Non League Premier: Isthmian match sneak peek: Haringey Borough against Merstham

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Coles Park (2500 seats)

This is a vital battle in the bottom part of the Non League Premier: Isthmian, with both Haringey Borough and Merstham undergoing more distress than delight. This match is a real "six-pointer" with the hosting team at 16th and the visiting team in 18th spot.

Insights:
  • Haringey Borough have the most dropped points from leading position (28) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Merstham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Both squads have had plenty of rest since their last game. Let's agree to expect an energetic match!

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Haringey Borough form and stats

The story so far in the Non League Premier: Isthmian for Haringey Borough at their home stadium (Coles Park) is 4 wins, 8 draws and 4 defeats. When Haringey Borough hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cray Wanderers, Bowers & Pitsea, Haringey Borough, Leatherhead, East Thurrock United, Brightlingsea Regent and Potters Bar Town), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

Olufemi was the last player to score a league goal for Haringey Borough and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Haringey Borough haven't scored in 198 minutes.

The Haringey crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-6 to Bishop's Stortford here at Coles Park.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Potters Bar Town (0-1).

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 Haringey Borough have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won seven times, drawn one and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Haringey Borough as they are travelling to their away game against Corinthian-Casuals in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. That match is three days after this one.

Goals decide football matches and Haringey are scoring many of them at home; 33 on target from 16 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Haringey Borough defense is not exactly impregnable. 30 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Merstham form and stats

Merstham have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Non League Premier: Isthmian, after 4-0-11 (15 played). Three has not been a lucky number for Merstham as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Kingstonian match.

Merstham are looking to quickly end their 390 minutes long goal drought in the Non League Premier: Isthmian.

Merstham lost away at Margate (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

A loss against Worthing was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Merstham have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were two victories, two draws and six defeats.

The attacking power of Merstham when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 15 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Merstham manager has some worries about the defense as 34 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the squads played each other earlier this campaign; Merstham - Haringey Borough 5-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Haringey zero wins, two draws and Merstham two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Haringey Borough missing players

Merstham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Haringey Borough Merstham
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 16 5 Played P 4 15 29
7 4 2 Won W 2 4 9
11 8 2 Drew D 0 0 3
12 4 1 Lost L 2 11 17
45 33 13 Scored S 4 13 35
57 30 7 Conceded C 7 34 53
93% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
80% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 79%
67% 75% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 62%
50% 69% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 45%
33% 44% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 14%
63% 75% 80% BTTS BTTS 25% 40% 41%
10% 12% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 28%
33% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 34%
 
4.3 6.4 9.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 2.3 1.7
3.9 4.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 1.2 2 2
1.3 1.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 0.7 0.7
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
8.1 10.3 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 3.8 2.8 3.4
3.2 4.2 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 1.4 1.6
43% 50% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 85% 94%
 
