The season is still fairly new and the Non League Premier: Isthmian table has to be read with caution. So far Brightlingsea Regent find themselves in 19th position and Merstham are placed 8th.
It's no vacation for neither Brightlingsea Regent nor Merstham 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.
Brightlingsea Regent form and stats
Brightlingsea Regent's first home game here at North Road ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from 21 matches.The Brightlingsea Regent crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-4 to Bowers & Pitsea here at North Road in a Non League Premier: Isthmian match. 0-0 away at Margate before that.
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 Brightlingsea Regent have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 0 Lost 3.
Brightlingsea Regent has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 1 home game.
Merstham form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.Merstham play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Corinthian-Casuals. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against AFC Hornchurch.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Merstham playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 6 Merstham wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats.
Merstham has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Brightlingsea Regent won 0 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Merstham has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 2Brightlingsea Regent missing players
Merstham missing players
| Brightlingsea Regent | Merstham | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brightlingsea Regent | Last season | Merstham | ||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 42 | 21 | 7 | Played | 7 | 23 | 44 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Won | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Drew | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Lost | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 49 | 23 | 4 | Scored | 8 | 27 | 62 |
| 54 | 23 | 9 | Conceded | 9 | 33 | 53 |
| 95% | 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 86% | 91% | 93% |
| 74% | 71% | 86% | Over 1.5 | 57% | 70% | 73% |
| 38% | 24% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 43% | 43% | 45% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 14% | 13% | 14% |
| 43% | 24% | 14% | BTTS | 57% | 52% | 48% |
| 29% | 38% | 29% | Clean Sheets | 29% | 26% | 34% |
| 33% | 43% | 57% | Failed To Score | 29% | 30% | 25% |
| 3.8 | 4 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 4 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 2.5 | 2.3 | 4 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20-04-19 | | Brightlingsea Regent | 1 - 0 | Leatherhead |
| 22-04-19 | | Bishop's Stortford | 3 - 2 | Brightlingsea Regent |
| 27-04-19 | | Brightlingsea Regent | 1 - 0 | Enfield Town |
| 10-08-19 | | Margate | 0 - 0 | Brightlingsea Regent |
| 13-08-19 | | Brightlingsea Regent | 2 - 4 | Bowers & Pitsea |
| 17-08-19 | | Brightlingsea Regent | 14:00 | Merstham |
| 24-08-19 | | Haringey Borough | 14:00 | Brightlingsea Regent |
| 26-08-19 | | Brightlingsea Regent | 14:00 | AFC Hornchurch |
| 31-08-19 | | Corinthian-Casuals | 14:00 | Brightlingsea Regent |
| 14-09-19 | | Brightlingsea Regent | 14:00 | Horsham |
| 27-04-19 | | Worthing | 2 - 4 | Merstham |
| 02-05-19 | | Carshalton Athletic | 1 - 2 | Merstham |
| 06-05-19 | | Tonbridge Angels | 2 - 0 | Merstham |
| 10-08-19 | | Merstham | 1 - 2 | AFC Hornchurch |
| 13-08-19 | | Corinthian-Casuals | 0 - 1 | Merstham |
| 17-08-19 | | Brightlingsea Regent | 14:00 | Merstham |
| 24-08-19 | | Merstham | 14:00 | East Thurrock United |
| 26-08-19 | | Folkestone Invicta | 14:00 | Merstham |
| 31-08-19 | | Merstham | 14:00 | Kingstonian |
| 14-09-19 | | Wingate & Finchley | 14:00 | Merstham |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | East Thurrock United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Folkestone Invicta | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Haringey Borough | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Enfield Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Bowers & Pitsea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | AFC Hornchurch | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Worthing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Merstham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Potters Bar Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Cheshunt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Bishop's Stortford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Horsham | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Margate | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Wingate & Finchley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Kingstonian | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Leatherhead | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Cray Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Bognor Regis Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Brightlingsea Regent | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 20 | Lewes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 21 | Corinthian-Casuals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 22 | Carshalton Athletic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 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 | D | P |
| 1 | Dorking Wanderers | 42 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 87 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 56 | 93 |
| 2 | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 70 | 49 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 21 | 71 |
| 3 | Haringey Borough | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 73 | 54 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 19 | 71 |
| 4 | Tonbridge Angels | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 59 | 46 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 21 | 13 | 70 |
| 5 | Merstham | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 60 | 50 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 70 |
| 6 | Folkestone Invicta | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 77 | 58 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 37 | 19 | 69 |
| 7 | Bishop's Stortford | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 70 | 57 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 67 |
| 8 | Leatherhead | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 42 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 65 |
| 9 | Worthing | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 72 | 63 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 9 | 65 |
| 10 | Enfield Town | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 76 | 56 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 38 | 31 | 20 | 61 |
| 11 | Lewes | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 61 | 53 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 60 |
| 12 | Margate | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 48 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 20 | -3 | 59 |
| 13 | Brightlingsea Regent | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 49 | 54 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 31 | -5 | 59 |
| 14 | Bognor Regis Town | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 71 | 62 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 9 | 57 |
| 15 | AFC Hornchurch | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 57 | 59 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 34 | -2 | 50 |
| 16 | Potters Bar Town | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 51 | 56 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 31 | -5 | 49 |
| 17 | Corinthian-Casuals | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 48 | 74 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 45 | -26 | 47 |
| 18 | Kingstonian | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 60 | 78 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 38 | 37 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 41 | -18 | 45 |
| 19 | Wingate & Finchley | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 57 | 86 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 32 | 52 | -29 | 43 |
| 20 | Whitehawk | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 50 | 72 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 38 | -22 | 41 |
| 21 | Burgess Hill Town | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 44 | 91 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 51 | -47 | 37 |
| 22 | Harlow Town | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 53 | 107 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 54 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 53 | -54 | 34 |