Margate will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Cray Wanderers.
Margate and Cray Wanderers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Margate form and stats
2-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Non League Premier: Isthmian numbers at home for Margate so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for Margate.
Stress levels are on the rise for Margate's attacking players as they have now played 201 minutes without scoring in a league game. N. Leighton was their last goal scorer.
In their previous game, the manager J. Saunders led his Margate to a defeat in the Non League Premier: Isthmian match away at Folkestone Invicta. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. In the match before that, Margate hosted Leatherhead and drew the game 0-0.
Margate were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Margate are traveling soon after this match as the Non League Premier: Isthmian match at Bognor Regis Town awaits in three days.
The Margate fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. Margate have conceded 15 from these games.
Cray Wanderers form and stats
5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Cray Wanderers playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Isthmian this season. Cray Wanderers has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Cray Wanderers failed to get anything from their last game, a Non League Premier: Isthmian home match vs Leatherhead (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-1. A 2-7 defeat away at Bognor Regis Town before that.
A new game in only three days for Cray Wanderers, the Non League Premier: Isthmian home match versus Wingate & Finchley. Busy days.
Cray Wanderers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cray Wanderers have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Cray Wanderers - Margate 3-2, played this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: 3 - 0 - 6 (Margate wins - draws - Cray Wanderers wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.Margate missing players
Cray Wanderers missing players
| Margate | Cray Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 28 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | 42 |
| 34 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 17 | 34 |
| 90% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 81% |
| 65% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 57% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 52% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 30% | 33% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 67% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 24% |
| 30% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 1.9 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.6 | 2.5 |
| 1.4 | 2.3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 56 | 31 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 57 | 90 |
| 23 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 27 | 45 |
| 104% | 91% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 52% | 71% |
- Cray Wanderers has the most scored goals in the first half (22)
- Cray Wanderers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Margate have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Folkestone Invicta | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 44 |
| 2 | Worthing | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 44 |
| 3 | Horsham | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 40 |
| 4 | Carshalton Athletic | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 36 |
| 5 | AFC Hornchurch | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 35 |
| 6 | Enfield Town | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Cray Wanderers | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 34 |
| 8 | Bognor Regis Town | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 32 |
| 9 | East Thurrock United | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 31 |
| 10 | Leatherhead | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| 11 | Potters Bar Town | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 27 |
| 12 | Margate | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Bishop's Stortford | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -15 | 25 |
| 14 | Haringey Borough | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 24 |
| 15 | Kingstonian | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 16 | Lewes | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | -3 | 22 |
| 17 | Bowers & Pitsea | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 18 | Merstham | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -21 | 15 |
| 19 | Cheshunt | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 24 | -16 | 14 |
| 20 | Brightlingsea Regent | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -24 | 13 |
| 21 | Wingate & Finchley | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -20 | 12 |
| 22 | Corinthian-Casuals | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 8 |