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National League | Gameweek 57
May 29, 2021 at 12.30pm UK
Kingfield Stadium
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Woking
2 - 4
Wealdstone

Dyer (18' og.), Gerring (50')
Cook (44')
FT(HT: 1-1)
Hughes (32'), Gondoh (68' pen., 74'), Blu Lo-Everton (76')
Harbottle (34'), Mendy (38'), Hughes (61')

Preview: Woking vs. Wealdstone - prediction, team news, lineups

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Sports Mole previews Saturday's National League clash between Woking and Wealdstone, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
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Woking and Wealdstone end their respective seasons of struggle in the National League by meeting at the Kingfield Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

While both sides have retained their fifth-tier status, they have spent the majority of the campaign towards the bottom of the table; the Cards sit 20th with 33 points and the Stones are 19th with 34.


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Woking, who were 10th in the National League table last season before it was curtailed, started 2020-21 with plenty of potential, winning three of their first four games.

However, they have only won five league matches since then and slowly slid down the placings. The strugglers have not picked up a victory in their last 14 games since the reverse fixture against Wealdstone in March, as Moussa Diarra's late goal secured a 1-0 win.

Alan Dowson's side managed to earn a point against promotion chasers Stockport County last weekend as Max Kretzschmar's strike was immediately cancelled out by Ben Gerring's own goal just before half time; that result ended a run of seven straight defeats for the Cards.

Only Barnet (35) have scored fewer times than Woking (40) this season, with Kretzschmar's goal against Stockport making him the club's outright top scorer in 2020-21 with seven, ahead of Kane Ferdinand.

However, Wealdstone have the league's worst defence, having conceded a staggering 97 goals this season – a rate of 2.37 per game.

This is the Stones' first season back in the National League after promotion from the National League South in 2019-20, and like Woking they showed early promise and were second after eight games of the campaign.

Yet they have suffered a similar downfall and have won on just four occasions since then, all at home. No team in the National League has achieved fewer wins (two), scored fewer goals (13) or picked up fewer points (11) away from home than Wealdstone this season.

Manager Dean Brennan resigned at the start of February and was replaced by his assistant Stuart Maynard, who has lost 16 of his 23 games in charge – including nine of the last 10.

The Stones were thrashed 4-1 by Solihull Moors last weekend, with top scorer Jacob Mendy only scoring a consolation penalty in the 87th-minute.

Woking National League form:
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • D

Wealdstone National League form:
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • D
  • L



Team News

Gerring will play his last game for Woking after nearly three years in Surrey, as the Torquay-based defender is unable to commit to the club's full-time training programme.

After a month out injured, Kretzschmar returned with a goal last week and should keep his place, but Ferdinand is likely to still be sidelined.

Striker Sam Ashford is without a goal in his last four games, his joint-longest drought since signing on loan from Crawley Town in January.

Jack Cawley and Dan Wishart both returned to Wealdstone's matchday squad last week after respective injuries and will now compete for a place in the starting lineup.

Midfielder Michael Phillips missed the defeat to Solihull Moors with a knock but could be available again at the Kingfield Stadium.

Woking possible starting lineup:
Ross; Lofthouse, Gerring, Cook, Hamblin; Cooper, Collier; Napa, Robinson, Kretzschmar; Ashford

Wealdstone possible starting lineup:
Shelvey; Harbottle, Cawley, Okimo, Mendy; Lo-Everton, Dyer, Charles, Wishart; Parish, Hughes


We say: Woking 2-1 Wealdstone

Both teams are horrifically out of form but will no doubt want to end the season on a high. Wealdstone's weak defence and poor away record suggests that Woking are the most likely to take the three points and leapfrog the Stones in the final league standings.



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Premier League Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Chesterfield413056100554595
2Barnet402351277532474
3Bromley401913862441870
4Gateshead401991282572566
5Solihull MoorsSolihull411812116457766
6AltrinchamAltrincham4118101377581964
7Aldershot TownAldershot40197146970-164
8Halifax TownHalifax391711115044662
9Oldham AthleticOldham401515105750760
10Southend UnitedSouthend4118111260392155
11Rochdale401510156459555
12Dagenham & RedbridgeDag & Red411311175854450
13Fylde411310186874-649
14Hartlepool UnitedHartlepool40147196074-1449
15Woking41139194249-748
16WealdstoneWealdstone381211155159-847
17Ebbsfleet39138185566-1147
18Eastleigh401211176781-1447
19York City411016155065-1546
20Maidenhead UnitedMaidenhead401112174458-1445
21Boreham WoodBoreham Wood401014164965-1644
22Kidderminster HarriersKidderminster411013183548-1343
23Dorking WanderersDorking40126224773-2642
24Oxford CityOxford City4178265187-3629
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