With the edgy opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League clash of the season. Ely City look forward to welcoming Thetford Town in front of their home support.
It's no vacation for neither Ely City nor Thetford Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ely City form and stats
In the previous season, Ely City's league stats were 10 wins, 6 draws and 22 losses, providing 18th place in the Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League. In these 38 matches they scored {44 goals} and conceded 86. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season Ely City produced 5-3-11 (win-draw-lost) with {24 goals} and 52 conceded.
A strong away win for City against Norwich United the last match.
Before that match, a win away at Whitton United.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ely City, as the FA Cup home game vs Eynesbury Rovers is only four days away.
Thetford Town form and stats
Let's have a look at how Thetford Town performed last season in the Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 26 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 102 and conceded {48 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 13 - drew 0 and lost 6 with 47/25 goals scored/conceded. A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 13 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats from 19 matches.
Two travels in a row for Thetford Town, whose coach could celebrate last time after the win against Mulbarton Wanderers.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Brantham Athletic.A quick return to home after this game, as Thetford are hosting Newmarket Town in the FA Cup only three days away.
Thetford Town have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent fixtures involving these two teams have all ended as Thetford Town victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.Ely City missing players
Thetford Town missing players
| Ely City | Thetford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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 |
| Ely City | Last season | Thetford Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 13 | 26 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 44 | 24 | Scored | S | 47 | 102 | ||
| 86 | 52 | Conceded | C | 25 | 48 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 89% | ||
| 63% | 74% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 68% | 74% | ||
| 39% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 55% | ||
| 24% | 37% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 39% | ||
| 50% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 61% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 37% | 29% | ||
| 39% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 11% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Harleston Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Lakenheath | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Dereham Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Sheringham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ely City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Downham Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Thetford Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Woodbridge Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Mildenhall Town FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Newmarket Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Fakenham Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Kirkley & Pakefield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Long Melford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Hadleigh United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Norwich United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Heacham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Mulbarton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Walsham Le Willows | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Brantham Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Soham Town Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ipswich Wanderers | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 94 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 58 | 89 |
| 2 | Thetford Town | 38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 102 | 48 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 47 | 25 | 54 | 82 |
| 3 | Harleston Town | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 73 | 41 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 32 | 70 |
| 4 | Woodbridge Town | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 50 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 22 | 70 |
| 5 | Lakenheath | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 79 | 59 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 33 | 20 | 68 |
| 6 | Mildenhall Town FC | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 79 | 49 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 30 | 66 |
| 7 | Sheringham | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 77 | 54 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 36 | 23 | 63 |
| 8 | Norwich United | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 74 | 52 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 29 | 22 | 60 |
| 9 | Hadleigh United | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 64 | 49 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 15 | 60 |
| 10 | Mulbarton Wanderers | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 63 | 41 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 22 | 57 |
| 11 | Long Melford | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 54 | 67 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 42 | -13 | 50 |
| 12 | Newmarket Town | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 70 | 63 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 47 | 33 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 49 |
| 13 | Brantham Athletic | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 60 | 65 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 34 | -5 | 48 |
| 14 | Walsham Le Willows | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 65 | 69 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 39 | -4 | 41 |
| 15 | Soham Town Rangers | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 61 | 71 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 38 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 33 | -10 | 41 |
| 16 | Kirkley & Pakefield | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 61 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 29 | -11 | 40 |
| 17 | Fakenham Town | 38 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 53 | 79 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 27 | 49 | -26 | 36 |
| 18 | Ely City | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 44 | 86 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 52 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | -42 | 36 |
| 19 | Haverhill Rovers | 38 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 43 | 96 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 42 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 54 | -53 | 30 |
| 20 | Whitton United | 38 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 27 | 168 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 79 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 89 | -141 | 9 |