More points have been won by Metropolitan Police FC so far, with their 6th place in the Non League Premier: Southern South table and eagerly waiting for Merthyr Town (who are sitting at 10th).
- Metropolitan Police FC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
The visiting Merthyr Town played their last game only four days ago, a Non League Premier: Southern South match. That game was also an away game, at Bracknell Town. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Metropolitan Police FC form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Imber Court as Metropolitan Police FC have scored 22 goals to get 24 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Non League Premier: Southern South are 8-0-4 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Yate Town game Metropolitan has been unbeatable here at Imber Court producing five straight wins.
Metropolitan Police FC's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-1 versus Tiverton Town (placed 13th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
Heartbreak before that as Metropolitan Police FC lost 2-3 at Hayes & Yeading United's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Metropolitan handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Sports bettors should know that 18 of the most recent 24 league matches from this club have seen goals scored by both teams.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Metropolitan Police FC as they have a new game in only three days, a Non League Premier: Southern South match thankfully also at home. Weston-super-Mare are visiting.
A decent goal production from Metropolitan Police FC in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 12 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Merthyr Town form and stats
5-5-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Merthyr Town in their Non League Premier: Southern South matches away. Recent form does not give Merthyr Town much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Metropolitan Police FC will be a tough nut to crack.
Merthyr have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 320 minutes ago. Powell was the goal scorer.
Merthyr Town are travelling again after losing away to Bracknell Town in their previous match (0-1). An interesting fact; the match result 0-1 has occurred three times in a row!
A 0-1 loss hosting Chesham United before that.Merthyr are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Merthyr Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 19 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Merthyr Town have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the results database show this recent game: Merthyr Town - Metropolitan Police FC 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Metropolitan four wins, one draw and Merthyr Town two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Metropolitan Police FC missing players
Merthyr Town missing players
| Metropolitan Police FC | Merthyr Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 48 | 22 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 19 | 50 |
| 37 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 41 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 96% |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 77% | 82% |
| 65% | 75% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 54% | 68% |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 46% |
| 31% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 25% |
| 73% | 75% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 68% |
| 19% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | 21% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 15% | 14% |
| 4 | 4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 5.5 | 6.3 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 1.4 | 2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 51% | 42% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 30% | 48% |
| 9.4 | 9.4 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3 | 3.2 |
- Metropolitan Police FC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Metropolitan Police FC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Truro City | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 61 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 38 | 64 |
| 2 | Weston-super-Mare | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 49 | 63 |
| 3 | Chesham United | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 23 | 59 |
| 4 | Bracknell Town | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 48 |
| 5 | Poole Town | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 48 |
| 6 | Metropolitan Police FC | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 48 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 45 |
| 7 | Swindon Supermarine | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 44 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 5 | 44 |
| 8 | Dorchester Town | 29 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 48 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -6 | 43 |
| 9 | Hayes & Yeading United | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 43 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 42 |
| 10 | Merthyr Town | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 39 |
| 11 | Beaconsfield Town | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 38 |
| 12 | Hanwell Town | 29 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -5 | 37 |
| 13 | Tiverton Town | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -7 | 35 |
| 14 | Salisbury | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 21 | -12 | 34 |
| 15 | Plymouth Parkway | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 33 |
| 16 | Gosport Borough | 29 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 46 | 61 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 32 | -15 | 30 |
| 17 | Winchester City | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 30 | -16 | 28 |
| 18 | Harrow Borough | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 32 | -21 | 28 |
| 19 | Yate Town | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 66 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -28 | 28 |
| 20 | Hendon | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 32 | -15 | 25 |
| 21 | Hartley Wintney | 31 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 32 | 63 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 33 | -31 | 22 |
| 22 | North Leigh | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 60 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 36 | -33 | 19 |
