Bowers & Pitsea v Cray Wanderers preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Len Salmon Stadium

Bowers & Pitsea have some lost ground to recover from their 19th position, and they have a chance against Cray Wanderers. Read more!

Insights:
  • Bowers & Pitsea have the fewest scored goals (16) at home in Non League Premier: Isthmian

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Bowers & Pitsea form and stats

Bowers & Pitsea, who have the fewest scored goals (16) at home in Non League Premier: Isthmian, have collected 18 points from their Non League Premier: Isthmian home games so far after 4-6-6. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Bowers with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Corinthian-Casuals game, 31 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Bowers & Pitsea are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 285 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Carnegie).

Bowers & Pitsea faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kingstonian (0-1).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Hastings United.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 8 have seen two goals or less.

Bowers have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Cray Wanderers form and stats

5 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Cray Wanderers playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Isthmian this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Cray Wanderers are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Cray Wanderers are looking to quickly end their 325 minutes long goal drought in the Non League Premier: Isthmian.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus AFC Hornchurch with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Hastings United's place.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cray Wanderers have scored 22 goals in 16 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Wanderers have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent game: Cray Wanderers - Bowers & Pitsea 3-3. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - two - two (Bowers & Pitsea wins - draws - Cray Wanderers wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

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Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 5 16 33
5 4 1 Won W 3 5 13
9 6 2 Drew D 1 7 12
19 6 1 Lost L 1 4 8
33 16 4 Scored S 9 22 54
59 21 3 Conceded C 4 17 38
94% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
76% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 70%
42% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 44% 52%
33% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 25% 33%
21% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 15%
52% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 40% 62% 58%
15% 25% 75% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 27%
39% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 19% 21%
 
2.6 3.1 1.7 Corners for (avg) C F 0.7 3.1 3.2
4.3 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 4 3.5
1.3 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
3.4 4.4 3.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 8.3 6.6
1.6 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.1 2.8
55% 45% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 73% 50% 60%
 
7.2 7.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 7.3 7.1 6.5
3.2 2.8 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.3 2.2
Key stats in Non League Premier: Isthmian this season:
  • Bowers & Pitsea have the fewest scored goals (16) at home in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Bowers & Pitsea is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bishop's Stortford 32 20 6 6 53 24 16 10 5 1 29 10 16 10 1 5 24 14 29 66
2 Aveley 33 19 6 8 54 34 16 10 3 3 23 14 17 9 3 5 31 20 20 63
3 AFC Hornchurch 30 19 5 6 72 33 15 11 2 2 39 16 15 8 3 4 33 17 39 62
4 Enfield Town 31 16 8 7 57 33 17 9 5 3 28 15 14 7 3 4 29 18 24 56
5 Canvey Island 31 16 7 8 50 32 16 9 3 4 29 19 15 7 4 4 21 13 18 55
6 Hastings United 32 16 6 10 43 27 15 9 2 4 23 13 17 7 4 6 20 14 16 54
7 Carshalton Athletic 33 16 6 11 41 40 17 12 2 3 24 14 16 4 4 8 17 26 1 54
8 Folkestone Invicta 33 16 4 13 64 50 16 10 2 4 38 23 17 6 2 9 26 27 14 52
9 Horsham 31 14 9 8 56 39 16 10 3 3 36 16 15 4 6 5 20 23 17 51
10 Cray Wanderers 33 13 12 8 54 38 17 8 5 4 32 21 16 5 7 4 22 17 16 51
11 Lewes 31 13 11 7 57 41 15 8 7 0 29 11 16 5 4 7 28 30 16 50
12 Billericay Town 33 14 6 13 52 51 16 11 1 4 35 24 17 3 5 9 17 27 1 48
13 Potters Bar Town 30 13 4 13 44 58 14 6 2 6 20 25 16 7 2 7 24 33 -14 43
14 Haringey Borough 32 10 8 14 52 59 17 7 2 8 33 30 15 3 6 6 19 29 -7 38
15 Bognor Regis Town 30 10 7 13 53 57 15 7 4 4 26 22 15 3 3 9 27 35 -4 37
16 Wingate & Finchley 32 8 11 13 40 50 16 5 5 6 26 26 16 3 6 7 14 24 -10 35
17 Margate 31 8 10 13 36 46 16 4 6 6 24 25 15 4 4 7 12 21 -10 34
18 Kingstonian 32 7 9 16 32 55 17 5 4 8 18 27 15 2 5 8 14 28 -23 30
19 Bowers & Pitsea 33 5 9 19 33 59 16 4 6 6 16 21 17 1 3 13 17 38 -26 24
20 Herne Bay 31 5 7 19 41 73 15 3 5 7 22 32 16 2 2 12 19 41 -32 22
21 Corinthian-Casuals 33 5 5 23 31 69 16 3 3 10 17 29 17 2 2 13 14 40 -38 20
22 Brightlingsea Regent 31 4 8 19 33 80 15 4 5 6 18 30 16 0 3 13 15 50 -47 20

Read more about Non League Premier: Isthmian

The Isthmian League has four divisions. The Premier Division is at the seventh highest division level in England while the North, South Central and South East Division are at the eight level. The Isthmian League covers London, East and South East England and holds mostly semi-professional teams.