Evenly matched teams: Torquay United vs Yeovil Town match preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Wed 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Plainmoor (6104 seats)

Torquay United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Yeovil Town.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Torquay United and Yeovil Town.

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Torquay United form and stats

7-1-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League numbers at home for Torquay United, who have the most conceded goals (53) in Vanarama National League, so far this season.

The Torquay United supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Woking in Vanarama National League and win 4-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Yeovil Town.

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 Torquay United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 0 Lost 0.

The manager G. Johnson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dagenham & Redbridge in only three days.

Torquay United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Plainmoor with 24 goals in 14 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.

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Yeovil Town form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (52) in Vanarama National League, are W6-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League.

Two away games in a row for Yeovil Town, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 versus Sutton United in the Vanarama National League. A home win before that, celebrating 6-2 vs Torquay United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Yeovil Town playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were 1 Yeovil Town win, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Yeovil Town are hosting Solihull Moors in the Vanarama National League only three days away.

The travelling fans enjoy Yeovil Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 14 league matches away. Yeovil Town have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Yeovil Town - Torquay United 6-2. Torquay United-Yeovil Town H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Torquay United 1 win, Yeovil Town 1 win, 1 draw. 3 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Yeovil TownR. Murphy
R. Murphy
17 goals
Torquay UnitedJ. Reid
J. Reid
16 goals
Yeovil TownC. Duffus
C. Duffus
11 goals

Torquay United missing players

Yeovil Town missing players

Torquay United Yeovil Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
11 7 3 Won W 1 6 14
4 1 0 Drew D 0 3 6
13 6 1 Lost L 3 5 8
49 24 11 Scored S 5 24 52
53 24 10 Conceded C 6 20 36
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 79% 79%
71% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 61%
43% 36% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 43% 43%
36% 36% 75% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 21% 18%
64% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 71% 71%
14% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 14% 18%
25% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 14% 11%
 
5.3 6.2 4.8 Corners For (avg) C F 5 4.4 4.6
5.6 5.7 3.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 5.8 5.3
1.7 1.6 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2.4
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
332 190 74 Total Shots T S 45 149 307
166 86 33 Shots on Target S O 21 76 141
30% 28% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 29% 35%
Key stats in Vanarama National League this season:
  • Torquay United has the most conceded goals (53)
  • Torquay United has the most conceded goals in the second half (30)
  • Yeovil Town has the most scored goals (52)
  • Yeovil Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Yeovil Town 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 26 15 4 7 49 30 13 8 2 3 19 11 13 7 2 4 30 19 19 49
2 Yeovil Town 28 14 6 8 52 36 14 8 3 3 28 16 14 6 3 5 24 20 16 48
3 Bromley 28 13 8 7 48 37 14 7 5 2 31 19 14 6 3 5 17 18 11 47
4 Harrogate Town 28 13 7 8 45 37 14 9 3 2 24 13 14 4 4 6 21 24 8 46
5 Stockport County 28 13 5 10 43 43 14 8 1 5 25 22 14 5 4 5 18 21 0 44
6 Notts County 27 11 9 7 44 30 14 6 6 2 23 13 13 5 3 5 21 17 14 42
7 Solihull Moors 26 12 5 9 39 28 12 9 0 3 22 10 14 3 5 6 17 18 11 41
8 Boreham Wood 27 11 8 8 40 31 14 6 4 4 21 16 13 5 4 4 19 15 9 41
9 Woking 27 11 8 8 38 37 14 5 5 4 16 18 13 6 3 4 22 19 1 41
10 Halifax Town 27 12 5 10 36 39 13 6 2 5 19 18 14 6 3 5 17 21 -3 41
11 Dover Athletic 26 11 6 9 34 33 14 3 4 7 19 22 12 8 2 2 15 11 1 39
12 Barnet 26 10 8 8 40 34 13 6 4 3 21 15 13 4 4 5 19 19 6 38
13 Eastleigh 26 9 10 7 35 36 13 5 6 2 18 14 13 4 4 5 17 22 -1 37
14 Torquay United 28 11 4 13 49 53 14 7 1 6 24 24 14 4 3 7 25 29 -4 37
15 Hartlepool United 27 9 9 9 41 40 13 4 5 4 20 20 14 5 4 5 21 20 1 36
16 Sutton United 28 9 9 10 34 34 14 4 4 6 20 21 14 5 5 4 14 13 0 36
17 Maidenhead United 28 10 4 14 35 42 14 3 3 8 15 22 14 7 1 6 20 20 -7 34
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 28 8 7 13 31 38 14 5 4 5 23 21 14 3 3 8 8 17 -7 31
19 Aldershot Town 27 8 7 12 28 37 14 5 4 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 10 20 -9 31
20 Fylde 27 7 9 11 33 43 13 4 5 4 15 18 14 3 4 7 18 25 -10 30
21 Wrexham 28 7 8 13 34 41 14 6 5 3 19 14 14 1 3 10 15 27 -7 29
22 Chesterfield 28 6 9 13 38 50 14 3 3 8 19 27 14 3 6 5 19 23 -12 27
23 Ebbsfleet United 27 5 9 13 37 50 13 2 4 7 18 27 14 3 5 6 19 23 -13 24
24 Chorley 28 4 12 12 25 49 14 3 5 6 11 22 14 1 7 6 14 27 -24 24

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