Match Preview: Basildon United v Heybridge Swifts (Saturday, 3pm)

Basildon United host Heybridge Swifts on Saturday in the Isthmian League Division One North.

In their last league match, on March 23, Basildon lost to Ipswich Wanderers 2-1 away.

Heybridge Swifts won, 2-1 at home against New Salamis on February 3.

With 46 goals in 23 games so far this season, Basildon are scoring more than average in the league with 2.0 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 35 goals at a rate of 1.5 per game.

Heybridge Swifts are also above average scorers, with 1.8 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.7. They have conceded 1.2 goals per game.

In the last 10 years, Basildon and Heybridge Swifts have played each other on six occasions. Heybridge Swifts won four of them and they drew twice.

On average, Basildon scored 0.5 goals and Heybridge Swifts 2.0 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on December 9, when they played out a 1-1 draw.

The away side are sixth in the table after 24 games, of which they have won 13 and drawn five, earning 44 points.

United are one place behind Heybridge Swifts in seventh, with 12 wins and three draws putting them on 39 points.

The hosts are in mixed form in the Isthmian League Division One North, with three wins and three losses from their last six games.

With two wins and two draws over that period, Heybridge Swifts’s form is slightly worse – they have taken eight points from 18, compared to Basildon’s nine.

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Basildon United v Heybridge Swifts
Isthmian League Division One – North
Saturday, 27 April 2024 @ 3.00pm

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