After league round 1 it's AFC Hornchurch - Margate 3-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second Non League Premier: Isthmian match of the season?
It's no vacation for neither AFC Hornchurch nor Margate as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
AFC Hornchurch form and stats
The season before, AFC Hornchurch's league results were 25 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses, resulting in 2nd position in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. In these 42 matches they scored {98 goals} and gave away 49. Performing as the home team in the last season AFC Hornchurch generated 15-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with {53 goals} and 22 conceded.
Hornchurch enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Horsham's place. The match ended 2-1.
Before that, AFC Hornchurch drew at home versus Cray Wanderers.AFC Hornchurch are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 8 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 2 and lost 2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Hornchurch as they have a new game in only four days, a Non League Premier: Isthmian match thankfully also at home. Carshalton Athletic are visiting.
Margate form and stats
Let's have a look at how Margate performed last season in the Non League Premier: Isthmian: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 11 draws and 20 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded {65 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 11 with 18/33 goals scored/conceded.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Whitehawk in their previous game.
Before that, 1-1 away against Chatham Town in the Kent Senior Cup.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Margate manager Saunders as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Concord Rangers.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (AFC Hornchurch wins - draws - Margate wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
AFC Hornchurch missing players
Margate missing players
| AFC Hornchurch | Margate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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 |
| AFC Hornchurch | Last season | Margate | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 21 | 42 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 11 | 20 | ||
| 98 | 53 | Scored | S | 18 | 48 | ||
| 49 | 22 | Conceded | C | 33 | 65 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 93% | ||
| 90% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 69% | ||
| 71% | 76% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 45% | ||
| 45% | 48% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 33% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 14% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | ||
| 31% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 26% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 48% | 38% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.4 | 1.1 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6.8 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.8 | 2 | ||
| 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 0.8 | ||
| 70% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 73% | 122% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Carshalton Athletic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Folkestone Invicta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Enfield Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Canvey Island | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | AFC Hornchurch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Margate | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Lewes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Billericay Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Chatham Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Dulwich Hamlet | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Hashtag United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Cheshunt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Hastings United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Haringey Borough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Horsham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Whitehawk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Kingstonian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Bognor Regis Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Cray Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Concord Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 21 | Wingate & Finchley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 22 | Potters Bar Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bishop's Stortford | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 75 | 33 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 17 | 42 | 88 |
| 2 | AFC Hornchurch | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 98 | 49 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 27 | 49 | 84 |
| 3 | Canvey Island | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 80 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 27 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 36 | 81 |
| 4 | Aveley | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 64 | 42 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 22 | 78 |
| 5 | Cray Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 78 | 48 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 24 | 30 | 74 |
| 6 | Lewes | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 82 | 54 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 37 | 28 | 74 |
| 7 | Horsham | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 84 | 57 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 27 | 72 |
| 8 | Hastings United | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 63 | 42 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 20 | 21 | 71 |
| 9 | Enfield Town | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 73 | 49 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 24 | 69 |
| 10 | Billericay Town | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 66 | 59 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 65 |
| 11 | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 53 | 53 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 0 | 64 |
| 12 | Folkestone Invicta | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 73 | 65 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 34 | 8 | 59 |
| 13 | Potters Bar Town | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 56 | 86 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 49 | -30 | 53 |
| 14 | Bognor Regis Town | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 70 | 72 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 42 | -2 | 52 |
| 15 | Haringey Borough | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 67 | 75 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 40 | -8 | 51 |
| 16 | Wingate & Finchley | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 53 | 64 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 30 | -11 | 48 |
| 17 | Margate | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 48 | 65 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 33 | -17 | 44 |
| 18 | Kingstonian | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 43 | 77 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 37 | -34 | 39 |
| 19 | Bowers & Pitsea | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 44 | 78 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 47 | -34 | 33 |
| 20 | Herne Bay | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 60 | 101 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 47 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 54 | -41 | 33 |
| 21 | Corinthian-Casuals | 42 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 37 | 87 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 40 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 47 | -50 | 26 |
| 22 | Brightlingsea Regent | 42 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 41 | 108 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 42 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 66 | -67 | 24 |