Evenly matched teams: Sutton United vs Wrexham match preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Borough Sports Ground (7032 seats)

Sutton United are welcoming Wrexham for another important game after their 2-3 result against 17th-placed Dagenham & Redbridge.

The hosts Sutton United saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Fa Trophy. That game was an away game at Dagenham & Redbridge, so at least Sutton United are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Wrexham's home stadium. The visitors last two games on artificial turf have ended in 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

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Sutton United form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Vanarama National League this season. Sutton United have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from their games here at The Borough Sports Ground.

In their previous game, the manager M. Gray led his Sutton United to a defeat in the Fa Trophy match away at Dagenham & Redbridge. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Borough Sports Ground. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Dagenham & Redbridge that ended 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Sutton United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sutton United as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Sutton United has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.

Sutton United has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.

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Wrexham form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Wrexham so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-8 (win-draw-lose).

Wrexham have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Robert Lainton. It's been 196 minutes since they last conceded in Vanarama National League.

Two away games in a row for Wrexham, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Halifax Town in the Fa Trophy. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Solihull Moors in the Vanarama National League.

Wrexham lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Wrexham in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Wrexham, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Wrexham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Wrexham have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Wrexham - Sutton United 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Sutton United won 2 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Wrexham has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 6

Top Goalscorers

Sutton UnitedH. Beautyman
H. Beautyman
9 goals
WrexhamB. Grant
B. Grant
7 goals
Sutton UnitedT. Wright
T. Wright
5 goals

Sutton United missing players

Wrexham missing players

Sutton United Wrexham
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
6 2 1 Won W 0 1 6
9 4 1 Drew D 0 3 8
10 6 2 Lost L 4 8 11
26 14 8 Scored S 4 14 30
31 18 7 Conceded C 8 22 35
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 72%
36% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 58% 44%
20% 33% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 24%
4% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 12%
52% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 75% 64%
16% 17% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 20%
40% 42% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 17% 16%
 
5.1 6.5 9 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 4.7 5.1
5.2 5.2 3.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.5 6.1 5.2
1.2 0.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.7
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 3
 
191 83 26 Total Shots T S 44 111 276
71 33 10 Shots on Target S O 12 42 104
37% 42% 80% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 27%
Key stats in Vanarama National League this season:
  • Sutton United has the most matches under the total-line (16)
  • Sutton United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sutton United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Wrexham has the fewest points (6) away
  • Wrexham has the most dropped points from leading position (21)
  • Wrexham have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wrexham haven’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 +/- P
1 Barrow 24 15 2 7 46 27 12 8 1 3 18 10 12 7 1 4 28 17 19 47
2 Yeovil Town 25 13 5 7 42 29 13 7 3 3 22 14 12 6 2 4 20 15 13 44
3 Bromley 25 12 8 5 43 31 12 6 5 1 26 16 13 6 3 4 17 15 12 44
4 Woking 25 11 8 6 37 31 13 5 5 3 16 16 12 6 3 3 21 15 6 41
5 Solihull Moors 24 12 4 8 37 25 11 9 0 2 22 9 13 3 4 6 15 16 12 40
6 Harrogate Town 25 11 7 7 38 34 13 8 3 2 20 12 12 3 4 5 18 22 4 40
7 Halifax Town 24 11 5 8 32 30 11 5 2 4 16 14 13 6 3 4 16 16 2 38
8 Stockport County 25 11 5 9 35 39 13 7 1 5 20 21 12 4 4 4 15 18 -4 38
9 Boreham Wood 25 10 7 8 36 28 12 5 3 4 17 13 13 5 4 4 19 15 8 37
10 Barnet 24 9 7 8 36 33 13 6 4 3 21 15 11 3 3 5 15 18 3 34
11 Torquay United 25 10 4 11 43 43 12 6 1 5 20 20 13 4 3 6 23 23 0 34
12 Notts County 24 8 9 7 36 28 13 5 6 2 20 13 11 3 3 5 16 15 8 33
13 Eastleigh 24 8 9 7 30 32 13 5 6 2 18 14 11 3 3 5 12 18 -2 33
14 Hartlepool United 24 8 8 8 37 34 11 3 4 4 17 18 13 5 4 4 20 16 3 32
15 Dover Athletic 23 9 5 9 29 32 13 2 4 7 16 22 10 7 1 2 13 10 -3 32
16 Maidenhead United 25 9 4 12 32 35 12 2 3 7 12 18 13 7 1 5 20 17 -3 31
17 Dagenham & Redbridge 25 8 6 11 30 33 13 5 3 5 22 20 12 3 3 6 8 13 -3 30
18 Fylde 24 7 7 10 29 38 11 4 4 3 12 14 13 3 3 7 17 24 -9 28
19 Sutton United 25 6 9 10 26 31 12 2 4 6 14 18 13 4 5 4 12 13 -5 27
20 Aldershot Town 25 7 6 12 26 36 12 4 3 5 16 16 13 3 3 7 10 20 -10 27
21 Wrexham 25 6 8 11 30 35 13 5 5 3 16 13 12 1 3 8 14 22 -5 26
22 Ebbsfleet United 25 5 8 12 36 48 12 2 4 6 18 26 13 3 4 6 18 22 -12 23
23 Chesterfield 25 5 8 12 33 47 13 3 2 8 17 25 12 2 6 4 16 22 -14 23
24 Chorley 25 4 11 10 23 43 12 3 4 5 10 19 13 1 7 5 13 24 -20 23

Read more about Vanarama National League

The National League is the fifth highest level of the English football league system. 24 professional and semi-professional teams play a total of 552 fixtures to top the league table. The National League is the top division of the National League System which contains division levels five to eleven.