Betting preview: Horsham vs Folkestone Invicta should be interesting

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Competition: Tue 29.March
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Camping World Community Stadium

Horsham have had trouble getting points this league season. Will the gang get some sugar when Folkestone Invicta come to visit The Camping World Community Stadium?

Insights:
  • Horsham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Folkestone Invicta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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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Horsham form and stats

5-6-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Non League Premier: Isthmian numbers at home for Horsham so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Horsham to get some points in this home game.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 255 minutes without scoring a league goal. Hester-Cook was the last player to find the net.

Horsham's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Leatherhead (placed 21st).

Prior to that, an away loss at Wingate & Finchley.

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

There will be little rest for Horsham after this match as they are travelling to Enfield Town for a Non League Premier: Isthmian game in only four days.

Horsham have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Camping World Community Stadium with 29 goals in 18 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 28 goals have been conceded.

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Folkestone Invicta form and stats

8-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Folkestone Invicta in their Non League Premier: Isthmian matches away.

Folkestone Invicta might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Lewes proved too strong as Folkestone Invicta slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at The Fullicks Stadium.

Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Cheshunt.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Folkestone Invicta in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Folkestone Invicta, one draw and six defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Folkestone now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Non League Premier: Isthmian game at Bishop's Stortford is waiting in only four days.

Folkestone Invicta struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 31 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties face each other this campaign, as the statistics show this recent game: Folkestone Invicta - Horsham 2-1. Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Horsham won one game, one match ended in a draw and Folkestone Invicta managed eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Horsham missing players

Folkestone Invicta missing players

Horsham Folkestone Invicta
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 18 5 Played P 5 17 36
10 5 0 Won W 2 8 19
9 6 1 Drew D 3 4 10
16 7 4 Lost L 0 5 7
50 29 5 Scored S 11 34 76
52 28 12 Conceded C 6 31 49
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 89%
80% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 78%
57% 56% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 76% 69%
43% 44% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 65% 56%
9% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 41% 33%
57% 67% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 65% 58%
20% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 24% 33%
29% 17% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 19%
 
3.3 4.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 3.1 3
3 3.4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 2.9 2.3
0.8 0.5 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 0.9 0.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.8 5.6 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14.6 7.5 7.5
2.7 2.5 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.4 3.4 3.5
60% 78% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 34% 66% 68%
 
6.1 6.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 11 5.9 5.3
3.3 3.8 7.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 2.5 2.6
Key stats in Non League Premier: Isthmian this season:
  • Folkestone Invicta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Horsham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Horsham haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 37 27 4 6 90 42 18 15 1 2 49 17 19 12 3 4 41 25 48 85
2 Bishop's Stortford 37 21 12 4 78 31 18 11 6 1 48 18 19 10 6 3 30 13 47 75
3 Enfield Town 37 23 5 9 83 52 18 14 1 3 37 17 19 9 4 6 46 35 31 74
4 AFC Hornchurch 36 22 5 9 74 34 18 12 2 4 37 14 18 10 3 5 37 20 40 71
5 Folkestone Invicta 36 19 10 7 76 49 19 11 6 2 42 18 17 8 4 5 34 31 27 67
6 Lewes 36 19 7 10 78 52 17 9 3 5 35 22 19 10 4 5 43 30 26 64
7 Cheshunt 34 17 8 9 55 32 18 8 4 6 27 16 16 9 4 3 28 16 23 59
8 Kingstonian 37 17 5 15 61 61 18 10 3 5 36 25 19 7 2 10 25 36 0 56
9 Margate 36 16 7 13 54 56 18 11 3 4 33 24 18 5 4 9 21 32 -2 55
10 Carshalton Athletic 37 14 10 13 61 48 19 10 2 7 39 27 18 4 8 6 22 21 13 52
11 Bognor Regis Town 36 13 12 11 54 50 18 7 5 6 31 30 18 6 7 5 23 20 4 51
12 Potters Bar Town 35 14 5 16 51 65 18 7 2 9 26 35 17 7 3 7 25 30 -14 47
13 Bowers & Pitsea 37 11 8 18 48 61 18 4 2 12 21 32 19 7 6 6 27 29 -13 41
14 Corinthian-Casuals 35 10 10 15 42 51 18 5 5 8 19 21 17 5 5 7 23 30 -9 40
15 Haringey Borough 36 9 13 14 51 66 19 5 10 4 36 32 17 4 3 10 15 34 -15 40
16 Horsham 35 10 9 16 50 52 18 5 6 7 29 28 17 5 3 9 21 24 -2 39
17 Wingate & Finchley 37 10 8 19 50 67 19 6 5 8 31 28 18 4 3 11 19 39 -17 38
18 Merstham 36 10 3 23 40 70 18 6 3 9 26 27 18 4 0 14 14 43 -30 33
19 Brightlingsea Regent 36 9 6 21 38 84 17 5 2 10 18 42 19 4 4 11 20 42 -46 33
20 Cray Wanderers 37 9 8 20 55 71 19 4 4 11 33 38 18 5 4 9 22 33 -16 32
21 Leatherhead 37 7 7 23 36 78 18 1 4 13 12 35 19 6 3 10 24 43 -42 28
22 East Thurrock United 36 7 6 23 35 88 17 4 5 8 17 32 19 3 1 15 18 56 -53 27

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.