Evenly matched teams: Bishop's Stortford vs Worthing match preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Competition: Tue 15.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: ProKit UK Stadium (4000 seats)

The Bishop's Stortford & Worthing bosses Smith and Hinshelwood are both fearful of and feeling excited about this highly important fixture in the upper regions of the Non League Premier: Isthmian league table.

Insights:
  • Bishop's Stortford have the most clean sheets (15) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Worthing have the most scored goals (85) in Non League Premier: Isthmian

It's no vacation for neither Stortford nor Worthing 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.

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Bishop's Stortford form and stats

Bishop's Stortford have performed here at ProKit UK Stadium this season with 10 wins from 17 Non League Premier: Isthmian matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 6 games and lost 1. Bishop's Stortford haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus AFC Hornchurch, 66 days ago.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Stortford, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 543 minutes in the Non League Premier: Isthmian.

Bishop's Stortford's last game was hosting Merstham (placed 18th) and winning 6-0.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Horsham that ended 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Bishop's Stortford perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bishop's Stortford as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Bishop's Stortford has won six of these, drawn six and lost six.

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

Bishop's Stortford are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at ProKit UK Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 45 goals in 17 matches. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Worthing form and stats

Worthing have an excellent away record in the Non League Premier: Isthmian so far with 10-3-3 from 16 games. Things are running smoothly for Worthing who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Carshalton Athletic.

232 minutes! That's how long the Worthing goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Worthing won their last game, 2-0 versus Margate played at home.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at East Thurrock United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Worthing playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were seven Worthing wins, three draws and one defeat.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Worthing manager Hinshelwood as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Potters Bar Town.

The Worthing manager Hinshelwood has got the team scoring on the road, with 36 away goals in 16 league matches. As opposed to that, Worthing have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head meeting ended Worthing - Bishop's Stortford 3-1, played this season. Bishop's Stortford-Worthing H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Bishop's Stortford two wins, Worthing two wins, zero draws. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Bishop's Stortford missing players

Worthing missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bishop's Stortford Worthing
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 4 16 34
18 10 3 Won W 2 10 25
12 6 1 Drew D 1 3 4
4 1 0 Lost L 1 3 5
72 45 7 Scored S 8 36 85
31 18 3 Conceded C 7 22 39
85% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 94%
53% 65% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 81% 76%
44% 59% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 56% 53%
24% 35% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 18%
50% 65% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 65%
44% 35% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 32%
21% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 3%
 
2.6 2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 5.5 4.2
2.7 2 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 2.3 1.8
0.8 0.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 0.8 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.4 5 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 6.7 6
3.6 2.2 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.3 2.8
59% 115% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 67% 87%
 
5 4.4 12 Shots against (avg) S A 7 5.5 4.5
1.9 1.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.2 1.9
Key stats in Non League Premier: Isthmian this season:
  • Bishop's Stortford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bishop's Stortford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Bishop's Stortford have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Bishop's Stortford have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Bishop's Stortford have the most clean sheets (15) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Bishop's Stortford have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Bishop's Stortford have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Worthing have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Worthing have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Worthing have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Worthing have the most points (33) away in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Worthing have the most scored goals (85) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Worthing have the most scored goals in the second half (51) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Worthing have the the best goal difference (+46) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Worthing have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Worthing have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Worthing haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Worthing is in the best form (6-0-0) in Non League Premier: Isthmian

