Moatside Stadium: Merstham vs Bishop's Stortford Non League Premier: Isthmian preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Competition: Tue 30.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Moatside Stadium (2000 seats)

Bishop's Stortford will not look for any freebies from the home team Merstham in this Non League Premier: Isthmian match. Here's our broad match guide!

Insights:
  • Merstham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Bishop's Stortford have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Non League Premier: Isthmian

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 Merstham and Bishop's Stortford.

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Merstham form and stats

4-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Non League Premier: Isthmian numbers at home for Merstham so far this season.

The spoils were shared in Merstham's previous game, also at home. Visiting East Thurrock United (placed 19th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Late drama in the game against East Thurrock United as Merstham were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Alexander Freitag popped out and made it level in the 90th minute.

Heartbreak before that as Merstham lost 1-3 at Enfield Town's place.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Horsham are coming to town in four days.

Goals decide football matches and Merstham are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Merstham have conceded 10 goals.

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Bishop's Stortford form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Bishop's Stortford playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Isthmian this season.

Stortford go into this game after a win, the home game against Leiston that ended 5-1. As mentioned above, Stortford was the only team on the pitch versus Leiston in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Wingate & Finchley in the Non League Premier: Isthmian.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Carshalton Athletic in just four days.

Bishop's Stortford have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Bishop's Stortford in these games.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the prior three meetings between these two participants are: zero wins for Merstham, two draws and one win for Bishop's Stortford. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Merstham missing players

Bishop's Stortford missing players

Merstham Bishop's Stortford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 3 7 16
7 4 0 Won W 1 3 8
1 1 0 Drew D 1 2 5
9 3 2 Lost L 1 2 3
26 16 1 Scored S 2 10 30
27 10 5 Conceded C 2 8 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 94%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 86% 81%
65% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 50%
47% 62% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 38%
18% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 19%
41% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 62%
35% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 29% 31%
24% 12% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 29% 12%
 
1.8 2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.4 2.7
2.2 2.3 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.6 3
0.6 0.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.8 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
3.9 5.9 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.2 6.3
1.8 2.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 2.4
105% 82% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 39% 69%
 
4.2 6 17.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 6.2 4.9
1.9 2.4 7.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.8 2.1
Key stats in Non League Premier: Isthmian this season:
  • Bishop's Stortford have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • Bishop's Stortford have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Merstham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 16 12 1 3 40 25 9 7 0 2 21 14 7 5 1 1 19 11 15 37
2 Enfield Town 16 11 2 3 35 16 8 7 1 0 15 5 8 4 1 3 20 11 19 35
3 Lewes 18 9 4 5 44 26 9 5 2 2 21 10 9 4 2 3 23 16 18 31
4 Cheshunt 17 9 4 4 28 15 8 3 2 3 12 7 9 6 2 1 16 8 13 31
5 Folkestone Invicta 16 8 6 2 32 21 7 4 3 0 18 7 9 4 3 2 14 14 11 30
6 Bishop's Stortford 16 8 5 3 30 19 9 5 3 1 20 11 7 3 2 2 10 8 11 29
7 Kingstonian 15 9 2 4 27 21 8 6 1 1 17 8 7 3 1 3 10 13 6 29
8 Bognor Regis Town 16 6 7 3 26 19 8 2 3 3 11 13 8 4 4 0 15 6 7 25
9 Corinthian-Casuals 17 7 3 7 20 19 9 3 1 5 9 10 8 4 2 2 11 9 1 24
10 Margate 16 7 3 6 25 25 8 5 1 2 15 13 8 2 2 4 10 12 0 24
11 Carshalton Athletic 16 6 5 5 31 18 9 4 2 3 23 13 7 2 3 2 8 5 13 23
12 AFC Hornchurch 17 7 2 8 24 20 8 4 1 3 13 8 9 3 1 5 11 12 4 23
13 Merstham 17 7 1 9 26 27 8 4 1 3 16 10 9 3 0 6 10 17 -1 22
14 Potters Bar Town 14 6 3 5 24 22 6 3 1 2 12 9 8 3 2 3 12 13 2 21
15 Horsham 15 5 3 7 20 18 7 2 2 3 8 10 8 3 1 4 12 8 2 18
16 Haringey Borough 17 4 6 7 24 28 8 3 4 1 18 10 9 1 2 6 6 18 -4 18
17 Wingate & Finchley 17 4 4 9 26 37 9 1 3 5 10 18 8 3 1 4 16 19 -11 16
18 Bowers & Pitsea 14 4 3 7 16 24 8 3 1 4 10 10 6 1 2 3 6 14 -8 15
19 East Thurrock United 17 3 5 9 20 43 9 2 4 3 12 20 8 1 1 6 8 23 -23 14
20 Cray Wanderers 14 3 2 9 17 30 6 1 1 4 9 13 8 2 1 5 8 17 -13 11
21 Brightlingsea Regent 17 3 2 12 15 47 8 2 0 6 7 25 9 1 2 6 8 22 -32 11
22 Leatherhead 18 2 3 13 18 48 9 0 1 8 5 22 9 2 2 5 13 26 -30 9

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.