Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Merstham welcomes Harlow Town

Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Moatside Stadium

Only a win will satisfy Merstham supporters in this Moatside Stadium clash with Harlow Town, having a healthy lead in the Non League Premier: Isthmian table.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Merstham form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Moatside Stadium as Merstham has scored 20 goals to get 26 points from 12 games. The overall stats are 8-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Merstham will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Non League Premier: Isthmian game against Margate (placed 13th). The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Haringey Borough.

The Merstham fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 12 matches. Merstham have only conceded 10 in these games.

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Harlow Town form and stats

Harlow Town has only collected 11 points from their away games after 3-2-7 (12 played).

Harlow Town failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Wingate & Finchley (placed 21st) that ended with defeat 2-7. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Kingstonian.

Harlow Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 17 goals from 12 away fixtures. Harlow Town are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 17 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Harlow Town - Merstham 1-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Merstham 4 wins, 1 draw and Harlow Town 2 victories.

Top Goalscorers

Merstham missing players

Harlow Town missing players

Merstham Harlow Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
35 17 Played 18 35
91% 94% Over 0.5 100% 94%
69% 71% Over 1.5 83% 83%
43% 47% Over 2.5 67% 63%
23% 18% Over 3.5 44% 46%
11% 12% Over 4.5 22% 29%
46% 41% Both teams to score 67% 63%
37% 47% Clean Sheet 6% 14%
26% 18% Failed To Score 28% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Dorking Wanderers 27 17 6 4 59 25 15 10 2 3 42 16 12 7 4 1 17 9 34 57
2 Folkestone Invicta 28 15 5 8 52 34 14 10 2 2 34 12 14 5 3 6 18 22 18 50
3 Haringey Borough 26 14 6 6 47 27 11 7 3 1 22 14 15 7 3 5 25 13 20 48
4 Tonbridge Angels 26 14 5 7 36 25 13 6 3 4 15 13 13 8 2 3 21 12 11 47
5 Merstham 27 13 6 8 36 33 12 8 2 2 20 10 15 5 4 6 16 23 3 45
6 Carshalton Athletic 27 12 8 7 42 33 14 8 3 3 25 15 13 4 5 4 17 18 9 44
7 Enfield Town 27 12 7 8 51 35 13 6 5 2 27 15 14 6 2 6 24 20 16 43
8 Leatherhead 27 12 6 9 35 28 13 7 3 3 18 12 14 5 3 6 17 16 7 42
9 Worthing 27 11 8 8 48 40 15 5 4 6 28 25 12 6 4 2 20 15 8 41
10 Bognor Regis Town 28 10 11 7 51 44 13 6 3 4 26 20 15 4 8 3 25 24 7 41
11 Brightlingsea Regent 26 11 7 8 36 34 14 7 4 3 21 15 12 4 3 5 15 19 2 40
12 Bishop's Stortford 28 10 5 13 38 39 14 6 3 5 19 17 14 4 2 8 19 22 -1 35
13 Margate 27 9 8 10 31 34 13 4 4 5 17 20 14 5 4 5 14 14 -3 35
14 AFC Hornchurch 28 8 10 10 38 39 13 5 5 3 21 11 15 3 5 7 17 28 -1 34
15 Kingstonian 28 9 4 15 37 54 15 5 2 8 22 27 13 4 2 7 15 27 -17 31
16 Lewes 26 7 9 10 34 38 13 3 5 5 16 17 13 4 4 5 18 21 -4 30
17 Whitehawk 27 7 8 12 36 45 14 3 5 6 19 24 13 4 3 6 17 21 -9 29
18 Potters Bar Town 27 7 7 13 24 28 15 2 4 9 12 16 12 5 3 4 12 12 -4 28
19 Harlow Town 27 7 5 15 38 67 15 4 3 8 21 36 12 3 2 7 17 31 -29 26
20 Wingate & Finchley 27 6 7 14 39 57 14 3 5 6 16 22 13 3 2 8 23 35 -18 25
21 Burgess Hill Town 27 6 6 15 29 58 12 3 1 8 10 26 15 3 5 7 19 32 -29 24
22 Corinthian-Casuals 26 6 4 16 29 49 12 3 3 6 13 19 14 3 1 10 16 30 -20 22

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