- Uxbridge FC are unbeaten at home in the Southern League Premier Division South 2026 (W1, D0, L0, Ga0).
- Taunton Town have made a poor start to their away fixtures in the Southern League Premier Division South 2026 (W0, D0, L1, Gf0).
- In the last 2 head-to-heads between these two sides, Taunton Town have the best of it (W1, D1, L0) with the most recent meeting being a 2-1 win at home to Uxbridge FC 4 months ago in Southern League Premier Division South 2025/2026.
Familiar foes
Uxbridge FC have started their 2026 campaign well and currently sit 2nd in the Southern League Premier Division South 2026 table, 1 place higher and 1 point better off than 5th place Taunton Town (7pts from 3 matches vs 6pts from 3 matches). The 2 sides last met in Southern League Premier Division South 2025/2026 4 months ago when Taunton Town beat Uxbridge FC 2-1 in front of their home crowd. This will be another close match we believe, and the odds are quite close with Uxbridge slight favourites at 53/50, just ahead of Taunton at 203/100 with the draw at 5/2.
Gameplan
Uxbridge are an open side and like to play football. They are wide and front footed, using the full length of the pitch and overloading the wide areas with direct runs and overlapping wing-backs. They have been in transition (W2, D3), which has seen the hosts come into this game off the back of a 2-0 away win at Havant & Waterlooville and a 1-1 draw at Gosport Borough. George Moore has been in scintillating form in the attack and has scored 3 of the hosts' 9 goals across the last 5 matches.
Taunton are the more pragmatic of the two sides and favour counter-attacks to win the game. The Peacocks are direct and will look to get forward balls forward in open play and will punish the Reds if they are caught at the back. Taunton have had a mixed start to their campaign but are on the way up with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in their last 5 and come into this one off the back of consecutive league wins against Malvern Town and Berkhamsted.
Selection
We think this will be an interesting game between 2 similar sides but with very different tactics. It is anyone's game but we just about edge the win towards the home side as their away form is strong and Taunton's away form is poor. That said, we are happy to leave some room for this to be a close and competitive game with Taunton's back-to-back wins keeping this game in the mix. Over 2.5 goals at 53/100 looks a good fit for this fixture with both sides more than capable of scoring and with the goal difference in the home game favouring Uxbridge and the away record for the visitors looking poor.
