Margate vs East Thurrock United: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Date: Sat 11.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Margate in 12th and East Thurrock United in 8th place.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Margate form and stats

Margate's struggle is real here with only 9 points collected from 9 Non League Premier: Isthmian games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-4.

Margate are returning here after visiting Bognor Regis Town in a Non League Premier: Isthmian game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Cray Wanderers (3-4).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Wingate & Finchley are coming to town in three days.

Margate has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Margate with 19 goals conceded in these matches.

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East Thurrock United form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. That’s the product of East Thurrock United playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Isthmian this season.

East Thurrock United's last game was the home draw against Worthing (0-0). Prior to that result East Thurrock United won their away game at Bowers & Pitsea. The scoreline was 2-1.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the East Thurrock United manager J. Coventry as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Corinthian-Casuals.

East Thurrock United have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. East Thurrock United have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: East Thurrock United - Margate 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Margate victories, 3 draws and 3 East Thurrock United wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Margate missing players

East Thurrock United missing players

Margate East Thurrock United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 9 3 Played P 1 9 20
8 2 0 Won W 0 3 11
5 3 2 Drew D 0 1 2
9 4 1 Lost L 1 5 7
33 13 3 Scored S 0 10 35
39 19 8 Conceded C 2 15 26
91% 78% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
77% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 80%
68% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 56% 70%
36% 44% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 35%
23% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 20%
59% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 65%
23% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
27% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 20%
 
1.9 3.7 4.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.4 1.8
1.5 2.7 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 3.2 1.9
0.3 0.4 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
63 38 1 Total Shots T S 16 47 71
28 16 1 Shots on Target S O 7 25 34
104% 81% 300% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 56%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Isthmian this season:
  • East Thurrock United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • East Thurrock United have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • East Thurrock United haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Folkestone Invicta 23 14 6 3 45 21 11 8 2 1 26 11 12 6 4 2 19 10 24 48
2 Worthing 23 14 6 3 49 32 12 8 2 2 29 20 11 6 4 1 20 12 17 48
3 Horsham 23 13 4 6 39 22 11 6 3 2 19 9 12 7 1 4 20 13 17 43
4 AFC Hornchurch 20 12 5 3 41 16 11 8 3 0 23 6 9 4 2 3 18 10 25 41
5 Carshalton Athletic 22 11 6 5 35 24 13 7 4 2 22 13 9 4 2 3 13 11 11 39
6 Cray Wanderers 23 10 8 5 46 37 12 4 5 3 25 17 11 6 3 2 21 20 9 38
7 Enfield Town 22 11 5 6 42 37 12 6 3 3 26 22 10 5 2 3 16 15 5 38
8 East Thurrock United 20 11 2 7 35 26 11 8 1 2 25 11 9 3 1 5 10 15 9 35
9 Leatherhead 21 10 4 7 30 32 9 6 0 3 15 12 12 4 4 4 15 20 -2 34
10 Bognor Regis Town 21 10 2 9 40 32 11 5 1 5 23 19 10 5 1 4 17 13 8 32
11 Potters Bar Town 22 8 6 8 37 38 10 3 2 5 13 17 12 5 4 3 24 21 -1 30
12 Margate 22 8 5 9 33 39 9 2 3 4 13 19 13 6 2 5 20 20 -6 29
13 Kingstonian 19 7 7 5 24 22 8 2 4 2 10 8 11 5 3 3 14 14 2 28
14 Haringey Borough 19 8 3 8 27 26 11 6 2 3 17 10 8 2 1 5 10 16 1 27
15 Bishop's Stortford 22 8 2 12 30 46 11 4 1 6 15 22 11 4 1 6 15 24 -16 26
16 Lewes 21 7 4 10 27 32 9 1 3 5 8 14 12 6 1 5 19 18 -5 25
17 Bowers & Pitsea 19 6 3 10 26 27 8 2 1 5 9 10 11 4 2 5 17 17 -1 21
18 Cheshunt 21 5 2 14 23 39 12 4 1 7 12 12 9 1 1 7 11 27 -16 17
19 Merstham 23 4 3 16 23 49 11 2 1 8 13 26 12 2 2 8 10 23 -26 15
20 Corinthian-Casuals 20 3 5 12 21 28 10 2 2 6 13 14 10 1 3 6 8 14 -7 14
21 Brightlingsea Regent 22 3 5 14 16 43 12 2 4 6 9 20 10 1 1 8 7 23 -27 14
22 Wingate & Finchley 22 2 7 13 21 42 11 1 2 8 9 24 11 1 5 5 12 18 -21 13

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.