War Memorial Sports Ground: Carshalton Athletic vs Merstham Non League Premier: Isthmian full preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: War Memorial Sports Ground (5000 seats)

The home followers plan for a win and three points in this match, and the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Carshalton Athletic are in 8th position while the guesting Merstham fret at 15th.

Insights:
  • Carshalton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Carshalton Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Merstham have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

It should be mentioned that Merstham play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Merstham on artifical turf are 3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats from four games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 6-3. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Carshalton Athletic form and stats

The complete Non League Premier: Isthmian statistics at home this season for Carshalton Athletic are 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Carshalton shared the glory with Bishop's Stortford in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Potters Bar Town with a 2-1 scoreline.

Carshalton are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (23 goals in 9 games). On the other hand, Carshalton have conceded 13 goals.

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Merstham form and stats

There's been little loot from Merstham's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. Merstham only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Merstham's last three away games as they have all been lost.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Non League Premier: Isthmian home defeat versus Horsham with 1-3 on the scoreboard.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Bishop's Stortford.

The visiting Merstham have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. Merstham's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Carshalton Athletic-Merstham H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Carshalton two wins, Merstham five wins, one draw. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Carshalton Athletic missing players

Merstham missing players

Carshalton Athletic Merstham
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 5 Played P 3 9 19
7 4 2 Won W 1 3 7
6 2 2 Drew D 0 0 2
5 3 1 Lost L 2 6 10
34 23 14 Scored S 3 10 29
20 13 8 Conceded C 4 17 32
89% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 78% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 84%
50% 67% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 68%
39% 67% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 53%
28% 56% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 16%
56% 56% 80% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 47%
28% 33% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 32%
28% 22% 20% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 21%
 
4.5 6.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1.6 1.6
3.3 5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.2 2.5
1.6 2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.4 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 8.9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 1.2 3.8
3 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0.8 1.7
67% 50% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 200% 104%
 
4 5.6 4 Shots against (avg) S A 0 1.8 4.4
1.6 2.3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1.2 1.9
Key stats in Non League Premier: Isthmian this season:
  • Carshalton Athletic have created more than twice as many corners as Merstham.
  • Carshalton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Carshalton Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Merstham have scored away.
  • Carshalton Athletic have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Merstham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 13 1 3 42 25 10 8 0 2 23 14 7 5 1 1 19 11 17 40
2 Enfield Town 17 11 2 4 37 19 9 7 1 1 17 8 8 4 1 3 20 11 18 35
3 Folkestone Invicta 17 9 6 2 35 23 7 4 3 0 18 7 10 5 3 2 17 16 12 33
4 Cheshunt 18 9 5 4 30 17 8 3 2 3 12 7 10 6 3 1 18 10 13 32
5 Lewes 19 9 4 6 45 31 10 5 2 3 22 15 9 4 2 3 23 16 14 31
6 Bishop's Stortford 18 8 7 3 33 22 10 5 4 1 21 12 8 3 3 2 12 10 11 31
7 Kingstonian 16 9 2 5 28 23 8 6 1 1 17 8 8 3 1 4 11 15 5 29
8 Carshalton Athletic 18 7 6 5 34 20 9 4 2 3 23 13 9 3 4 2 11 7 14 27
9 Bognor Regis Town 17 6 8 3 29 22 8 2 3 3 11 13 9 4 5 0 18 9 7 26
10 AFC Hornchurch 18 8 2 8 26 21 9 5 1 3 15 9 9 3 1 5 11 12 5 26
11 Corinthian-Casuals 18 7 4 7 21 20 10 3 2 5 10 11 8 4 2 2 11 9 1 25
12 Margate 17 7 4 6 27 27 9 5 2 2 17 15 8 2 2 4 10 12 0 25
13 Horsham 17 7 3 7 25 19 8 3 2 3 10 10 9 4 1 4 15 9 6 24
14 Potters Bar Town 16 7 3 6 30 25 7 3 1 3 13 11 9 4 2 3 17 14 5 24
15 Merstham 19 7 2 10 29 32 10 4 2 4 19 15 9 3 0 6 10 17 -3 23
16 Haringey Borough 18 4 7 7 27 31 9 3 5 1 21 13 9 1 2 6 6 18 -4 19
17 Bowers & Pitsea 16 5 4 7 19 25 9 3 2 4 11 11 7 2 2 3 8 14 -6 19
18 Wingate & Finchley 19 4 5 10 27 40 9 1 3 5 10 18 10 3 2 5 17 22 -13 17
19 East Thurrock United 18 3 5 10 20 45 10 2 4 4 12 22 8 1 1 6 8 23 -25 14
20 Brightlingsea Regent 18 4 2 12 17 47 8 2 0 6 7 25 10 2 2 6 10 22 -30 14
21 Cray Wanderers 16 3 3 10 18 33 6 1 1 4 9 13 10 2 2 6 9 20 -15 12
22 Leatherhead 19 2 3 14 18 50 10 0 1 9 5 24 9 2 2 5 13 26 -32 9

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.