Folkestone Invicta meet Bowers & Pitsea as obvious favourites: Big match preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Competition: Tue 08.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Fullicks Stadium (4000 seats)

Non League Premier: Isthmian: High-level against not good enough, at least based on the matches so far. Folkestone Invicta - Bowers & Pitsea. Home win or a surprise?

Insights:
  • Folkestone Invicta have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Folkestone Invicta have scored more than double the goals of Bowers & Pitsea.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Folkestone Invicta form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Fullicks Stadium as Folkestone Invicta have scored 34 goals to get 29 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Non League Premier: Isthmian are 8-5-0 (wins-draws-losses). The Folkestone Invicta fans aren't used to losing league-games here at The Fullicks Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Folkestone Invicta has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.

The spoils were shared in Folkestone Invicta's previous game, also at home. Visiting Carshalton Athletic (placed 8th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.

In the preceding match a 7-0 victory visiting Potters Bar Town.

The manager Cugley will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to AFC Hornchurch in only four days.

Goals are plentiful at The Fullicks Stadium in the league this season as Folkestone Invicta has scored 34 goals here in 13 home games. From these home matches, Folkestone have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bowers & Pitsea form and stats

As the visiting team in Non League Premier: Isthmian matches, Bowers & Pitsea have produced an overall stat of 4-3-6 so far.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Enfield Town with 1-4 on the scoreboard.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Horsham.

The schedule is very tough for Bowers & Pitsea now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Non League Premier: Isthmian game at Corinthian-Casuals is waiting in only four days.

Bowers & Pitsea have conceded 21 goals in these games. Bowers & Pitsea has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Previous two meetings featuring these teams: Folkestone Invicta won zero, Bowers & Pitsea were winners in one and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Manor with 2 goals scored against Folkestone Invicta in these 2 games.

Folkestone Invicta missing players

Bowers & Pitsea missing players

Folkestone Invicta Bowers & Pitsea
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 4 13 28
14 8 4 Won W 0 4 7
8 5 1 Drew D 1 3 5
4 0 0 Lost L 3 6 16
60 34 18 Scored S 4 13 29
31 9 5 Conceded C 10 21 48
85% 77% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
77% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 71%
65% 62% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 38% 50%
54% 46% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 38% 39%
38% 38% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 18%
54% 54% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 38% 54%
38% 46% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 21%
23% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 32%
 
3.6 3.6 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3 2.6
3 2.1 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 3.1 3.1
0.7 0.5 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.7 8.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 6.2 5.4
4.1 4.4 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.4 2
64% 69% 74% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 41% 48%
 
6.2 5.8 5 Shots against (avg) S A 6.8 6.7 6.6
2.9 3.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3 3.1
Key stats in Non League Premier: Isthmian this season:
  • Folkestone Invicta have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Folkestone Invicta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Folkestone Invicta have scored more than double the goals of Bowers & Pitsea.
  • Folkestone Invicta have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Folkestone Invicta have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Folkestone Invicta have the the best goal difference (+25) at home 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 28 19 4 5 71 38 15 12 1 2 40 17 13 7 3 3 31 21 33 61
2 Enfield Town 29 18 5 6 71 40 14 11 1 2 31 14 15 7 4 4 40 26 31 59
3 Lewes 29 16 5 8 70 45 15 9 3 3 34 19 14 7 2 5 36 26 25 53
4 Bishop's Stortford 28 14 10 4 55 31 15 9 5 1 39 18 13 5 5 3 16 13 24 52
5 Folkestone Invicta 26 14 8 4 60 31 13 8 5 0 34 9 13 6 3 4 26 22 29 50
6 AFC Hornchurch 27 15 4 8 48 28 13 9 1 3 23 10 14 6 3 5 25 18 20 49
7 Kingstonian 27 15 3 9 51 41 14 9 1 4 30 19 13 6 2 5 21 22 10 48
8 Carshalton Athletic 27 12 7 8 50 33 13 8 2 3 31 16 14 4 5 5 19 17 17 43
9 Margate 27 13 4 10 46 46 15 9 2 4 28 23 12 4 2 6 18 23 0 43
10 Cheshunt 26 12 6 8 42 28 14 6 3 5 22 13 12 6 3 3 20 15 14 42
11 Bognor Regis Town 27 10 10 7 43 39 14 5 5 4 23 23 13 5 5 3 20 16 4 40
12 Corinthian-Casuals 27 10 7 10 38 39 13 5 3 5 17 14 14 5 4 5 21 25 -1 37
13 Horsham 28 9 6 13 40 41 13 4 4 5 19 20 15 5 2 8 21 21 -1 33
14 Haringey Borough 28 7 11 10 45 50 15 4 8 3 33 24 13 3 3 7 12 26 -5 32
15 Merstham 27 9 3 15 35 49 13 5 3 5 22 17 14 4 0 10 13 32 -14 30
16 Wingate & Finchley 29 8 5 16 40 56 14 4 3 7 21 22 15 4 2 9 19 34 -16 29
17 Potters Bar Town 24 8 3 13 38 52 10 3 1 6 18 25 14 5 2 7 20 27 -14 27
18 Brightlingsea Regent 29 8 3 18 29 72 14 5 0 9 15 38 15 3 3 9 14 34 -43 27
19 Cray Wanderers 29 8 5 16 42 55 15 4 3 8 27 29 14 4 2 8 15 26 -13 26
20 Bowers & Pitsea 28 7 5 16 29 48 15 3 2 10 16 27 13 4 3 6 13 21 -19 26
21 East Thurrock United 26 4 5 17 28 68 12 2 4 6 14 28 14 2 1 11 14 40 -40 17
22 Leatherhead 28 4 5 19 27 68 13 0 2 11 7 29 15 4 3 8 20 39 -41 17

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.