Truro City (home)
- Truro have won five, drawn three and lost 11 of their 19 home National League matches.
- Truro have lost their last two home games.
- Truro City are 24th on just 28 points from the same amount of games.
- John Askey sets up his side in a three-at-the-back system designed to frustrate the better teams in the division, but Truro have a good counter attack and will look to get men behind the ball in an organised defensive block.
Boreham Wood (away)
- Boreham Wood have won 8, drawn 6 and lost 5 of their 19 away matches in the National League.
- Boreham Wood sit fourth in the league standings with 74 points from 39 matches.
- Luke Garrard’s side prefer a more aggressive approach, preferring to win the ball in the first third and then exploit the wide areas in either a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 shape.
- Garrard’s team will overload the middle third of the pitch and look to press and press hard in the opposition half of the field to try to create more chances of higher quality than their opponents.
Head-to-Head
This fixture has seen both sides claim victories, but the hosts will be buoyed by the fact that they have never lost to Boreham Wood at their own venue.
Key Players
- Truro have scored 24 goals in 19 home games, so they are not a side who will be able to outscore Boreham Wood, but their main goal threat is Luke Jephcott, who has hit 5 National League goals this season from 33 appearances.
- Boreham Wood’s top scorer Matt Rush, meanwhile, has bagged 22 goals in 39 National League games and has a reputation as one of the most lethal finishers in the league.
Betting Insights
- The odds on an away win are 1.59, so a Boreham Wood win and BTTS appears to offer a higher return.
- Both Teams to Score is favoured at 1.53, while Over 2.5 goals is 1.47, so both sides should slot some goals on Saturday.
Prediction
- Truro have lost their last two at home, while Boreham Wood have three wins, one draw and a defeat from their last five so the Wood should take the win in this game.
- Luke Garrard’s men will outgun the White Tricity in this matchup of contrasting styles.
