Struggling Margate are desperate to pull off a surprise victory when they play enterprising Cray Wanderers in the next league fixture. It’s 16th vs 4th and the home fans will have low expectations.
- Margate have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cray Wanderers have created more than twice as many corners as Margate.
This has all the signs of an absorbing game with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Margate form and stats
The story so far in the Non League Premier: Isthmian for Margate at their home stadium (Hartsdown Park) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The Margate club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Hartsdown Park: A 1-2 defeat against Hastings United (placed 9th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated through four league matches.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Billericay Town that ended 0-0.Margate have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Hartsdown Park with 17 goals in 10 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded. When Margate hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Bowers & Pitsea, Kingstonian, Corinthian-Casuals, Haringey Borough, Brightlingsea Regent, Herne Bay and Wingate & Finchley), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Cray Wanderers form and stats
3-6-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cray Wanderers in their Non League Premier: Isthmian matches away. Cray Wanderers are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Wanderers go into this game after a win, the home game against Billericay Town that ended 4-3. As you can tell from the result, the match against Billericay Town was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
Before that, Cray Wanderers secured a home win against Haringey Borough with the score 5-1.The travelling fans enjoy Wanderers's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Cray Wanderers have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Cray Wanderers - Margate 1-0 was the outcome when these two sides previously met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - zero - five (Margate wins - draws - Cray Wanderers wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Margate missing players
Cray Wanderers missing players
| Margate | Cray Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 40 |
| 27 | 15 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 27 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 79% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 82% | 73% |
| 47% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 55% |
| 32% | 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 41% |
| 11% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 53% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 82% | 68% |
| 32% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 18% | 23% |
| 21% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 1.3 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 3.5 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2.4 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.6 | 10.1 |
| 0.6 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 133% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 36% | 43% |
| 9.2 | 10.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 10 | 9.1 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 3 |
- Cray Wanderers have created more than twice as many corners as Margate.
- Margate have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Margate have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | AFC Hornchurch | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 29 | 42 |
| 2 | Bishop's Stortford | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 38 |
| 3 | Potters Bar Town | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 38 |
| 4 | Cray Wanderers | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 36 |
| 5 | Canvey Island | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| 6 | Aveley | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Enfield Town | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 33 |
| 8 | Carshalton Athletic | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Hastings United | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 31 |
| 10 | Billericay Town | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 11 | Lewes | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 29 |
| 12 | Horsham | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 29 |
| 13 | Folkestone Invicta | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -2 | 26 |
| 14 | Bognor Regis Town | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -1 | 24 |
| 15 | Haringey Borough | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 22 | -6 | 24 |
| 16 | Margate | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 17 | Kingstonian | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 18 | Wingate & Finchley | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 19 | Corinthian-Casuals | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -22 | 15 |
| 20 | Bowers & Pitsea | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -17 | 13 |
| 21 | Herne Bay | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -22 | 11 |
| 22 | Brightlingsea Regent | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 31 | -35 | 11 |