7.6 9.3 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 4.8 5.1 4.7
3 4 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 2.7 2.1
Key stats in Non League Premier: Isthmian this season:
  • Haringey Borough have created more than twice as many corners as Merstham.
  • Haringey Borough have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Haringey Borough have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Merstham have scored away.
  • Haringey Borough have the most dropped points from leading position (28) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Haringey Borough have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Merstham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Merstham have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Merstham have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Merstham 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 30 21 4 5 77 38 16 13 1 2 44 17 14 8 3 3 33 21 39 67
2 Bishop's Stortford 31 17 10 4 66 31 15 9 5 1 39 18 16 8 5 3 27 13 35 61
3 Enfield Town 31 18 5 8 72 46 15 11 1 3 31 16 16 7 4 5 41 30 26 59
4 Lewes 30 17 5 8 72 46 15 9 3 3 34 19 15 8 2 5 38 27 26 56
5 AFC Hornchurch 29 17 4 8 58 29 15 11 1 3 33 11 14 6 3 5 25 18 29 55
6 Folkestone Invicta 29 15 9 5 64 37 15 9 6 0 37 11 14 6 3 5 27 26 27 54
7 Kingstonian 31 15 4 12 53 52 15 9 2 4 31 20 16 6 2 8 22 32 1 49
8 Margate 30 14 6 10 48 46 16 10 2 4 30 23 14 4 4 6 18 23 2 48
9 Carshalton Athletic 30 13 8 9 55 37 15 9 2 4 34 18 15 4 6 5 21 19 18 47
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 28 10 11 7 45 41 14 5 5 4 23 23 14 5 6 3 22 18 4 41
12 Corinthian-Casuals 29 10 8 11 39 43 14 5 3 6 17 17 15 5 5 5 22 26 -4 38
13 Horsham 30 10 7 13 46 43 15 5 5 5 25 22 15 5 2 8 21 21 3 37
14 Wingate & Finchley 32 9 6 17 46 61 16 5 4 7 27 25 16 4 2 10 19 36 -15 33
15 Potters Bar Town 27 10 3 14 41 56 13 5 1 7 21 29 14 5 2 7 20 27 -15 33
16 Haringey Borough 30 7 11 12 45 57 16 4 8 4 33 30 14 3 3 8 12 27 -12 32
17 Bowers & Pitsea 30 8 6 16 34 50 15 3 2 10 16 27 15 5 4 6 18 23 -16 30
18 Merstham 29 9 3 17 35 53 14 5 3 6 22 19 15 4 0 11 13 34 -18 30
19 Cray Wanderers 31 8 6 17 44 58 15 4 3 8 27 29 16 4 3 9 17 29 -14 27
20 Brightlingsea Regent 29 8 3 18 29 72 14 5 0 9 15 38 15 3 3 9 14 34 -43 27
21 Leatherhead 30 4 7 19 29 70 15 0 4 11 9 31 15 4 3 8 20 39 -41 19
22 East Thurrock United 28 4 6 18 28 74 13 2 5 6 14 28 15 2 1 12 14 46 -46 18

Table
  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 30 21 4 5 77 38 16 13 1 2 44 17 14 8 3 3 33 21 39 67
2 Bishop's Stortford 31 17 10 4 66 31 15 9 5 1 39 18 16 8 5 3 27 13 35 61
3 Enfield Town 31 18 5 8 72 46 15 11 1 3 31 16 16 7 4 5 41 30 26 59
4 Lewes 30 17 5 8 72 46 15 9 3 3 34 19 15 8 2 5 38 27 26 56
5 AFC Hornchurch 29 17 4 8 58 29 15 11 1 3 33 11 14 6 3 5 25 18 29 55
6 Folkestone Invicta 29 15 9 5 64 37 15 9 6 0 37 11 14 6 3 5 27 26 27 54
7 Kingstonian 31 15 4 12 53 52 15 9 2 4 31 20 16 6 2 8 22 32 1 49
8 Margate 30 14 6 10 48 46 16 10 2 4 30 23 14 4 4 6 18 23 2 48
9 Carshalton Athletic 30 13 8 9 55 37 15 9 2 4 34 18 15 4 6 5 21 19 18 47
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 28 10 11 7 45 41 14 5 5 4 23 23 14 5 6 3 22 18 4 41
12 Corinthian-Casuals 29 10 8 11 39 43 14 5 3 6 17 17 15 5 5 5 22 26 -4 38
13 Horsham 30 10 7 13 46 43 15 5 5 5 25 22 15 5 2 8 21 21 3 37
14 Wingate & Finchley 32 9 6 17 46 61 16 5 4 7 27 25 16 4 2 10 19 36 -15 33
15 Potters Bar Town 27 10 3 14 41 56 13 5 1 7 21 29 14 5 2 7 20 27 -15 33
16 Haringey Borough 30 7 11 12 45 57 16 4 8 4 33 30 14 3 3 8 12 27 -12 32
17 Bowers & Pitsea 30 8 6 16 34 50 15 3 2 10 16 27 15 5 4 6 18 23 -16 30
18 Merstham 29 9 3 17 35 53 14 5 3 6 22 19 15 4 0 11 13 34 -18 30
19 Cray Wanderers 31 8 6 17 44 58 15 4 3 8 27 29 16 4 3 9 17 29 -14 27
20 Brightlingsea Regent 29 8 3 18 29 72 14 5 0 9 15 38 15 3 3 9 14 34 -43 27
21 Leatherhead 30 4 7 19 29 70 15 0 4 11 9 31 15 4 3 8 20 39 -41 19
22 East Thurrock United 28 4 6 18 28 74 13 2 5 6 14 28 15 2 1 12 14 46 -46 18

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