The brand new season is about to start and the club members are shivering with optimism. It’s a new beginning as Fakenham Town greet Ely City for the opening game at Clipbush Park. Read more!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Fakenham Town form and stats
The season before, Fakenham Town's league results were 19 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses, ending with 6th spot in the Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League. Over these 38 matches they scored 68 goals and gave away 56. Appearing as the home team in the former season Fakenham Town delivered 10-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 36 goals and 23 conceded.
The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kirkley & Pakefield in only four days.
Ely City form and stats
Let's have a look at how Ely City performed last season in the Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded 77 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 30/38 goals scored/conceded.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ely City manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Wisbech Town.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Fakenham victory, zero draws and two Ely City wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Fakenham Town missing players
Ely City missing players
| Fakenham Town | Ely City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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 |
| Fakenham Town | Last season | Ely City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 17 | ||
| 68 | 36 | Scored | S | 30 | 60 | ||
| 56 | 23 | Conceded | C | 38 | 77 | ||
| 97% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 79% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 87% | ||
| 66% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 74% | 74% | ||
| 39% | 37% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 53% | ||
| 18% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 26% | 26% | ||
| 53% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 63% | 61% | ||
| 34% | 32% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 13% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 16% | 26% | ||
| 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 | Brantham Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ely City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Fakenham Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hadleigh United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Harleston Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Haverhill Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Ipswich Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Kirkley & Pakefield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Lakenheath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Long Melford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Mildenhall Town FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Mulbarton Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Newmarket Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Norwich United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sheringham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Soham Town Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Thetford Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Walsham Le Willows | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Whitton United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Woodbridge Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Gorleston | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 87 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 51 | 84 |
| 2 | Wroxham | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 104 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 52 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 14 | 76 | 83 |
| 3 | Mildenhall Town FC | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 79 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 37 | 70 |
| 4 | Mulbarton Wanderers | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 67 | 48 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 68 |
| 5 | Norwich United | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 62 | 45 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 17 | 67 |
| 6 | Fakenham Town | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 68 | 56 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 63 |
| 7 | Walsham Le Willows | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 63 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 61 |
| 8 | Newmarket Town | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 71 | 59 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 60 |
| 9 | Kirkley & Pakefield | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 63 | 48 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 59 |
| 10 | March Town United | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 72 | 63 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 9 | 57 |
| 11 | Woodbridge Town | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 64 | 63 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 36 | 1 | 54 |
| 12 | Lakenheath | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 63 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 7 | 50 |
| 13 | Ely City | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 60 | 77 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 38 | -17 | 45 |
| 14 | Thetford Town | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 61 | 60 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 41 | 1 | 44 |
| 15 | Hadleigh United | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 62 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 25 | -16 | 43 |
| 16 | Whitton United | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 46 | 94 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 56 | -48 | 38 |
| 17 | Haverhill Rovers | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 46 | 71 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 38 | -25 | 36 |
| 18 | Brantham Athletic | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 63 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 41 | -31 | 36 |
| 19 | Long Melford | 38 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 46 | 70 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 35 | -24 | 32 |
| 20 | Swaffham Town | 38 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 132 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 51 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 81 | -112 | 13 |