Ely City vs Brantham Athletic: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Unwin Ground

This duo has struggled so far, but a win in this highly important game would certainly help. Prepare for Ely City - Brantham Athletic!

Insights:
  • Ely City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brantham Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Ely City form and stats

When playing at home in the Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League, Ely City have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 6 defeats from 12 games. When Ely City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Kirkley & Pakefield, Ely City, Fakenham Town, Haverhill Rovers, Whitton United and Soham Town Rangers), they have won 3 of 5 matches! It's been an uphill battle for Ely City in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Newmarket Town game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

Ely City are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-5 away versus Mildenhall Town FC. As you see from the result above, City suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Harleston Town (0-8).

Goals, goals, goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 13 of the 16 latest league matches with this side has contained three goals or more.

A decent goal production from Ely City in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ely City's defense is seriously deficient as 37 goals have been conceded in these matches.

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Brantham Athletic form and stats

Brantham Athletic have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League, after 1-4-6 (11 played).

Brantham Athletic's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Woodbridge Town that finished 0-0.

A 0-1 defeat away at Long Melford before that.

Observe that 15 of this club's 20 latest league matches have ended with three goals or more.

Brantham find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Brantham Athletic have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous two meetings between these contenders: Ely City won one, Brantham Athletic were winners in zero and we saw one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Ely City missing players

Brantham Athletic missing players

Ely City Brantham Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 12 5 Played P 1 11 20
8 5 3 Won W 0 1 4
3 1 1 Drew D 1 4 5
10 6 1 Lost L 0 6 11
32 19 9 Scored S 2 12 26
55 37 6 Conceded C 2 23 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 85%
76% 92% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 75%
57% 67% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 45% 40%
33% 42% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 10%
62% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 100% 55% 60%
14% 17% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
24% 33% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 45% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League this season:
  • All of Ely City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Brantham Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Brantham Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Ely City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ely City 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 Thetford Town 23 18 2 3 68 29 11 9 2 0 37 12 12 9 0 3 31 17 39 56
2 Harleston Town 22 13 6 3 50 27 9 4 4 1 16 13 13 9 2 2 34 14 23 45
3 Ipswich Wanderers 22 13 5 4 58 27 11 5 3 3 26 15 11 8 2 1 32 12 31 44
4 Hadleigh United 22 13 4 5 44 22 12 7 4 1 26 8 10 6 0 4 18 14 22 43
5 Woodbridge Town 22 12 4 6 39 28 12 8 2 2 25 15 10 4 2 4 14 13 11 40
6 Mildenhall Town FC 22 11 6 5 50 30 11 8 2 1 32 13 11 3 4 4 18 17 20 39
7 Lakenheath 23 12 3 8 47 36 12 7 2 3 24 17 11 5 1 5 23 19 11 39
8 Long Melford 23 10 4 9 35 38 12 7 2 3 21 15 11 3 2 6 14 23 -3 34
9 Mulbarton Wanderers 21 8 7 6 36 24 11 4 2 5 18 16 10 4 5 1 18 8 12 31
10 Walsham Le Willows 23 9 4 10 49 41 11 6 2 3 29 16 12 3 2 7 20 25 8 31
11 Norwich United 20 8 6 6 41 30 11 4 4 3 17 15 9 4 2 3 24 15 11 30
12 Sheringham 19 9 3 7 40 32 9 4 2 3 21 12 10 5 1 4 19 20 8 30
13 Newmarket Town 22 8 4 10 38 40 11 4 2 5 21 22 11 4 2 5 17 18 -2 28
14 Ely City 21 8 3 10 32 55 12 5 1 6 19 37 9 3 2 4 13 18 -23 27
15 Soham Town Rangers 24 8 2 14 45 55 13 4 1 8 23 31 11 4 1 6 22 24 -10 26
16 Fakenham Town 21 7 1 13 36 51 11 6 1 4 22 19 10 1 0 9 14 32 -15 22
17 Kirkley & Pakefield 21 5 4 12 27 35 10 3 0 7 13 18 11 2 4 5 14 17 -8 19
18 Brantham Athletic 20 4 5 11 26 39 9 3 1 5 14 16 11 1 4 6 12 23 -13 17
19 Whitton United 23 2 3 18 18 86 11 2 0 9 10 37 12 0 3 9 8 49 -68 9
20 Haverhill Rovers 22 1 2 19 17 71 9 0 2 7 6 29 13 1 0 12 11 42 -54 5