Margate manager J. Saunders looking for three points in Merstham showdown

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Date: Tue 22.October
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Hartsdown Park (2100 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Margate are in the 13th position while the guests worry at 17th.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Margate and Merstham.

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Margate form and stats

1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Margate have to build on here at Hartsdown Park in the Non League Premier: Isthmian.

Margate lost their last game at Oxford City after a 1-2 scoreline. A Non League Premier: Isthmian defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Haringey Borough.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Margate handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D1-L2.

The manager J. Saunders will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Barking in only four days.

Margate have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. Margate have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Merstham form and stats

Playing away, Merstham have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Non League Premier: Isthmian this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for Merstham who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Wingate & Finchley was the last time a defeat was avoided. Merstham has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Merstham, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Horsham (placed 2nd). A loss against Cray Wanderers was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Merstham lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

Merstham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. From a total of four matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Merstham manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Carshalton Athletic.

Merstham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Merstham have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 2 - 1 - 1 (Margate wins - draws - Merstham wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

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Merstham missing players

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Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
10 3 2 Played P 0 6 12
3 1 1 Won W 0 2 3
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
4 1 0 Lost L 0 3 8
13 2 2 Scored S 0 6 12
14 2 0 Conceded C 0 9 22
90% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 83% 92%
70% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 75%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 67%
30% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 42%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 50%
20% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
40% 67% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
0.9 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 0 3
0.9 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 3.4
0.2 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Margate have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Merstham have created more than twice as many corners as Margate.
  • Merstham have scored at least twice as many goals away as Margate have scored home.
  • Merstham have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Margate
All Fa Trophy Non League Premier: Isthmian FA Cup
All Home Away Home vs low
28-09-19 No Carshalton Athletic 1 - 0 Margate
01-10-19 No East Thurrock United 1 - 2 Margate
05-10-19 FAC Salisbury 2 - 4 Margate
12-10-19 No Haringey Borough 1 - 0 Margate
19-10-19 FAC Oxford City 2 - 1 Margate
22-10-19 No Margate 20:45 Merstham
26-10-19 FAT Barking 16:00 Margate
02-11-19 No Corinthian-Casuals 16:00 Margate
09-11-19 No Margate 16:00 Wingate & Finchley
12-11-19 No Margate 20:45 Bognor Regis Town
Merstham
All Fa Trophy Non League Premier: Isthmian FA Cup
All Home Away Away vs mid
28-09-19 No Enfield Town 2 - 0 Merstham
01-10-19 No Merstham 1 - 3 Worthing
12-10-19 No Merstham 1 - 4 Leatherhead
15-10-19 No Merstham 1 - 2 Cray Wanderers
19-10-19 No Horsham 4 - 0 Merstham
22-10-19 No Margate 20:45 Merstham
26-10-19 FAT Carshalton Athletic 16:00 Merstham
02-11-19 No Merstham 16:00 Bowers & Pitsea
09-11-19 No Merstham 16:00 Haringey Borough
16-11-19 No Bognor Regis Town 16:00 Merstham

  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 13 9 2 2 25 13 7 5 1 1 15 8 6 4 1 1 10 5 12 29
2 Horsham 13 8 3 2 24 10 6 3 2 1 10 5 7 5 1 1 14 5 14 27
3 Enfield Town 11 8 2 1 26 13 6 4 1 1 15 8 5 4 1 0 11 5 13 26
4 AFC Hornchurch 12 8 1 3 27 9 6 5 1 0 14 3 6 3 0 3 13 6 18 25
5 East Thurrock United 12 7 1 4 22 16 7 5 0 2 15 8 5 2 1 2 7 8 6 22
6 Worthing 11 7 1 3 25 20 7 4 1 2 18 16 4 3 0 1 7 4 5 22
7 Cray Wanderers 12 5 5 2 24 18 7 2 3 2 13 13 5 3 2 0 11 5 6 20
8 Haringey Borough 10 6 1 3 14 8 5 4 0 1 9 2 5 2 1 2 5 6 6 19
9 Carshalton Athletic 11 5 3 3 18 17 7 3 2 2 11 11 4 2 1 1 7 6 1 18
10 Potters Bar Town 10 4 4 2 20 14 3 1 1 1 4 5 7 3 3 1 16 9 6 16
11 Leatherhead 12 4 3 5 22 24 6 3 0 3 10 10 6 1 3 2 12 14 -2 15
12 Bognor Regis Town 11 4 1 6 17 20 6 2 1 3 9 10 5 2 0 3 8 10 -3 13
13 Margate 10 3 3 4 13 14 3 1 1 1 2 2 7 2 2 3 11 12 -1 12
14 Bishop's Stortford 10 4 0 6 15 26 5 3 0 2 10 12 5 1 0 4 5 14 -11 12
15 Kingstonian 10 2 5 3 9 14 4 0 3 1 3 6 6 2 2 2 6 8 -5 11
16 Cheshunt 13 3 1 9 14 24 7 2 1 4 6 7 6 1 0 5 8 17 -10 10
17 Merstham 12 3 1 8 12 22 6 1 0 5 6 13 6 2 1 3 6 9 -10 10
18 Lewes 11 2 3 6 15 21 5 0 2 3 6 11 6 2 1 3 9 10 -6 9
19 Brightlingsea Regent 13 2 3 8 11 27 7 1 2 4 6 14 6 1 1 4 5 13 -16 9
20 Bowers & Pitsea 9 2 2 5 10 13 2 0 1 1 1 2 7 2 1 4 9 11 -3 8
21 Wingate & Finchley 10 1 4 5 6 18 5 1 2 2 3 11 5 0 2 3 3 7 -12 7
22 Corinthian-Casuals 10 0 3 7 5 13 6 0 1 5 3 8 4 0 2 2 2 5 -8 3

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