Evenly matched teams: Lewes vs Merstham match preview

Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Dripping Pan (3000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Lewes have their presumed home advantage while Merstham are ahead 7 points in the Non League Premier: Isthmian table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Lewes form and stats

7-5-6 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Lewes so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager G. Wilson led his Lewes to a defeat in the Non League Premier: Isthmian match away at Haringey Borough. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Dripping Pan. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Kingstonian in a game that was won 3-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Lewes perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lewes as a small favourite), we find two games. Lewes has won 0 of these, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Lewes have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Dripping Pan with 29 goals in 18 matches. On the other hand, Lewes have conceded 22 goals.

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Merstham form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 5 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Non League Premier: Isthmian home defeat versus Burgess Hill Town with 0-2 on the scoreboard. That result followed a home victory 5-1 versus Harlow Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by Merstham in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Merstham, 8 draws and 10 defeats.

Merstham find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 19 goals from 18 away fixtures. As opposed to that, Merstham have seen the ball go into their own net 26 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Merstham - Lewes 3-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Lewes 1 win, 1 draw and Merstham 1 victory.

Top Goalscorers

Lewes missing players

Merstham missing players

Lewes Merstham
Total Home Statistic Away Total
37 18 Played 18 37
56 29 Scored 19 51
47 22 Conceded 26 43
86% 83% Over 0.5 89% 92%
68% 67% Over 1.5 67% 70%
57% 56% Over 2.5 39% 43%
30% 33% Over 3.5 28% 24%
19% 22% Over 4.5 11% 14%
46% 33% Both teams to score 50% 46%
38% 44% Clean Sheet 28% 35%
30% 39% Failed To Score 33% 27%

  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 Dorking Wanderers 37 23 9 5 75 31 18 13 2 3 51 18 19 10 7 2 24 13 44 78
2 Haringey Borough 37 20 7 10 68 44 19 12 4 3 40 25 18 8 3 7 28 19 24 67
3 Tonbridge Angels 37 20 6 11 56 40 19 9 3 7 26 23 18 11 3 4 30 17 16 66
4 Worthing 37 18 9 10 68 51 19 7 5 7 35 30 18 11 4 3 33 21 17 63
5 Merstham 37 17 10 10 51 43 19 12 3 4 32 17 18 5 7 6 19 26 8 61
6 Carshalton Athletic 37 17 8 12 58 46 18 11 3 4 32 17 19 6 5 8 26 29 12 59
7 Leatherhead 37 17 7 13 50 37 18 9 3 6 25 19 19 8 4 7 25 18 13 58
8 Enfield Town 37 15 10 12 69 48 19 7 8 4 35 21 18 8 2 8 34 27 21 55
9 Bognor Regis Town 37 14 13 10 69 56 18 7 4 7 36 29 19 7 9 3 33 27 13 55
10 Bishop's Stortford 37 16 7 14 58 51 18 9 4 5 30 22 19 7 3 9 28 29 7 55
11 Lewes 37 15 9 13 56 47 18 7 5 6 29 22 19 8 4 7 27 25 9 54
12 Folkestone Invicta 37 16 6 15 64 56 18 10 2 6 38 20 19 6 4 9 26 36 8 54
13 Margate 37 14 11 12 39 38 19 6 6 7 20 23 18 8 5 5 19 15 1 53
14 Brightlingsea Regent 37 13 10 14 42 49 19 7 4 8 21 23 18 6 6 6 21 26 -7 49
15 AFC Hornchurch 37 10 12 15 48 53 18 6 6 6 27 21 19 4 6 9 21 32 -5 42
16 Kingstonian 37 12 6 19 56 66 18 7 3 8 34 29 19 5 3 11 22 37 -10 42
17 Corinthian-Casuals 37 12 6 19 41 64 19 7 5 7 22 27 18 5 1 12 19 37 -23 42
18 Potters Bar Town 37 10 9 18 39 48 19 4 6 9 21 22 18 6 3 9 18 26 -9 39
19 Wingate & Finchley 37 10 7 20 49 74 19 5 5 9 21 31 18 5 2 11 28 43 -25 37
20 Whitehawk 37 8 10 19 43 68 19 3 7 9 21 33 18 5 3 10 22 35 -25 34
21 Harlow Town 37 9 6 22 46 91 18 4 3 11 21 42 19 5 3 11 25 49 -45 33
22 Burgess Hill Town 37 8 8 21 38 82 18 4 2 12 15 37 19 4 6 9 23 45 -44 32

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