Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dulwich Hamlet & Margate face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dulwich and Margate.
Dulwich Hamlet form and stats
Last season, Dulwich Hamlet's FA Cup journey ended in the 2nd round qualifying.The Dulwich supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Champion Hill Stadium: A 1-3 defeat against Hemel Hempstead Town.
Heartbreak before that as Dulwich Hamlet lost 1-3 at Tonbridge Angels's place.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Dulwich Hamlet's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 3 matches, drawn 3 and lost 2.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Dulwich Hamlet, as the London Senior Cup home game vs Athletic Newham is only three days away.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Dulwich friendly games in pre-season: Dulwich Hamlet played one friendly, won 0, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Dulwich Hamlet scored 2 goals and conceded 2 in these one game.
Margate form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Aylesbury United in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round qualifying.Margate go into this game after a win, the home game against Herne Bay that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Margate was the only team on the pitch versus Herne Bay in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Ahead of that, the FA Cup victory away at Aylesbury United. Looking at the earlier recent performances of Margate when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 2 games.
Just as the home team, Margate have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Margate win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the previous eight meetings): Dulwich won six games, one match ended with a draw and Margate have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / three.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Mills 2 goals | J. Clarke 2 goals | N. Owusu 1 goals |
Dulwich Hamlet missing players
Margate missing players
| Dulwich Hamlet | Margate | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Scored | S | 10 | 27 | ||
| 41 | 14 | Conceded | C | 19 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 72% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 40% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.9 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 27% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.8 | ||
