This fixture involves two sides dwelling in the basement of the Counties Leagues: Southern Counties East, Canterbury City at 16th position and Rusthall sitting at 17th. A good chance for one of the contenders to boost their situation.
- Canterbury City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Rusthall have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
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!
Canterbury City form and stats
Canterbury City's struggle is real here at Salters Lane with only 11 points collected from 11 Counties Leagues: Southern Counties East games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-6. When Canterbury City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Welling Town, Fisher, Tower Hamlets, Punjab United, Lordswood and Canterbury City), they have won 2 of 3 matches! The home stadium (Salters Lane) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Canterbury City it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?
Canterbury manager and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Bearsted (placed 10th) in the Counties Leagues: Southern Counties East.
Preceding that match was the home game against Chatham Town that was lost 0-3.Canterbury City has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Canterbury City having conceded 28 goals here at Salters Lane so far.
Rusthall form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rusthall so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Rusthall has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Rusthall play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Lordswood (placed 20th).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Holmesdale with the score of 3-2.Rusthall find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rusthall are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 10 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Canterbury City and Rusthall have duelled before this season: Rusthall - Canterbury City 2-1.Canterbury City missing players
Rusthall missing players
| Canterbury City | Rusthall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 23 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 49 | 28 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | 55 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 89% | 95% |
| 95% | 91% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 78% | 81% |
| 67% | 82% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 38% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 62% |
| 19% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 44% | 38% |
| 57% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | 48% |
| 10% | 9% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 19% |
| 33% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 38% |
| 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 |
- Canterbury City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Canterbury City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Canterbury City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rusthall have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chatham Town | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 53 | 54 |
| 2 | Sheppey United | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 34 | 50 |
| 3 | Glebe | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 35 | 43 |
| 4 | Erith Town | 23 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 13 | 43 |
| 5 | Deal Town | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 30 | 40 |
| 6 | Erith & Belvedere | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 16 | 39 |
| 7 | Crowborough Athletic | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 37 |
| 8 | Kennington | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 46 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | Tunbridge Wells | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| 10 | Bearsted | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 22 | -3 | 29 |
| 11 | Holmesdale | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 28 |
| 12 | K Sports | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -10 | 26 |
| 13 | Hollands & Blair | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -2 | 25 |
| 14 | Fisher | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 23 |
| 15 | Welling Town | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 31 | -21 | 20 |
| 16 | Canterbury City | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -26 | 17 |
| 17 | Rusthall | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -32 | 17 |
| 18 | Punjab United | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 15 |
| 19 | Tower Hamlets | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 72 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 37 | -45 | 12 |
| 20 | Lordswood | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 32 | -48 | 9 |
