5 National League Tips for this Weekend’s Action – 11/9/21

Saturday sees top of the table Dagenham & Redbridge travel to King’s Lynn Town in the National League.

The hosts are 16th with four points to their name from their opening four fixtures having lost 1-0 to recently relegated Southend United and 2-0 to Chesterfield, but beating Yeovil Town 2-1 at Huish Park and drawing 3-3 with Eastleigh last time out via an 85th-minute strike from Brett McGavin.

Dagenham & Redbridge have won three of their first four matches in the division this season, scoring 11 and conceding five goals, following impressive 3-1, 4-2 and 2-0 wins against Stockport County, Bromley and Barnet before drawing 2-2 at home to Wealdstone thanks to a late equaliser from George Saunders.

Beaten play-off finalists Torquay United face one of the promotion favourites in Grimsby Town at Plainmoor.

Torquay have started this season slowly as they have managed four points from their opening four matches following 3-1 and 4-0 losses to Altrincham and Woking, as well as drawing 1-1 with Notts County at Meadow Lane and beating Maidenhead 4-3 last time out despite being 4-0 up after 45 minutes through an Armani Little brace, as well as goals from Asa Hall and Connor Lemonheigh-Evans.

Meanwhile, Grimsby have seven points from three fixtures and are a lot more settled in their game style, having scored five and conceded three in 1-0 and 4-3 wins against Weymouth and Barnet, as well as drawing 0-0 with Stockport County at Edgeley Park. Last time out at home to Barnet, the Mariners were 3-1 down after 64 minutes until Josh Doherty was sent off for a handball on the goal-line which saw John McAtee convert from the spot to make the scoreline 3-2, before strikes from Ryan Taylor and Alex Hunt settled the outcome of the match.

Bottom of the table Dover Athletic hosts high-flying Chesterfield at Crabble Stadium this weekend with the hosts desperate for points.

Andy Hessenthaler’s side are currently on -12 points and have lost all three of their opening matches against Maidenhead United 2-0, Boreham Wood 1-0 as well as 3-2 away at Altrincham, despite taking the lead twice in the last game via goals from Koby Arthur and Aaron Cosgrave.

Chesterfield are currently second in the table with 10 points and have the second-meanest defence in the division, conceding just twice, whilst also managing eight goals in their four fixtures. The Spireites won each of their first three matches by the scoreline of 2-0 against Aldershot Town, Wealdstone and King’s Lynn before drawing 2-2 at home to Bromley last time out following a 96th-minute equaliser by Michael Cheek for the visitors.

Wealdstone and Altrincham go head-to-head on Saturday in the National League with the visitors looking to build on what has been a solid start to the season.

Altrincham have won two of their opening three matches, seeing them sit on six points having beaten Torquay United 3-1 and Dover 3-2 with goals from Dan Mooney, A-Jay Leitch-Smith and Ryan Colclough being enough to take all three points. Their other match resulted in a narrow 2-0 loss away at Halifax Town.

The hosts have just two points to their name having lost 2-1 at home to Woking on the opening day of the season and 2-0 to Chesterfield, as well as drawing 0-0 and 2-2 with Southend United and Dagenham & Redbridge.

The final game on this list of tips comes from Meadow Lane where Notts County take on Weymouth.

The Magpies have started life to this season’s National League strongly having won two and drawn two of their opening four matches, seeing them sit on eight points with 10 goals scored and four conceded. Notts County’s two wins came by 5-0 and 3-2 scorelines versus Barnet and Aldershot Town, with Kyle Wootton, Kyle Cameron and Callum Roberts all scoring in the latter match.

Weymouth are currently 12th in the table having scored seven goals and conceded seven in their opening four games, leaving them on six points having beaten Solihull Moors 4-3 away from home last time out where they were 4-1 up after 48 minutes thanks to goals from Josh Leslie-Smith, Bradley Ash and Josh McQuoid. Their other win came in their previous match by a 3-1 scoreline against Maidenhead United.