WEYMOUTH. Torquay United defeated Weymouth to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Torquay United to strike first with a goal of J. Lewis at the 65′. Then it was a goal in the 68′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, S. Armstrong gave the win to Torquay United in the 70′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Bob Lucas Stadium stadium in Weymouth on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Martin Woods. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.4 degrees Celsius or 38.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
- 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
- 8 Total 15
- 1 On Target 5
- 7 Off Target 10
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 97 Attack 103
- 50 Dangerous attack 64
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 11 Corners 9
Fouls
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Weymouth was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Torquay United that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Torquay United was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Torquay United won the match.
Weymouth shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Torquay United shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Weymouth didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Torquay United didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Weymouth will stay with 15 points to remain in the 19th place. Regarding the opposition, Torquay United will have 21 points like Wealdstone to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the National League, Weymouth will play away with Wrexham on the 11th of December with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Wrexham (0 draws).
Torquay United will host Stockport County on the 11th of December with a 6-2 head to head record in favor of Torquay United (3 draws).
Weymouth – Formation
The manager Brian Stock decided to play with the following team: R. Fitzsimons, L. Davies, O. Harfield, T. Olomowewe, T. Cordner, C. Murray, B. Morgan, O. Mussa, J. McQuoid, B. Goodship and M. Taylor-Crossdale.
The home team had on the bench: T. Blair, S. Shields, J. Leslie-Smith, B. Thomson and T. Bearwish.
Substitutions
Weymouth made 3 changes: O. Mussa for T. Blair (71′), M. Taylor-Crossdale for S. Shields (71′) and B. Morgan for J. Leslie-Smith (82′).
Torquay United – Formation
Gary Johnson played with: S. MacDonald, D. Moxey, J. Lewis, A. Hall, T. Lapslie, D. Martin, B. Wynter, A. Little, B. Moore, D. Holman and K. Lolos.
The following players were sitting on the bench: K. O’Connell, S. Armstrong, M. Halstead, A. Omar and J. Andrews.
Substitutions
Torquay United made 2 changes: B. Moore for K. O’Connell (46′) and D. Holman for S. Armstrong (67′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the National League.
- Aldershot Town – Altrincham – 2-2
- Barnet – Maidenhead United – 3-0
- Bromley – Wealdstone – 3-2
- Dagenham & Redbridge – Grimsby Town – 3-2
- Dover Athletic – Wrexham – 0-1
- Solihull Moors – Woking – 2-0
- Weymouth – Torquay United – 1-2