Fakenham Town are yearning to increase their points at their own stadium in this match versus Kirkley & Pakefield.
Fakenham Town can neither be promoted or relegated from Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League. For Kirkley & Pakefield most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Fakenham Town have less rest than Kirkley & Pakefield in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League game only two days ago. This match was also played here at Clipbush Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Kirkley & Pakefield have had more rest.
Fakenham Town form and stats
Fakenham Town have played 18 Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-2-10 (wins-draws-losses). When Fakenham Town hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Ely City, Fakenham Town, Haverhill Rovers, Walsham Le Willows, Whitton United and Soham Town Rangers), they have won 3 of 5 matches! Fakenham are slowly digging their own grave here at Clipbush Park with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts.
The Fakenham Town fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Clipbush Park: A 1-2 defeat against Brantham Athletic (placed 13th).
Preceding that match was the home game against Newmarket Town that was lost 0-1.It should be added that a glance at the 20 most recent league games shows that 15 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Walsham Le Willows in only two days.
Fakenham Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Fakenham Town have conceded 28 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Kirkley & Pakefield form and stats
5-6-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kirkley & Pakefield in their Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League matches away. It's looking increasingly bleak for Pakefield who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Newmarket Town was the last time a defeat was avoided.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Kirkley & Pakefield, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-5 versus Newmarket Town (placed 11th). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Newmarket Town was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Haverhill Rovers's place.Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 12 of this club's last 13 league matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Pakefield are hosting Mildenhall Town FC in the Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League only two days away.
Kirkley & Pakefield are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 18 games (in the league). Pakefield's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 27 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Kirkley & Pakefield - Fakenham Town 7-3. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: three - zero - one (Fakenham Town wins - draws - Kirkley & Pakefield wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Fakenham Town missing players
Kirkley & Pakefield missing players
| Fakenham Town | Kirkley & Pakefield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 18 | 36 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 24 | 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 49 | 24 | 10 | Scored | S | 7 | 22 | 48 |
| 76 | 28 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 27 | 59 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 83% | 78% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 64% | 61% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 56% | 56% |
| 39% | 33% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 19% |
| 53% | 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 72% | 67% |
| 17% | 17% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | 14% |
| 33% | 33% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 25% |
| 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 |
| 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 | 37 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 93 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 57 | 86 |
| 2 | Thetford Town | 36 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 101 | 46 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 23 | 55 | 79 |
| 3 | Harleston Town | 37 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 73 | 40 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 33 | 70 |
| 4 | Woodbridge Town | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 70 | 49 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 21 | 67 |
| 5 | Lakenheath | 37 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 77 | 57 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 33 | 20 | 67 |
| 6 | Mildenhall Town FC | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 81 | 50 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 31 | 62 |
| 7 | Sheringham | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 76 | 50 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 26 | 62 |
| 8 | Norwich United | 37 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 72 | 50 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 27 | 22 | 59 |
| 9 | Hadleigh United | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 61 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 15 | 57 |
| 10 | Mulbarton Wanderers | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 60 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 22 | 55 |
| 11 | Newmarket Town | 37 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 69 | 61 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 47 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 49 |
| 12 | Long Melford | 37 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 65 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 40 | -13 | 49 |
| 13 | Brantham Athletic | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 55 | 64 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 34 | -9 | 45 |
| 14 | Walsham Le Willows | 37 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 64 | 67 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 39 | -3 | 41 |
| 15 | Soham Town Rangers | 37 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 60 | 71 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 33 | -11 | 38 |
| 16 | Kirkley & Pakefield | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 48 | 59 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 27 | -11 | 38 |
| 17 | Ely City | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 41 | 87 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 52 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 30 | -46 | 33 |
| 18 | Fakenham Town | 36 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 49 | 76 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 25 | 48 | -27 | 32 |
| 19 | Haverhill Rovers | 36 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 38 | 95 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 41 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 54 | -57 | 24 |
| 20 | Whitton United | 36 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 26 | 159 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 70 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 89 | -133 | 9 |