Soccer betting preview: Bognor Regis Town welcomes AFC Hornchurch in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nyewood Lane (4500 seats)

It's the premier game of the new campaign for Bognor Regis Town and AFC Hornchurch. The leaf is empty, the possibilities unlimited.

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Bognor Regis Town form and stats

Last season, Bognor Regis Town's league statistics were 15 wins, 14 draws and 13 losses, leading to 9th spot in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. From these 42 matches they scored 62 goals and gave away 58. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season Bognor Regis Town delivered 8-6-7 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 33 conceded.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bognor Regis Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 3 and lost 3.

There will be little rest for Bognor Regis Town after this match as they are travelling to Cray Wanderers for a Non League Premier: Isthmian game in only four days.

Bognor have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Bognor Regis Town have scored 1 goal and conceded 1 time.

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AFC Hornchurch form and stats

Let's have a look at how AFC Hornchurch performed last season in the Non League Premier: Isthmian: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 25 victories, 6 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 89 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 45/23 goals scored/conceded.

That defeat was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by AFC Hornchurch in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for AFC Hornchurch, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

After this away game Hornchurch return home for a Non League Premier: Isthmian game against Enfield Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.

It's a day of discovery for AFC Hornchurch as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which AFC Hornchurch have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games AFC Hornchurch has scored 1 goal and conceded 2 times.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings featuring these sides: Bognor Regis Town won one, AFC Hornchurch triumphed in four and we saw five draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Bognor Regis Town missing players

AFC Hornchurch missing players

Bognor Regis Town AFC Hornchurch
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
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
Bognor Regis Town Last season AFC Hornchurch
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
15 8   Won W   12 25
14 6   Drew D   3 6
13 7   Lost L   6 11
62 33   Scored S   45 89
58 33   Conceded C   23 42
93% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 98%
74% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 86%
52% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 64%
40% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 31%
19% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 19%
57% 71%   BTTS BTTS   57% 55%
26% 19%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 36%
24% 14%   Failed to Score F T   19% 12%
 
4.9 6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 3.7
3.8 4   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4
0.8 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.8 0.9
2 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
9.6 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 8.3
4.3 5.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 3.9
37% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   55% 55%
 
9.7 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   7.5 6.5
4.3 5.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 2.6

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 Worthing 42 31 4 7 100 45 21 18 1 2 56 17 21 13 3 5 44 28 55 97
2 Bishop's Stortford 42 25 12 5 89 33 21 14 6 1 57 19 21 11 6 4 32 14 56 87
3 Enfield Town 42 26 6 10 91 57 21 16 2 3 42 20 21 10 4 7 49 37 34 84
4 AFC Hornchurch 42 25 6 11 89 42 21 13 3 5 44 19 21 12 3 6 45 23 47 81
5 Cheshunt 42 22 10 10 71 40 21 9 5 7 31 20 21 13 5 3 40 20 31 76
6 Folkestone Invicta 42 20 12 10 85 62 21 11 7 3 44 21 21 9 5 7 41 41 23 72
7 Lewes 42 20 10 12 89 63 21 10 5 6 44 30 21 10 5 6 45 33 26 70
8 Margate 42 19 8 15 60 62 21 13 3 5 38 28 21 6 5 10 22 34 -2 65
9 Bognor Regis Town 42 15 14 13 62 58 21 8 6 7 33 33 21 7 8 6 29 25 4 59
10 Kingstonian 42 17 8 17 68 71 21 10 5 6 39 30 21 7 3 11 29 41 -3 59
11 Horsham 42 16 9 17 66 58 21 8 6 7 38 31 21 8 3 10 28 27 8 57
12 Carshalton Athletic 42 15 12 15 65 57 21 10 3 8 40 29 21 5 9 7 25 28 8 57
13 Potters Bar Town 42 16 5 21 54 74 21 8 2 11 28 38 21 8 3 10 26 36 -20 53
14 Corinthian-Casuals 42 13 13 16 51 58 21 5 7 9 20 25 21 8 6 7 31 33 -7 52
15 Wingate & Finchley 42 13 10 19 60 74 21 7 6 8 34 30 21 6 4 11 26 44 -14 49
16 Bowers & Pitsea 42 12 9 21 54 72 21 5 2 14 23 38 21 7 7 7 31 34 -18 45
17 Haringey Borough 42 9 15 18 57 81 21 5 11 5 42 40 21 4 4 13 15 41 -24 42
18 Brightlingsea Regent 42 11 6 25 44 92 21 7 2 12 24 46 21 4 4 13 20 46 -48 39
19 Cray Wanderers 42 10 9 23 64 85 21 5 4 12 37 44 21 5 5 11 27 41 -21 36
20 Leatherhead 42 9 9 24 43 83 21 3 4 14 16 37 21 6 5 10 27 46 -40 36
21 East Thurrock United 42 9 8 25 44 98 21 6 6 9 24 37 21 3 2 16 20 61 -54 35
22 Merstham 42 10 3 29 43 84 21 6 3 12 28 35 21 4 0 17 15 49 -41 33

Read more about Non League Premier: Isthmian

The Isthmian League has four divisions. The Premier Division is at the seventh highest division level in England while the North, South Central and South East Division are at the eight level. The Isthmian League covers London, East and South East England and holds mostly semi-professional teams.