A victory to the home team is expected from this game if the league standings is to be trusted. The Saltdean United club members are optimistic that the gulf between 2nd and East Preston's 19th place in the table will be revealed on the grass.
- Saltdean United have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Counties Leagues: Southern Combination League Premier
- East Preston have the the worst goal difference (-51) in Counties Leagues: Southern Combination League Premier
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Saltdean United form and stats
This stadium, Hill Park, has been a fortress for Saltdean United in the Counties Leagues: Southern Combination League Premier so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 9-1-0. The Saltdean fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Hill Park and will expect new points from this game. Saltdean United has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
The home team returns to Hill Park after being equal after 90 minutes with Newhaven (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Counties Leagues: Southern Combination League Premier game ended 2-2.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Lingfield and winning 2-1.Goals are plentiful at Hill Park in the league this season as Saltdean has scored 27 goals here in 10 home games. As for guarding their own goal, Saltdean have only let in 4 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
East Preston form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for East Preston so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-8 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Preston, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-6 versus Pagham (placed 5th). Preston lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 2-6 beating and focus on this one.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Horsham YMCA.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Preston as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. There are big problems for the East Preston defense as they have conceded 32 goals in 10 away games. East Preston has visited these top teams four times, and 4 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
East Preston - Saltdean United 2-3 was the score in these sides' latest head-to-head match, played this season. Last two meetings featuring these teams: Saltdean United won one, East Preston triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with less than 2,5 goals.Saltdean United missing players
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| Saltdean United | East Preston | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 53 | 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | 67 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 82% | 70% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 59% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 71% |
| 41% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 52% |
| 23% | 30% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | 38% |
| 50% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 30% | 43% |
| 45% | 60% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 70% | 57% |
| 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 |
- East Preston have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- East Preston have the the worst goal difference (-51) in Counties Leagues: Southern Combination League Premier
- East Preston have yet to win a game away.
- Saltdean United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Saltdean United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Saltdean United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Saltdean United have scored more than double the goals of East Preston.
- Saltdean United have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Counties Leagues: Southern Combination League Premier
- Saltdean United 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 | Littlehampton Town | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 76 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 46 | 50 |
| 2 | Saltdean United | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 36 | 49 |
| 3 | Bexhill United | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 24 | 43 |
| 4 | Newhaven | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 36 | 42 |
| 5 | Pagham | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 42 |
| 6 | Broadbridge Heath | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 31 | 41 |
| 7 | Eastbourne Town | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 24 | 39 |
| 8 | Eastbourne United | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 34 |
| 9 | Peacehaven & Telscombe | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 31 |
| 10 | Crawley Down Gatwick | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 30 |
| 11 | Little Common | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 30 |
| 12 | Horsham YMCA | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -18 | 29 |
| 13 | Lingfield | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 29 | -9 | 26 |
| 14 | Alfold | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -12 | 23 |
| 15 | Uckfield Town | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | Steyning Town | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 69 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 31 | -46 | 18 |
| 17 | Hassocks | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -25 | 14 |
| 18 | Loxwood | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 61 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 32 | -48 | 12 |
| 19 | East Preston | 21 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 32 | -51 | 7 |
| 20 | Varndeanians | 21 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 29 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 32 | -38 | 4 |