LV Bet Preview: The Matchday 11 Stat Pack
Each gameweek, The National League's official betting partner LV Bet provides the lowdown of the key matches across the Vanarama National League. Find out all you need to know ahead of Matchday 11.
Wrexham vs. Sutton United
After last weekend’s live game between two teams who couldn’t stop winning, Saturday’s focus falls on two sides who badly need to get three points on the board.
For Wrexham, it will be more than a month since they last tasted victory.
It’s five games without a win now for the Red Dragons - a far cry from this time last season, when the club were second in the table and about to celebrate a seventh success by mid-September.
Sutton United are just two places and one point better off. Although their ambitions are more modest, their four-game winless run is not ideal for manager Matt Gray.
A one-point return for each from the last nine available means it’s a match neither side can really afford to lose, especially Wrexham manager Bryan Hughes in front of their expectant home fans.
Letting in goals has been a problem for both, but scoring hasn’t been - which bodes well for the BT Sport viewers on Saturday night.
Wrexham
League position: 18th
Points: 10
Goals for: 13
Goals against: 15
Top scorer: Bobby Grant & Mark Harris (3)
Last three results: D-L-L
Sutton United
League position: 16th
Points: 11
Goals for: 11
Goals against: 13
Top scorer: Harry Beautyman (4)
Last three results: D-L-L
Big Match Pointers
Over 2.5 goals- Their last meeting at the Racecourse came back in April - Wrexham running out 1-0 winners thanks to Kieran Kennedy's late goal.
Both teams to score- Both teams have scored in all-but one of Wrexham’s nine National League matches this season, while 70 per cent of Sutton’s matches have ended with both teams finding the net.
Barnet vs. Maidenhead United
- Maidenhead have the joint-best away record in the division, with four wins and a draw.
- Barnet have only lost once this season, but have drawn three of their last four.
- The Bees did the double over Maidenhead last season with two 1-0 wins.
- Alan Devonshire’s team are fourth - a far cry from a year ago when they sat in the relegation zone.
Woking vs. Ebbsfleet United
- Leaders Woking will stay top if they better the results of FC Halifax and Bromley on Saturday.
- Alan Dowson’s team have the best defensive record in the league, letting in only eight goals so far.
- Woking has scored 18 times already - and Ebbsfleet have shipped 20.
- Ebbsfleet have now only lost once in five matches after recovering from losing their opening five fixtures.
Notts County vs. FC Halifax Town
- Second place FC Halifax Town were defeated for the first time since August 13 last weekend.
- Notts have now only lost one of their last seven - but four of those matches have ended in a draw.
- Town’s top scorer Liam McAlinden has five, while County striker Kristian Dennis has scored four times.
- Halifax have won three from five away from home, scoring an impressive ten times.
Dagenham & Redbridge vs. Hartlepool United
- Dagenham are six undefeated - their best run under manager Peter Taylor.
- But 10 of the 14 goals they have let in so far have come at home.
- Hartlepool have taken ten points from the last 12 available, scoring eight goals.
- Craig Hignett’s team have won three on the road so far - beating Barrow, Torquay United and Maidenhead United.
Chesterfield v Torquay United
- Chesterfield are the only side yet to win a match in the National League.
- Torquay have let in ten goals on the road - only three sides have worse records.
- Chesterfield have lost three of their last four matches but Mike Fondop-Talom has taken his tally to five.
- The Gulls have the league’s top scorer after Jamie Reid’s seven-goal scoring start.
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