Evenly matched teams: Folkestone Invicta vs Bishop's Stortford match preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Fullicks Stadium (4000 seats)

Folkestone Invicta will aim to draw on their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opposition. The hosts are currently 14 points behind Bishop's Stortford.

Insights:
  • Folkestone Invicta have the most points from losing position (20) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Bishop's Stortford have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Non League Premier: Isthmian

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Non League Premier: Isthmian game only four days ago.

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Folkestone Invicta form and stats

Folkestone Invicta have performed here at The Fullicks Stadium this season with 10 wins from 16 Non League Premier: Isthmian matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 4. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Folkestone Invicta after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The Folkestone goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Non League Premier: Isthmian.

Happy days for Folkestone Invicta in their previous game, a fixture away at Potters Bar Town (placed 13th) that ended with a 5-0 victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Folkestone Invicta played a great game against Potters Bar Town and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Enfield Town.

Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 19 of the 22 most recent league matches with this team has contained at least three goals.

The Folkestone Invicta manager Edge has got the team scoring with 38 from 16 home games in the league. 23 goals have been conceded.

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Bishop's Stortford form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Non League Premier: Isthmian, are W10-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. Stortford has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

The club members enjoyed Bishop's Stortford's previous match versus Herne Bay (placed 20th), a 3-0 win played at home.

A draw for Bishop's Stortford before that, at their own venue hosting Horsham (1-1).

Stats flash: 20 of the latest 26 league games featuring this club have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Canvey Island in just three days.

Bishop's Stortford has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 16 games. It's not easy to score on Stortford as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Bishop's Stortford have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when facing Folkestone Invicta.

It's not the first time these two teams face each other this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Bishop's Stortford - Folkestone Invicta 3-0.

Folkestone Invicta missing players

Bishop's Stortford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Folkestone Invicta Bishop's Stortford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 6 16 32
16 10 1 Won W 4 10 20
4 2 1 Drew D 1 1 6
13 4 2 Lost L 1 5 6
64 38 6 Scored S 12 24 53
50 23 7 Conceded C 6 14 24
94% 94% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
91% 94% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 62% 75%
79% 88% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 44%
42% 50% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 19% 16%
30% 38% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 9%
61% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 31% 34%
24% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 56% 56%
21% 6% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
1.2 0.8 1.2 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 2.5 2.9
1.1 0.8 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 0.9 1.4
0.3 0.2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.1 0.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
3.4 1.8 2.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 6 6.6
1.2 0.9 0.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.1 2.5
176% 300% 200% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 64% 78%
 
3.5 1.9 3.8 Shots against (avg) S A 2 2.1 3
1.6 1.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 1.2 0.8
Key stats in Non League Premier: Isthmian this season:
  • Bishop's Stortford have created more than twice as many corners as Folkestone Invicta.
  • Bishop's Stortford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Bishop's Stortford have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Bishop's Stortford have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Bishop's Stortford have the most clean sheets (15) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Bishop's Stortford have the most points (31) away in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Bishop's Stortford have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Bishop's Stortford haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Folkestone Invicta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Folkestone Invicta have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Folkestone Invicta have the most matches over the total-line (26) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Folkestone Invicta have the most points from losing position (20) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Folkestone Invicta have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  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

Table
  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

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