It's the first match of the new campaign for Margate and Kingstonian. The leaf is blank, the possibilities endless.
Margate form and stats
The season before, Margate's league results were 19 wins, 8 draws and 15 losses, ending with 8th spot in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. From these 42 matches they scored 60 goals and let in 62. Appearing at home in the last season Margate managed 13-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 38 goals and 28 conceded.
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 Margate have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 6.
There will be little rest for Margate after this match as they are travelling to Bowers & Pitsea for a Non League Premier: Isthmian game in only three days.
Margate have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Margate scored 2 goals and let in 1 goal during these one game.
Kingstonian form and stats
Let's have a look at how Kingstonian performed last season in the Non League Premier: Isthmian: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 8 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 68 and conceded 71 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 11 with 29/41 goals scored/conceded.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kingstonian playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 5 Kingstonian wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
A new game in only four days for Kingstonian, the Non League Premier: Isthmian home match versus Wingate & Finchley. Busy days.
It's a day of discovery for Kingstonian as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Kingstonian have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Kingstonian has scored 1 goal and conceded 0 times.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Margate won four games, two matches ended with a tie and Kingstonian got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three
Margate missing players
Kingstonian missing players
| Margate | Kingstonian | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Margate | Last season | Kingstonian | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 21 | 42 | ||
| 19 | 13 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Lost | L | 11 | 17 | ||
| 60 | 38 | Scored | S | 29 | 68 | ||
| 62 | 28 | Conceded | C | 41 | 71 | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 98% | ||
| 74% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 79% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 38% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 40% | ||
| 17% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 26% | ||
| 57% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 19% | ||
| 31% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 19% | ||
| 1.7 | 1.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 62% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 64% | ||
| 6 | 2.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.5 | ||
| Last season | 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 | 42 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 100 | 45 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 55 | 97 |
| 2 | Bishop's Stortford | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 89 | 33 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 56 | 87 |
| 3 | Enfield Town | 42 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 91 | 57 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 37 | 34 | 84 |
| 4 | AFC Hornchurch | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 89 | 42 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 23 | 47 | 81 |
| 5 | Cheshunt | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 71 | 40 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 20 | 31 | 76 |
| 6 | Folkestone Invicta | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 85 | 62 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 41 | 23 | 72 |
| 7 | Lewes | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 89 | 63 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 33 | 26 | 70 |
| 8 | Margate | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 62 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 34 | -2 | 65 |
| 9 | Bognor Regis Town | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 62 | 58 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 59 |
| 10 | Kingstonian | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 68 | 71 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 41 | -3 | 59 |
| 11 | Horsham | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 66 | 58 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 57 |
| 12 | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 65 | 57 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 57 |
| 13 | Potters Bar Town | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 54 | 74 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 36 | -20 | 53 |
| 14 | Corinthian-Casuals | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 51 | 58 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 33 | -7 | 52 |
| 15 | Wingate & Finchley | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 60 | 74 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 44 | -14 | 49 |
| 16 | Bowers & Pitsea | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 54 | 72 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 38 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 34 | -18 | 45 |
| 17 | Haringey Borough | 42 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 57 | 81 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 40 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 41 | -24 | 42 |
| 18 | Brightlingsea Regent | 42 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 44 | 92 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 46 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 46 | -48 | 39 |
| 19 | Cray Wanderers | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 64 | 85 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 44 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 41 | -21 | 36 |
| 20 | Leatherhead | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 43 | 83 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 37 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 46 | -40 | 36 |
| 21 | East Thurrock United | 42 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 44 | 98 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 37 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 61 | -54 | 35 |
| 22 | Merstham | 42 | 10 | 3 | 29 | 43 | 84 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 49 | -41 | 33 |