It's early days in the Non League Premier: Isthmian and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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
Folkestone Invicta have collected seven points from their first three Non League Premier: Isthmian games here at The Fullicks Stadium, a promising start.
Folkestone Invicta's previous game was a Non League Premier: Isthmian match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Merstham. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Potters Bar Town with a 4-1 scoreline.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Folkestone Invicta's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (6 in 3 games), Folkestone Invicta's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Folkestone Invicta have conceded only 2 goals.
Merstham form and stats
Merstham are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Non League Premier: Isthmian, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Merstham play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Folkestone Invicta. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs East Thurrock United.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Merstham playing away, we found one game. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 0 home wins.
The attacking power of Merstham when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. 3 goals have been conceded by Merstham in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Folkestone Invicta - Merstham 3-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Folkestone Invicta victories, 2 draws and 2 Merstham wins. 8 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
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| Folkestone Invicta | Merstham | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Scored | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 20% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 3.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Folkestone Invicta's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Folkestone Invicta have created more than twice as many corners as Merstham.
- Folkestone Invicta have not yet lost a game.
- Folkestone Invicta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Folkestone Invicta have scored in all their matches so far.
- Folkestone Invicta have scored more than double the goals of Merstham.
- Folkestone Invicta have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Folkestone Invicta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Folkestone Invicta | Last season | Merstham | ||||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total | ||
| 5 | 3 | Played | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Scored | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Conceded | 3 | 6 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 33% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | 33% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 33% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 80% | 67% | BTTS | 33% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | 67% | 40% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 33% | 20% | ||
| 3.5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.5 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | ||
- All of Folkestone Invicta's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Folkestone Invicta have created more than twice as many corners as Merstham.
- Folkestone Invicta have not yet lost a game.
- Folkestone Invicta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Folkestone Invicta have scored in all their matches so far.
- Folkestone Invicta have scored more than double the goals of Merstham.
- Folkestone Invicta have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Folkestone Invicta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 10-08-19 | | Folkestone Invicta | 2 - 0 | Worthing |
| 14-08-19 | | Cray Wanderers | 2 - 3 | Folkestone Invicta |
| 17-08-19 | | Folkestone Invicta | 1 - 1 | Leatherhead |
| 24-08-19 | | Potters Bar Town | 1 - 4 | Folkestone Invicta |
| 26-08-19 | | Folkestone Invicta | 3 - 1 | Merstham |
| 31-08-19 | | Horsham | 14:00 | Folkestone Invicta |
| 14-09-19 | | Folkestone Invicta | 14:00 | Bishop's Stortford |
| 21-09-19 | | Folkestone Invicta | 14:00 | Cheshunt |
| 28-09-19 | | Wingate & Finchley | 14:00 | Folkestone Invicta |
| 01-10-19 | | AFC Hornchurch | 18:45 | Folkestone Invicta |
| 10-08-19 | | Merstham | 1 - 2 | AFC Hornchurch |
| 13-08-19 | | Corinthian-Casuals | 0 - 1 | Merstham |
| 17-08-19 | | Brightlingsea Regent | 0 - 0 | Merstham |
| 24-08-19 | | Merstham | 2 - 1 | East Thurrock United |
| 26-08-19 | | Folkestone Invicta | 3 - 1 | Merstham |
| 31-08-19 | | Merstham | 14:00 | Kingstonian |
| 14-09-19 | | Wingate & Finchley | 14:00 | Merstham |
| 21-09-19 | | Merstham | 14:00 | Cray Wanderers |
| 28-09-19 | | Enfield Town | 14:00 | Merstham |
| 01-10-19 | | Merstham | 18:45 | Worthing |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Folkestone Invicta | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Haringey Borough | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | AFC Hornchurch | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | East Thurrock United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Carshalton Athletic | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Horsham | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Enfield Town | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Bowers & Pitsea | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Potters Bar Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Merstham | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Margate | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Bishop's Stortford | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Worthing | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Cray Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Wingate & Finchley | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Brightlingsea Regent | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Bognor Regis Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Cheshunt | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 19 | Kingstonian | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 20 | Leatherhead | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 21 | Corinthian-Casuals | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 22 | Lewes | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 1 |