Folkestone Invicta vs Cray Wanderers match preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Competition: Tue 29.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Fullicks Stadium (4000 seats)

Another interesting game in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. Folkestone Invicta is in the 2nd position after playing zero matches. They welcome Cray Wanderers who are placed 1st after zero games.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Folkestone and Cray Wanderers.

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Folkestone Invicta form and stats

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 Folkestone have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn zero and lost two.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Chatham Town are coming to town in four days.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Folkestone Invicta friendly games in pre-season: Folkestone Invicta played one friendly, won 0, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Folkestone Invicta scored 0 goals and conceded 0 in these one game.

Last season, Folkestone Invicta's league statistics were 18 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. Over these 32 matches they scored 60 goals and conceded 34. Playing at home last season Folkestone Invicta managed 10-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 34 goals and 19 conceded.

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Cray Wanderers form and stats

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cray Wanderers playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were five Wanderers wins, one draw and three defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Wanderers manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Moneyfields.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Wanderers have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeats from two fixtures.

Let's have a look at how Cray Wanderers performed last season in the Non League Premier: Isthmian: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 10 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 63 and conceded 45 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 29/24 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Folkestone two wins, one draw and Cray Wanderers two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FolkestoneJ. Taylor
J. Taylor
24 goals
Folkestone InvictaR. Dolan
R. Dolan
9 goals

Folkestone Invicta missing players

Cray Wanderers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Folkestone Invicta Cray Wanderers
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
2 2 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 5 0 Scored S 0 3 8
3 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
20 20 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
11 11 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
45% 45% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Folkestone Invicta Last season Cray Wanderers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 17   Played P   15 33
18 10   Won W   10 18
8 4   Drew D   3 10
6 3   Lost L   2 5
60 34   Scored S   29 63
34 19   Conceded C   24 45
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 88%
75% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 76%
53% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 58%
44% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 42%
19% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 27%
66% 76%   BTTS BTTS   67% 67%
28% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 27%
12% 6%   Failed to Score F T   13% 18%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
0.5 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.4
1 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
142 62   Total Shots T S   73 131
65 32   Shots on Target S O   37 65
48% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   51% 66%

Last season 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 34 21 8 5 72 41 18 11 3 4 43 27 16 10 5 1 29 14 31 71
2 Cray Wanderers 33 18 10 5 63 45 18 8 7 3 34 21 15 10 3 2 29 24 18 64
3 AFC Hornchurch 33 17 11 5 62 28 16 11 5 0 35 10 17 6 6 5 27 18 34 62
4 Folkestone Invicta 32 18 8 6 60 34 17 10 4 3 34 19 15 8 4 3 26 15 26 62
5 Carshalton Athletic 34 18 8 8 59 38 18 11 4 3 37 18 16 7 4 5 22 20 21 62
6 Horsham 33 17 6 10 51 35 17 10 4 3 29 14 16 7 2 7 22 21 16 57
7 Enfield Town 32 16 8 8 61 51 16 7 5 4 33 28 16 9 3 4 28 23 10 56
8 Bognor Regis Town 32 16 5 11 58 46 14 7 2 5 31 25 18 9 3 6 27 21 12 53
9 Leatherhead 31 15 7 9 48 42 15 9 2 4 27 16 16 6 5 5 21 26 6 52
10 Kingstonian 31 11 14 6 42 36 15 5 7 3 21 16 16 6 7 3 21 20 6 47
11 East Thurrock United 30 14 4 12 47 40 15 9 2 4 31 18 15 5 2 8 16 22 7 46
12 Margate 33 11 10 12 47 54 17 5 6 6 24 30 16 6 4 6 23 24 -7 43
13 Potters Bar Town 32 11 8 13 47 56 14 6 2 6 19 20 18 5 6 7 28 36 -9 41
14 Bowers & Pitsea 33 11 7 15 49 42 16 5 2 9 24 19 17 6 5 6 25 23 7 40
15 Haringey Borough 30 11 6 13 44 47 15 8 4 3 25 16 15 3 2 10 19 31 -3 39
16 Lewes 34 8 7 19 35 55 18 2 4 12 13 32 16 6 3 7 22 23 -20 31
17 Bishop's Stortford 32 8 4 20 37 63 17 4 2 11 18 31 15 4 2 9 19 32 -26 28
18 Cheshunt 31 8 3 20 39 59 15 4 2 9 16 19 16 4 1 11 23 40 -20 27
19 Corinthian-Casuals 31 6 8 17 33 44 15 4 4 7 18 18 16 2 4 10 15 26 -11 26
20 Wingate & Finchley 33 5 10 18 34 58 17 2 5 10 16 32 16 3 5 8 18 26 -24 25
21 Merstham 33 6 7 20 34 70 16 4 2 10 19 35 17 2 5 10 15 35 -36 25
22 Brightlingsea Regent 33 5 9 19 24 62 16 3 6 7 11 24 17 2 3 12 13 38 -38 24

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