Preview: Wycombe Wanderers v Aldershot Town

Wycombe Wanderers entertain Aldershot Town on Saturday in their 34th league game of the season.


The league table currently shows Wycombe in 2nd place with 56 points from 33 games and Aldershot in 17th spot with 38 points from 33 games

Aldershot's Away Record.....Won 4 - Drawn 8 - Lost 5 - Pts 20 (Rank-16)

Wycombe's Home Record....Won 9 - Drawn 4 - Lost 4 - Pts 31 (Rank-4)


The Blues will aim to put the disappointment of Tuesday's thrashing at Chesterfield behind them by taking all three points from a Shots' side who haven't won any of their last eight games.

The Hampshire outfit are tough to beat though, and it's interesting to compare their recent record of 6 draws and 1 defeat in their last 7 games, with Wycombe's 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats in the same period.

Over the course of the season so far, the Shots have lost 11 league games to Wycombe's 9.

Both sides have played 39 games in all competitions and the Blues have scored 21 more goals than Aldershot, but have conceded 2 more.

The Shots have won only 4 times on the road this season, picking up all three points at Torquay, Oxford, Burton and Barnet.

Their 5 away-defeats have come at Port Vale, Crewe, Macclesfield, Rotherham and Gillingham.

Here are all the stats.......


Aldershot's last five games (All Competitions)

LG2: Macclesfield (H).......Drew 0-0

LG2: Lincoln (H)..............Drew 2-2

LG2: Northampton (A).....Drew 1-1

LG2: Port Vale (H)............Lost 1-2

LG2: Gillingham (H).........Drew 1-1



Wycombe's last five games (All Competitions)

LG2: Southend (A)...........Lost 2-3

LG2: Accrington (H)..........Lost 1-2

LG2: Burton (H)...............Won 4-1

LG2: Macclesfield (A).......Won 1-0

LG2: Chesterfield (A).......Lost 1-4



Aldershot Goal Stats (39 games in all Competitions)

Goals Scored (Total)..........Lg: 34...Cups: 4...Total: 38

Goals Conceded (Total)......Lg: 42...Cups: 7...Total: 49

Goals Scored (Away).........Lg: 18...Cups: 1...Total: 19

Goals Conceded (Away).....Lg: 21...Cups: 3...Total: 24

Clean Sheets.....................Lg: 7....Cups: 2...Total: 9



Wycombe Goal Stats (39 games in all Competitions)

Goals Scored (Total)...........Lg: 48...Cups: 11...Total: 59

Goals Conceded (Total).......Lg: 40...Cups: 11...Total: 51

Goals Scored (Home)..........Lg: 27...Cups: 7.....Total: 34

Goals Conceded (Home)......Lg: 19...Cups: 10...Total: 29

Clean Sheets......................Lg: 11...Cups: 1.....Total: 12



Aldershot's Top Goal Scorers - (All Competitions)

Wade Small...............7

Marvin Morgan...........6

Luke Guttridge...........4

Peter Vincenti............3

Damian Spencer........3

Alex Rodman.............3

Anthony Charles........3 (inc 1 pen)

Three other players have each scored two goals.

Three other players have each scored one goal.



Wycombe's Top Goal Scorers - (All Competitions)

Scott Rendell..........12 (inc 6 pens)

Gareth Ainsworth......8

Andy Sandell............7

Kevin Betsy..............6

Stuart Beavon...........5

Ben Strevens............5

Matt Bloomfield.........3

Lewis Montrose.........3

Jon-Paul Pittman.......3

Three other players have each scored two goals.

One other player has scored one goal



Aldershot Shooting (Top-3) - All Competitions

Luke Guttridge........25 on-target...24 off-target...2 against woodwork

Marvin Morgan........20 on-target...28 off-target...1 against woodwork

Anthony Straker......16 on-target...17 off-target...1 against woodwork



Wycombe Shooting (Top-3) - All Competitions

Kevin Betsy............18 on-target...40 off-target...2 against woodwork

Gareth Ainsworth....18 on-target...30 off-target...3 against woodwork

Stuart Beavon........19 on-target...21 off-target...2 against woodwork



Shooting (Club) - League Games Only

Aldershot....126 on target...153 off target....6 against w'work (Rank-23)

Wycombe...139 on target...186 off target...12 against w'work (Rank-12)



Most Assists

Aldershot - Marvin Morgan..4

Wycombe - Kevin Betsy......6



League Form Guide

All Season

Aldershot.....Pld: 33...W: 8....D: 14...L: 11...Pts: 38...Pts per game: 1.15

Wycombe....Pld: 33...W: 16...D: 8....L: 9.....Pts: 56...Pts per game: 1.70



First-half of the season

Aldershot......Pld: 23...W: 6....D: 8...L: 9...Pts: 26...Pts per game: 1.13

Wycombe.....Pld: 23...W: 11...D: 7...L: 5...Pts: 40...Pts per game: 1.74



Second-half of the season

Aldershot......Pld: 10...W: 2...D: 6...L: 2...Pts: 12...Pts per game: 1.20

Wycombe.....Pld: 10...W: 5...D: 1...L: 4...Pts: 16...Pts per game: 1.60



Last Five league Games

Aldershot......DDDLD - 4 points (Rank-20)

Wycombe......LLWWL - 6 points (Rank-14)



Last Five League Games (Away)

Aldershot......DLDDD - 4 points (Rank-16)



Last Five League Games (Home)

Wycombe....WWDLW - 10 points (Rank-3)



Against Top Half Opposition

Aldershot......Pld: 17...Pts: 15...Pts per game: 0.88...(Rank-19)

Wycombe.....Pld: 16...Pts: 27...Pts per game: 1.69...(Rank-3)



Against Bottom Half Opposition

Aldershot......Pld: 16...Pts: 23...Pts per game: 1.44...(Rank-19)

Wycombe.....Pld: 17...Pts: 29...Pts per game: 1.71...(Rank-7)



Previous Meetings

In 4 previous meetings there have been 2 wins for Wycombe, 1 for Aldershot and 1 draw.

2004/05 FLT: Aldershot 0 Wycombe 1

2008/09 LG2: Aldershot 3 Wycombe 2

2008/09 LG2: Wycombe 3 Aldershot 0

2010/11 LG2: Aldershot 0 Wycombe 0



The Man In The Middle

Saturday's referee is Darren Drysdale from Lincolnshire who was promoted to the National List of Referees in 2004. His last Wycombe game was a 2-0 win at Chester City in August 2008. During the current campaign he's issued 1 red and 36 yellow cards in 14 games.



Prediction

Wycombe 2 Aldershot 1

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