Home advantage could prove decisive in Billericay Town - Margate battle

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: AGP Arena (3500 seats)

Most would pick Billericay Town in this fixture vs Margate, but the away team will resist to the end. Here's the Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • Billericay Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Billericay Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Margate have scored away.

Margate is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

This has all the signs of an appealing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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Billericay Town form and stats

Billericay Town are steadily winning Non League Premier: Isthmian games and points here at AGP Arena. 13 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats is the summary from 20 games.

A nice win for Billericay Town last time playing, versus Bowers & Pitsea. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting AFC Hornchurch (0-1).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Billericay as they are travelling to their away game against Hastings United in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. That match is three days after this one.

The Billericay Town manager Brown has got the team scoring with 41 from 20 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Billericay Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 28 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Margate form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Premier: Isthmian travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats.

Junior was the last player to score for the away team. Margate haven't scored a league goal in the last 250 minutes.

The manager Saunders was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Hartsdown Park. Margate suffered a 0-1 loss to Folkestone Invicta (placed 11th).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Haringey Borough wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Margate playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 5 home wins.

Few goals the story here? 12 of this side's latest 15 league matches have seen two goals or less.

After this away game Margate return home for a Kent Senior Cup game against Ramsgate. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Margate as they have only managed to score 18 times from 20 away games in the league. Margate have conceded 30 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Billericay have avoided defeat in the last 5 games (3-2-0) facing Margate.

The duelists have battled earlier this season: Margate - Billericay Town 0-0.

Billericay Town missing players

Margate missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Billericay Town Margate
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
39 20 7 Played P 6 20 40
17 13 5 Won W 0 6 11
7 2 0 Drew D 1 4 11
15 5 2 Lost L 5 10 18
59 41 17 Scored S 0 18 46
56 28 7 Conceded C 11 30 59
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 90% 92%
79% 85% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 68%
54% 65% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 42%
33% 45% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 32%
18% 30% 43% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 12%
51% 60% 57% BTTS BTTS 0% 35% 42%
23% 25% 29% Clean Sheets C S 17% 30% 28%
31% 15% 14% Failed to Score F T 100% 45% 38%
 
2.4 1.9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1.6 1.3 1.1
3.3 3.3 0.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 1.8 1.7
1 0.8 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 0.9 0.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
6.3 5.9 2 Shots (avg) S ( 3.8 2.5 1.8
2.4 2.1 0.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.2 0.8 0.6
52% 90% 1200% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 110% 154%
 
5.9 4.9 1.7 Shots against (avg) S A 6.8 4.2 3.7
2.1 1.6 0.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 1.8 1.7
Key stats in Non League Premier: Isthmian this season:
  • Billericay Town have created more than twice as many corners as Margate.
  • Billericay Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Billericay Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Margate have scored away.
  • Billericay Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Billericay Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Billericay Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Margate have won significantly more corners away than at home.

