Maidstone United v Salford City preview: Visitors can prove cut above

Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gallagher Stadium (4200 seats)

Struggling Maidstone United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Salford City in the upcoming league round. It’s 24th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on! This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Salford City's home stadium. The visitors last two games on artificial turf have ended in 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

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Maidstone United form and stats

The struggle is real here at Gallagher Stadium with only 10 points collected from 19 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 2-4-13.

Maidstone United manager J. Still and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Harrogate Town in the Vanarama National League. Preceding that match was a defeat to Ebbsfleet United (0-2).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Maidstone United as they have a new game in only three days, a Vanarama National League match thankfully also at home. Barnet are visiting.

Maidstone United aren't scoring a lot here at Gallagher Stadium with only 15 goals from 19 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Maidstone United defense is not exactly impregnable. 32 goals conceded from 19 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Salford City form and stats

Playing away, Salford City have won 9 games, drawn 5 and suffered 6 defeats so far this season. Salford City have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Salford City are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Vanarama National League against Bromley. Prior to that result Salford City won their away game at Harrogate Town. The scoreline was 1-0.

Salford City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 27 away goals from 20 games. Salford City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 19 times in 20 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Salford City - Maidstone United 1-0 entered in the official records. Maidstone United-Salford City H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Maidstone United 1 win, Salford City 1 win, 1 draw.

Top Goalscorers

A. Rooney
17 goals
B. Turgott
11 goals
R. Gaffney
11 goals

Maidstone United missing players

Salford City missing players

Playername Goals Assist Starts % Started

Maidstone United Salford City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
40 19 Played 20 41
32 15 Scored 27 67
69 32 Conceded 19 39
100% 100% Over 0.5 85% 90%
70% 74% Over 1.5 65% 78%
40% 37% Over 2.5 40% 49%
22% 21% Over 3.5 20% 27%
12% 11% Over 4.5 15% 12%
42% 53% Both teams to score 40% 49%
15% 11% Clean Sheet 50% 44%
42% 37% Failed To Score 25% 17%
Key stats this season:
  • Maidstone United hasn't played a single 0-0 game.

  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 40 22 11 7 64 30 19 12 4 3 32 11 21 10 7 4 32 19 34 77
2 Salford City 41 22 10 9 67 39 21 13 5 3 40 20 20 9 5 6 27 19 28 76
3 Solihull Moors 41 22 9 10 66 40 21 11 7 3 35 15 20 11 2 7 31 25 26 75
4 Wrexham 41 21 9 11 49 34 20 14 3 3 30 11 21 7 6 8 19 23 15 72
5 Fylde 40 18 15 7 64 35 20 13 4 3 40 17 20 5 11 4 24 18 29 69
6 Harrogate Town 41 19 11 11 73 51 21 10 6 5 39 26 20 9 5 6 34 25 22 68
7 Eastleigh 40 20 7 13 52 51 21 9 5 7 25 25 19 11 2 6 27 26 1 67
8 Ebbsfleet United 41 18 11 12 59 39 21 10 3 8 32 21 20 8 8 4 27 18 20 65
9 Gateshead 40 18 8 14 50 41 19 8 6 5 23 16 21 10 2 9 27 25 9 62
10 Sutton United 41 16 13 12 50 51 21 9 8 4 27 24 20 7 5 8 23 27 -1 61
11 Barrow 41 15 11 15 46 47 21 8 6 7 26 25 20 7 5 8 20 22 -1 56
12 Bromley 41 15 9 17 58 61 20 10 4 6 33 25 21 5 5 11 25 36 -3 54
13 Barnet 40 14 11 15 39 44 21 7 7 7 22 23 19 7 4 8 17 21 -5 53
14 Chesterfield 41 12 16 13 48 47 21 6 8 7 21 22 20 6 8 6 27 25 1 52
15 Hartlepool United 41 13 13 15 50 56 20 7 6 7 26 26 21 6 7 8 24 30 -6 52
16 Halifax Town 41 11 18 12 35 36 21 7 10 4 19 10 20 4 8 8 16 26 -1 51
17 Maidenhead United 41 15 5 21 42 63 20 8 3 9 24 32 21 7 2 12 18 31 -21 50
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 41 13 9 19 46 53 20 7 6 7 28 28 21 6 3 12 18 25 -7 48
19 Boreham Wood 41 11 15 15 44 54 20 7 6 7 20 26 21 4 9 8 24 28 -10 48
20 Dover Athletic 41 12 11 18 50 62 20 7 4 9 27 30 21 5 7 9 23 32 -12 47
21 Havant & Waterlooville 41 9 12 20 56 72 20 7 5 8 33 25 21 2 7 12 23 47 -16 39
22 Aldershot Town 41 9 9 23 31 63 21 6 5 10 16 25 20 3 4 13 15 38 -32 36
23 Braintree Town 41 8 7 26 41 74 21 4 3 14 21 43 20 4 4 12 20 31 -33 31
24 Maidstone United 40 8 6 26 32 69 19 2 4 13 15 32 21 6 2 13 17 37 -37 30