Non League Premier: Isthmian: Tipsway are previewing an absorbing and crucial scrap between Folkestone Invicta and Bowers & Pitsea at The Fullicks Stadium. Both teams need the win!
- Folkestone Invicta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bowers & Pitsea have yet to win a game away.
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.
Folkestone Invicta form and stats
4-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Non League Premier: Isthmian numbers at home for Folkestone Invicta so far this season. When Folkestone Invicta hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Folkestone Invicta, Kingstonian, Corinthian-Casuals, Margate, Brightlingsea Regent, Herne Bay and Wingate & Finchley), they have won 3 of 3 matches!
A nice win for Folkestone Invicta last time playing, versus Horsham. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Margate in the Alan Turvey Trophy. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Folkestone Invicta have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 12 of the 14 latest league games with this side has had three or more goals.
There will be little rest for Folkestone after this match as they are travelling to Canvey Island for a Non League Premier: Isthmian game in only three days.
With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Folkestone Invicta defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Bowers & Pitsea form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bowers & Pitsea so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
Bowers & Pitsea has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Lewes for a 2-2 draw. Drawing 2-2 against Lewes after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Small needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
A 1-2 defeat away at Bognor Regis Town before that.Bowers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Bowers & Pitsea are hosting AFC Hornchurch in the Non League Premier: Isthmian only three days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bowers & Pitsea have scored 9 goals in 8 league games away. For Bowers, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Folkestone Invicta-Bowers & Pitsea H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Folkestone Invicta one win, Bowers & Pitsea one win, two draws. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Folkestone Invicta missing players
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| Folkestone Invicta | Bowers & Pitsea | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 26 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 31 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 75% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 53% |
| 44% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 35% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 38% | 18% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 65% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 31% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 3.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6.6 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.9 | 2.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| 156% | 267% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 47% |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.8 | 9.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
- Bowers & Pitsea have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Bowers & Pitsea have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Bowers & Pitsea have created more than twice as many corners as Folkestone Invicta.
- Bowers & Pitsea have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Bowers & Pitsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bowers & Pitsea have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bowers & Pitsea have yet to win a game away.
- Bowers & Pitsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Folkestone Invicta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Potters Bar Town | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 2 | AFC Hornchurch | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 26 | 36 |
| 3 | Aveley | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Enfield Town | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 32 |
| 5 | Bishop's Stortford | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 31 |
| 6 | Canvey Island | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 7 | Carshalton Athletic | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | Hastings United | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 26 |
| 9 | Cray Wanderers | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 26 |
| 10 | Horsham | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 25 |
| 11 | Billericay Town | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 25 |
| 12 | Haringey Borough | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 24 |
| 13 | Lewes | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 23 |
| 14 | Bognor Regis Town | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 22 |
| 15 | Margate | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 16 | Folkestone Invicta | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Kingstonian | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 18 | Wingate & Finchley | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 16 |
| 19 | Bowers & Pitsea | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 13 |
| 20 | Brightlingsea Regent | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 26 | -31 | 11 |
| 21 | Herne Bay | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -22 | 9 |
| 22 | Corinthian-Casuals | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 26 | -23 | 9 |