  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 40 25 7 8 66 32 20 12 6 2 38 15 20 13 1 6 28 17 34 82
2 AFC Hornchurch 40 23 9 8 94 48 20 14 3 3 51 22 20 9 6 5 43 26 46 78
3 Canvey Island 39 23 8 8 74 38 19 12 3 4 42 22 20 11 5 4 32 16 36 77
4 Aveley 39 22 8 9 60 38 20 11 5 4 26 17 19 11 3 5 34 21 22 74
5 Cray Wanderers 40 19 13 8 74 46 20 11 5 4 43 24 20 8 8 4 31 22 28 70
6 Enfield Town 40 19 12 9 71 43 20 9 8 3 32 19 20 10 4 6 39 24 28 69
7 Lewes 40 18 14 8 75 53 20 11 8 1 37 17 20 7 6 7 38 36 22 68
8 Horsham 40 18 12 10 77 56 20 13 4 3 49 23 20 5 8 7 28 33 21 66
9 Hastings United 39 18 10 11 56 38 19 9 6 4 28 18 20 9 4 7 28 20 18 64
10 Carshalton Athletic 40 17 10 13 49 49 20 12 3 5 27 21 20 5 7 8 22 28 0 61
11 Folkestone Invicta 40 18 5 17 72 60 20 11 3 6 43 28 20 7 2 11 29 32 12 59
12 Billericay Town 39 17 7 15 59 56 20 13 2 5 41 28 19 4 5 10 18 28 3 58
13 Haringey Borough 40 13 11 16 65 69 20 8 3 9 36 33 20 5 8 7 29 36 -4 50
14 Bognor Regis Town 40 14 7 19 66 69 20 8 4 8 28 30 20 6 3 11 38 39 -3 49
15 Potters Bar Town 40 14 5 21 50 83 20 7 3 10 25 36 20 7 2 11 25 47 -33 47
16 Wingate & Finchley 40 11 12 17 48 60 20 6 5 9 30 33 20 5 7 8 18 27 -12 45
17 Margate 40 11 11 18 46 59 20 5 7 8 28 29 20 6 4 10 18 30 -13 44
18 Kingstonian 40 10 9 21 42 73 20 5 4 11 20 38 20 5 5 10 22 35 -31 39
19 Bowers & Pitsea 40 8 9 23 44 74 20 6 6 8 22 29 20 2 3 15 22 45 -30 33
20 Herne Bay 40 8 9 23 59 92 20 5 5 10 31 42 20 3 4 13 28 50 -33 33
21 Corinthian-Casuals 40 7 5 28 34 81 20 4 3 13 19 38 20 3 2 15 15 43 -47 26
22 Brightlingsea Regent 40 4 9 27 36 100 20 4 5 11 19 40 20 0 4 16 17 60 -64 21

Table
  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 40 25 7 8 66 32 20 12 6 2 38 15 20 13 1 6 28 17 34 82
2 AFC Hornchurch 40 23 9 8 94 48 20 14 3 3 51 22 20 9 6 5 43 26 46 78
3 Canvey Island 39 23 8 8 74 38 19 12 3 4 42 22 20 11 5 4 32 16 36 77
4 Aveley 39 22 8 9 60 38 20 11 5 4 26 17 19 11 3 5 34 21 22 74
5 Cray Wanderers 40 19 13 8 74 46 20 11 5 4 43 24 20 8 8 4 31 22 28 70
6 Enfield Town 40 19 12 9 71 43 20 9 8 3 32 19 20 10 4 6 39 24 28 69
7 Lewes 40 18 14 8 75 53 20 11 8 1 37 17 20 7 6 7 38 36 22 68
8 Horsham 40 18 12 10 77 56 20 13 4 3 49 23 20 5 8 7 28 33 21 66
9 Hastings United 39 18 10 11 56 38 19 9 6 4 28 18 20 9 4 7 28 20 18 64
10 Carshalton Athletic 40 17 10 13 49 49 20 12 3 5 27 21 20 5 7 8 22 28 0 61
11 Folkestone Invicta 40 18 5 17 72 60 20 11 3 6 43 28 20 7 2 11 29 32 12 59
12 Billericay Town 39 17 7 15 59 56 20 13 2 5 41 28 19 4 5 10 18 28 3 58
13 Haringey Borough 40 13 11 16 65 69 20 8 3 9 36 33 20 5 8 7 29 36 -4 50
14 Bognor Regis Town 40 14 7 19 66 69 20 8 4 8 28 30 20 6 3 11 38 39 -3 49
15 Potters Bar Town 40 14 5 21 50 83 20 7 3 10 25 36 20 7 2 11 25 47 -33 47
16 Wingate & Finchley 40 11 12 17 48 60 20 6 5 9 30 33 20 5 7 8 18 27 -12 45
17 Margate 40 11 11 18 46 59 20 5 7 8 28 29 20 6 4 10 18 30 -13 44
18 Kingstonian 40 10 9 21 42 73 20 5 4 11 20 38 20 5 5 10 22 35 -31 39
19 Bowers & Pitsea 40 8 9 23 44 74 20 6 6 8 22 29 20 2 3 15 22 45 -30 33
20 Herne Bay 40 8 9 23 59 92 20 5 5 10 31 42 20 3 4 13 28 50 -33 33
21 Corinthian-Casuals 40 7 5 28 34 81 20 4 3 13 19 38 20 3 2 15 15 43 -47 26
22 Brightlingsea Regent 40 4 9 27 36 100 20 4 5 11 19 40 20 0 4 16 17 60 -64 21

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