The glass has been half empty for Newmarket Town so far, and that also applies to Fakenham Town. These hardened teams pray for some much needed points here.
- Newmarket Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fakenham Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
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.
Newmarket Town form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Newmarket Town have to build on here at Cricket Field Road in the Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League. When Newmarket Town hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Kirkley & Pakefield, Haverhill Rovers, Brantham Athletic, Walsham Le Willows, Whitton United and Newmarket Town), they have won 2 of 2 matches!
A good away victory last time out for Newmarket Town, who won 3-1 against Soham Town Rangers (placed 12th).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Haverhill Rovers in a game that was won 2-1.If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 10 latest league games shows that 9 of them had at least one goal from each side.
A decent goal production from Newmarket in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. Newmarket Town are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (22 from 10 played).
Fakenham Town form and stats
There's been little loot from Fakenham Town's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 9 away games in the Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League. Fakenham Town only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 0 draws.
Fakenham Town failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Thetford Town (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-4. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Thetford Town was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Prior to that result Fakenham won their away game at Sheringham. The scoreline was 3-0.Take note that 13 of this side's 16 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
Fakenham Town are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. There are big problems for the Fakenham defense as they have conceded 30 goals in 9 away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the former four meetings): Newmarket Town won one game, two matches ended with a tie and Fakenham Town got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / three.
Newmarket Town missing players
Fakenham Town missing players
| Newmarket Town | Fakenham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 32 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 36 |
| 40 | 22 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 30 | 49 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 90% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 80% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 56% | 55% |
| 20% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 56% | 35% |
| 80% | 80% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 70% |
| 5% | 10% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 15% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 15% |
| 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 |
- All of Newmarket Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Fakenham Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Fakenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newmarket Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newmarket Town 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 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 66 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 38 | 53 |
| 2 | Hadleigh United | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 42 |
| 3 | Harleston Town | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | Ipswich Wanderers | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 30 | 41 |
| 5 | Woodbridge Town | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | Lakenheath | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 45 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 36 |
| 7 | Mildenhall Town FC | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 35 |
| 8 | Long Melford | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 31 |
| 9 | Norwich United | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 29 |
| 10 | Ely City | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -11 | 27 |
| 11 | Sheringham | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 26 |
| 12 | Soham Town Rangers | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 43 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 21 | -7 | 26 |
| 13 | Mulbarton Wanderers | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 14 | Walsham Le Willows | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -2 | 25 |
| 15 | Newmarket Town | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 22 |
| 16 | Fakenham Town | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 30 | -13 | 22 |
| 17 | Kirkley & Pakefield | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 18 | Brantham Athletic | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -13 | 16 |
| 19 | Whitton United | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 70 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 40 | -52 | 9 |
| 20 | Haverhill Rovers | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 38 | -50 | 5 |
