Havant & Waterlooville vs Basingstoke Town FC
Match details. Southern League Premier South, Regular Season - 12. Kick-off is Tue 13 Oct, 19:45 Lagos time.
What's at stake. Havant & Waterlooville are 21st on 5 points after 10 games, 3 points behind Chippenham Town, level on points with Malvern Town. A win would take them level on points with Chippenham Town. Basingstoke Town FC are 14th on 12 points after 10 games, 1 point behind Evesham United, level on points with Yate Town. A win would take them above Evesham United.
Form. Havant & Waterlooville have won one, drawn two and lost six of their last nine, 0.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L D L L L. In this competition Havant & Waterlooville have gone L D L L L D. Basingstoke Town FC have won three, drawn three and lost three of their last nine, 1.3 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L D D W. In this competition Basingstoke Town FC have gone W L D D W L.
The numbers. Havant & Waterlooville score one and concede 1.4 a game in their last five at home, with one clean sheet and two games without a goal. Havant & Waterlooville average 4.0 corners and 1.0 cards a game. Basingstoke Town FC score 1.6 and concede 1.8 a game in their last five away, with one clean sheet. Basingstoke Town FC average 3.0 corners and 1.0 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last seven meetings Havant & Waterlooville have won five, drawn two and lost none. Four of the seven went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in three. In the last four, Havant & Waterlooville won three and one was drawn. The last time they met, on 7 Feb 2026, it finished Havant & Waterlooville 0-0 Basingstoke Town FC.
Where it pulls both ways. Basingstoke Town FC are the form side, but the meetings favour Havant & Waterlooville: in the last seven meetings, Havant & Waterlooville won five and two were drawn.
The read. No side to back. An open game. Form and the meetings point different ways, so I back neither side. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 51%. Four of the last seven meetings went over 2.5.
The bets. Best bet: Over 1.5 Goals at 1.16, 77% on the records (Havant & Waterlooville: over 1.5 goals in 3 of 5 at home; Basingstoke Town FC: over 1.5 goals in 5 of 5 away). Leave: Havant & Waterlooville or Over 2.5 Goals (no result call); Basingstoke Town FC or Over 2.5 Goals (no result call); Under 4.5 Goals (no unders on an open read). Predicted score: Havant & Waterlooville 2-1 Basingstoke Town FC (9% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (an open game).