16 10 13 51 54 19 9 3 7 28 28 20 7 7 6 23 26 -3 58
8 Solihull Moors 38 15 10 13 48 37 19 12 1 6 29 15 19 3 9 7 19 22 11 55
9 Hartlepool United 39 14 13 12 56 50 19 8 5 6 28 23 20 6 8 6 28 27 6 55
10 Woking 38 15 10 13 50 55 19 8 6 5 22 22 19 7 4 8 28 33 -5 55
11 Barnet 35 14 12 9 52 42 16 7 6 3 26 19 19 7 6 6 26 23 10 54
12 Dover Athletic 38 15 9 14 49 49 20 6 6 8 30 27 18 9 3 6 19 22 0 54
13 Bromley 38 14 10 14 57 52 19 8 6 5 37 26 19 6 4 9 20 26 5 52
14 Sutton United 38 12 14 12 47 42 19 6 7 6 31 26 19 6 7 6 16 16 5 50
15 Torquay United 36 14 6 16 56 61 18 9 2 7 27 26 18 5 4 9 29 35 -5 48
16 Aldershot Town 39 12 10 17 43 55 19 7 6 6 28 25 20 5 4 11 15 30 -12 46
17 Eastleigh 37 11 13 13 43 55 17 6 8 3 22 18 20 5 5 10 21 37 -12 46
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 37 11 11 15 40 44 19 7 6 6 29 24 18 4 5 9 11 20 -4 44
19 Chesterfield 38 11 11 16 55 65 19 6 4 9 31 34 19 5 7 7 24 31 -10 44
20 Wrexham 37 11 10 16 46 49 18 7 7 4 23 16 19 4 3 12 23 33 -3 43
21 Ebbsfleet United 39 10 12 17 47 68 19 4 6 9 23 33 20 6 6 8 24 35 -21 42
22 Maidenhead United 38 12 5 21 44 58 20 4 4 12 20 30 18 8 1 9 24 28 -14 41
23 Fylde 37 9 12 16 44 60 19 5 6 8 20 26 18 4 6 8 24 34 -16 39
24 Chorley 38 4 14 20 31 65 19 3 5 11 13 30 19 1 9 9 18 35 -34 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barrow 37 21 7 9 68 39 19 13 2 4 33 15 18 8 5 5 35 24 29 70
2 Harrogate Town 37 19 9 9 61 44 19 12 4 3 32 16 18 7 5 6 29 28 17 66
3 Notts County 38 17 12 9 61 38 20 10 8 2 36 16 18 7 4 7 25 22 23 63
4 Yeovil Town 37 17 9 11 61 44 18 9 6 3 34 19 19 8 3 8 27 25 17 60
5 Boreham Wood 37 16 12 9 55 40 18 7 7 4 24 18 19 9 5 5 31 22 15 60
6 Halifax Town 37 17 7 13 50 49 20 10 3 7 31 26 17 7 4 6 19 23 1 58
7 Stockport County 39 16 10 13 51 54 19 9 3 7 28 28 20 7 7 6 23 26 -3 58
8 Solihull Moors 38 15 10 13 48 37 19 12 1 6 29 15 19 3 9 7 19 22 11 55
9 Hartlepool United 39 14 13 12 56 50 19 8 5 6 28 23 20 6 8 6 28 27 6 55
10 Woking 38 15 10 13 50 55 19 8 6 5 22 22 19 7 4 8 28 33 -5 55
11 Barnet 35 14 12 9 52 42 16 7 6 3 26 19 19 7 6 6 26 23 10 54
12 Dover Athletic 38 15 9 14 49 49 20 6 6 8 30 27 18 9 3 6 19 22 0 54
13 Bromley 38 14 10 14 57 52 19 8 6 5 37 26 19 6 4 9 20 26 5 52
14 Sutton United 38 12 14 12 47 42 19 6 7 6 31 26 19 6 7 6 16 16 5 50
15 Torquay United 36 14 6 16 56 61 18 9 2 7 27 26 18 5 4 9 29 35 -5 48
16 Aldershot Town 39 12 10 17 43 55 19 7 6 6 28 25 20 5 4 11 15 30 -12 46
17 Eastleigh 37 11 13 13 43 55 17 6 8 3 22 18 20 5 5 10 21 37 -12 46
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 37 11 11 15 40 44 19 7 6 6 29 24 18 4 5 9 11 20 -4 44
19 Chesterfield 38 11 11 16 55 65 19 6 4 9 31 34 19 5 7 7 24 31 -10 44
20 Wrexham 37 11 10 16 46 49 18 7 7 4 23 16 19 4 3 12 23 33 -3 43
21 Ebbsfleet United 39 10 12 17 47 68 19 4 6 9 23 33 20 6 6 8 24 35 -21 42
22 Maidenhead United 38 12 5 21 44 58 20 4 4 12 20 30 18 8 1 9 24 28 -14 41
23 Fylde 37 9 12 16 44 60 19 5 6 8 20 26 18 4 6 8 24 34 -16 39
24 Chorley 38 4 14 20 31 65 19 3 5 11 13 30 19 1 9 9 18 35 -34 26

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