Cray Wanderers manager looking for three points in Lewes showdown

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Date: Sat 18.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Courage Stadium (6000 seats)

The league table in Non League Premier: Isthmian tells a story about these teams so far, with Cray Wanderers leading Lewes by 17 points. Match preview to follow:

The hosts Cray Wanderers saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. Thankfully the previous game, versus AFC Hornchurch, was also a home game here at Courage Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Cray Wanderers form and stats

Overall Non League Premier: Isthmian stats at home this season for Cray Wanderers are 4-6-3 (wins-draw-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Cray Wanderers drew their last game, also a home match. AFC Hornchurch (placed 4th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Before that match, a win away at Bowers & Pitsea.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cray Wanderers handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W1-D1-L1.

Goals decide football matches and Cray Wanderers are scoring many of them at home; 26 on target from 13 league matches. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Lewes form and stats

Playing away, Lewes have won 6 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Non League Premier: Isthmian this season.

The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Non League Premier: Isthmian match played at their home ground The Dripping Pan. Lewes suffered a 0-1 loss to Carshalton Athletic (placed 5th). Prior to that result Lewes won their away game at Haringey Borough. The scoreline was 1-0.

Lewes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Lewes's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 12 league matches away. In the opposite end, Lewes have conceded 18 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Lewes - Cray Wanderers 2-3 entered in the official records. Cray Wanderers-Lewes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cray Wanderers 1 win, Lewes 9 wins, 0 draws. 8 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Cray Wanderers missing players

Lewes missing players

Cray Wanderers Lewes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 4 Played P 3 12 22
11 4 2 Won W 0 6 7
9 6 2 Drew D 1 1 4
5 3 0 Lost L 2 5 11
49 26 9 Scored S 2 19 27
39 18 2 Conceded C 7 18 33
88% 85% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
80% 77% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 73%
56% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 41%
48% 54% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 42% 32%
32% 31% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 23%
68% 69% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 45%
24% 23% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 23%
20% 23% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 36%
 
2.7 1.6 0.3 Corners For (avg) C F 4 3.3 3.9
4.1 3.5 4.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 9.5 3.9 4.3
1.4 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 1 1.3
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
 
116 44 9 Total Shots T S 21 70 161
56 20 5 Shots on Target S O 9 29 59
66% 95% 180% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 38% 29%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Isthmian this season:
  • Cray Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Cray Wanderers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Lewes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lewes haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 24 15 6 3 55 33 13 9 2 2 35 21 11 6 4 1 20 12 22 51
2 Folkestone Invicta 24 14 7 3 46 22 12 8 3 1 27 12 12 6 4 2 19 10 24 49
3 Horsham 24 14 4 6 40 22 12 7 3 2 20 9 12 7 1 4 20 13 18 46
4 AFC Hornchurch 21 12 6 3 42 17 11 8 3 0 23 6 10 4 3 3 19 11 25 42
5 Carshalton Athletic 23 12 6 5 36 24 13 7 4 2 22 13 10 5 2 3 14 11 12 42
6 Cray Wanderers 25 11 9 5 49 39 13 4 6 3 26 18 12 7 3 2 23 21 10 42
7 Enfield Town 23 11 6 6 44 39 13 6 4 3 28 24 10 5 2 3 16 15 5 39
8 East Thurrock United 21 12 2 7 36 26 11 8 1 2 25 11 10 4 1 5 11 15 10 38
9 Leatherhead 23 11 4 8 33 35 10 6 0 4 16 14 13 5 4 4 17 21 -2 37
10 Bognor Regis Town 22 11 2 9 42 33 11 5 1 5 23 19 11 6 1 4 19 14 9 35
11 Potters Bar Town 23 9 6 8 38 38 11 4 2 5 14 17 12 5 4 3 24 21 0 33
12 Margate 23 8 5 10 33 40 10 2 3 5 13 20 13 6 2 5 20 20 -7 29
13 Kingstonian 19 7 7 5 24 22 8 2 4 2 10 8 11 5 3 3 14 14 2 28
14 Haringey Borough 20 8 4 8 28 27 11 6 2 3 17 10 9 2 2 5 11 17 1 28
15 Bishop's Stortford 23 8 2 13 30 47 11 4 1 6 15 22 12 4 1 7 15 25 -17 26
16 Lewes 22 7 4 11 27 33 10 1 3 6 8 15 12 6 1 5 19 18 -6 25
17 Bowers & Pitsea 21 7 3 11 30 30 9 2 1 6 10 12 12 5 2 5 20 18 0 24
18 Cheshunt 22 6 2 14 25 40 12 4 1 7 12 12 10 2 1 7 13 28 -15 20
19 Brightlingsea Regent 23 3 6 14 18 45 12 2 4 6 9 20 11 1 2 8 9 25 -27 15
20 Merstham 25 4 3 18 25 58 12 2 1 9 14 29 13 2 2 9 11 29 -33 15
21 Corinthian-Casuals 21 3 5 13 21 29 10 2 2 6 13 14 11 1 3 7 8 15 -8 14
22 Wingate & Finchley 24 2 7 15 23 46 13 1 2 10 11 28 11 1 5 5 12 18 -23 13

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.