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Worthing 34 25 4 5 85 39 18 15 1 2 49 17 16 10 3 3 36 22 46 79
2 Bishop's Stortford 34 18 12 4 72 31 17 10 6 1 45 18 17 8 6 3 27 13 41 66
3 Folkestone Invicta 33 19 9 5 73 41 17 11 6 0 41 12 16 8 3 5 32 29 32 66
4 Enfield Town 34 20 5 9 77 50 16 12 1 3 34 16 18 8 4 6 43 34 27 65
5 AFC Hornchurch 33 19 5 9 64 33 17 11 2 4 35 14 16 8 3 5 29 19 31 62
6 Lewes 34 18 7 9 76 50 16 9 3 4 35 21 18 9 4 5 41 29 26 61
7 Cheshunt 31 15 8 8 49 30 17 8 4 5 27 14 14 7 4 3 22 16 19 53
8 Margate 33 15 7 11 50 49 17 10 3 4 30 23 16 5 4 7 20 26 1 52
9 Carshalton Athletic 35 14 9 12 61 43 18 10 2 6 39 22 17 4 7 6 22 21 18 51
10 Kingstonian 34 15 4 15 55 57 16 9 2 5 32 22 18 6 2 10 23 35 -2 49
11 Bognor Regis Town 33 11 12 10 48 47 16 5 5 6 25 28 17 6 7 4 23 19 1 45
12 Potters Bar Town 32 12 5 15 47 61 15 5 2 8 22 31 17 7 3 7 25 30 -14 41
13 Corinthian-Casuals 32 10 10 12 40 45 17 5 5 7 18 19 15 5 5 5 22 26 -5 40
14 Horsham 33 10 9 14 50 48 17 5 6 6 29 27 16 5 3 8 21 21 2 39
15 Haringey Borough 34 9 12 13 50 63 18 5 9 4 36 32 16 4 3 9 14 31 -13 39
16 Bowers & Pitsea 34 10 6 18 41 55 18 4 2 12 21 32 16 6 4 6 20 23 -14 36
17 Wingate & Finchley 35 9 8 18 47 65 17 5 5 7 28 26 18 4 3 11 19 39 -18 35
18 Merstham 33 10 3 20 37 62 16 6 3 7 24 21 17 4 0 13 13 41 -25 33
19 Cray Wanderers 35 9 8 18 51 65 17 4 4 9 29 32 18 5 4 9 22 33 -14 32
20 Brightlingsea Regent 33 9 4 20 35 80 15 5 0 10 16 40 18 4 4 10 19 40 -45 31
21 East Thurrock United 33 6 6 21 32 82 16 4 5 7 17 30 17 2 1 14 15 52 -50 24
22 Leatherhead 34 5 7 22 32 76 17 0 4 13 9 34 17 5 3 9 23 42 -44 22

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 Worthing 34 25 4 5 85 39 18 15 1 2 49 17 16 10 3 3 36 22 46 79
2 Bishop's Stortford 34 18 12 4 72 31 17 10 6 1 45 18 17 8 6 3 27 13 41 66
3 Folkestone Invicta 33 19 9 5 73 41 17 11 6 0 41 12 16 8 3 5 32 29 32 66
4 Enfield Town 34 20 5 9 77 50 16 12 1 3 34 16 18 8 4 6 43 34 27 65
5 AFC Hornchurch 33 19 5 9 64 33 17 11 2 4 35 14 16 8 3 5 29 19 31 62
6 Lewes 34 18 7 9 76 50 16 9 3 4 35 21 18 9 4 5 41 29 26 61
7 Cheshunt 31 15 8 8 49 30 17 8 4 5 27 14 14 7 4 3 22 16 19 53
8 Margate 33 15 7 11 50 49 17 10 3 4 30 23 16 5 4 7 20 26 1 52
9 Carshalton Athletic 35 14 9 12 61 43 18 10 2 6 39 22 17 4 7 6 22 21 18 51
10 Kingstonian 34 15 4 15 55 57 16 9 2 5 32 22 18 6 2 10 23 35 -2 49
11 Bognor Regis Town 33 11 12 10 48 47 16 5 5 6 25 28 17 6 7 4 23 19 1 45
12 Potters Bar Town 32 12 5 15 47 61 15 5 2 8 22 31 17 7 3 7 25 30 -14 41
13 Corinthian-Casuals 32 10 10 12 40 45 17 5 5 7 18 19 15 5 5 5 22 26 -5 40
14 Horsham 33 10 9 14 50 48 17 5 6 6 29 27 16 5 3 8 21 21 2 39
15 Haringey Borough 34 9 12 13 50 63 18 5 9 4 36 32 16 4 3 9 14 31 -13 39
16 Bowers & Pitsea 34 10 6 18 41 55 18 4 2 12 21 32 16 6 4 6 20 23 -14 36
17 Wingate & Finchley 35 9 8 18 47 65 17 5 5 7 28 26 18 4 3 11 19 39 -18 35
18 Merstham 33 10 3 20 37 62 16 6 3 7 24 21 17 4 0 13 13 41 -25 33
19 Cray Wanderers 35 9 8 18 51 65 17 4 4 9 29 32 18 5 4 9 22 33 -14 32
20 Brightlingsea Regent 33 9 4 20 35 80 15 5 0 10 16 40 18 4 4 10 19 40 -45 31
21 East Thurrock United 33 6 6 21 32 82 16 4 5 7 17 30 17 2 1 14 15 52 -50 24
22 Leatherhead 34 5 7 22 32 76 17 0 4 13 9 34 17 5 3 9 23 42 -44 22

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