With their 15 point advantage in the league table, Margate fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Wingate & Finchley.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Margate form and stats
Margate have collected 18 points from their Non League Premier: Isthmian home games so far after 4-6-6.
The Margate supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Bowers & Pitsea in Non League Premier: Isthmian and win 1-0. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Carshalton Athletic.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Margate have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Margate as they are travelling to their away game against Wingate & Finchley in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. That match is four days after this one.
Margate has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Margate defense is not exactly impregnable. 30 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Wingate & Finchley form and stats
There's been little loot from Wingate & Finchley's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 15 away games in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. Wingate & Finchley only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.
Wingate & Finchley lost away at Worthing (2-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A draw for Wingate & Finchley before that, at their own venue hosting Lewes (1-1).
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Wingate & Finchley, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Wingate & Finchley are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of three matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Margate in just four days.
The visiting Wingate & Finchley have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 15 games. As for defending, Wingate & Finchley rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Margate victories, five draws and two Wingate & Finchley wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Margate missing players
Wingate & Finchley missing players
| Margate | Wingate & Finchley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 2 | 15 | 32 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 46 | 23 | 13 | Scored | S | 2 | 18 | 34 |
| 54 | 30 | 9 | Conceded | C | 4 | 25 | 57 |
| 94% | 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 94% |
| 75% | 75% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 78% |
| 62% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 53% | 56% |
| 38% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 31% |
| 19% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 59% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 66% |
| 19% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 16% |
| 28% | 31% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.8 | 3.2 |
| 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.1 | 2.6 |
| 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | 51 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 23 | 81 |
| 34 | 22 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| 100% | 73% | 70% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 117% | 52% |
- Margate have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Wingate & Finchley has the most conceded goals in the second half (36)
- Wingate & Finchley has the most dropped points from leading position (30)
- Wingate & Finchley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 72 | 41 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 31 | 71 |
| 2 | Cray Wanderers | 33 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 63 | 45 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 24 | 18 | 64 |
| 3 | AFC Hornchurch | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 62 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 34 | 62 |
| 4 | Folkestone Invicta | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 60 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 26 | 62 |
| 5 | Carshalton Athletic | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 62 |
| 6 | Horsham | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 57 |
| 7 | Enfield Town | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 60 | 51 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 53 |
| 8 | Leatherhead | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 6 | 52 |
| 9 | Bognor Regis Town | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 56 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 50 |
| 10 | Kingstonian | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 40 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 47 |
| 11 | East Thurrock United | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 47 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 46 |
| 12 | Potters Bar Town | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 56 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 36 | -9 | 41 |
| 13 | Bowers & Pitsea | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 49 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 40 |
| 14 | Margate | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | -8 | 40 |
| 15 | Haringey Borough | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -2 | 39 |
| 16 | Lewes | 33 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 33 | 54 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 23 | -21 | 28 |
| 17 | Bishop's Stortford | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 37 | 62 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 32 | -25 | 28 |
| 18 | Corinthian-Casuals | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 26 |
| 19 | Wingate & Finchley | 32 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 57 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -23 | 25 |
| 20 | Merstham | 33 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 34 | 70 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 35 | -36 | 25 |
| 21 | Cheshunt | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 35 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 38 | -22 | 24 |
| 22 | Brightlingsea Regent | 33 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 62 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 38 | -38 | 24 |