It's game day two of the Non League Premier: Isthmian campaign and a lot to play for. Read our exhaustive preview of Merstham-Potters Bar Town!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Merstham form and stats
The previous season, Merstham's league stats were 1 win, 1 draw and 6 losses, leading to 22nd spot in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. Over these eight matches they scored 8 goals and gave away 18. Performing at home in the former season Merstham produced 1-0-3 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 7 conceded.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 220 minutes without scoring a league goal.
Merstham lost their last game at Brightlingsea Regent (placed 7th) after a 0-2 scoreline.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-6 away at Cray Wanderers.Potters Bar Town form and stats
Let's have a look at how Potters Bar Town performed last season in the Non League Premier: Isthmian: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. In total they scored 13 and conceded 11 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 0 and lost 3 with 4/6 goals scored/conceded.
Potters had fun at their own home (Moatside Stadium) last time out, beating Corinthian-Casuals 3-1.
Prior to that match, the Potters Bar Town manager L. O'Leary faced defeat when travelling to Leatherhead and losing 1-3.Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the prior five meetings): Merstham won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Potters Bar Town managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / oneMerstham missing players
Potters Bar Town missing players
| Merstham | Potters Bar Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Merstham | Last season | Potters Bar Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 8 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | ||
| 75% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | ||
| 38% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 11% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 11% | ||
| 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | ||
| 38% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 33% | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 58% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 65% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cheshunt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Enfield Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Cray Wanderers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Folkestone Invicta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Potters Bar Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | AFC Hornchurch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Brightlingsea Regent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Leatherhead | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Kingstonian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Margate | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Bishop's Stortford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Bognor Regis Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Bowers & Pitsea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Haringey Borough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Wingate & Finchley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Carshalton Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Corinthian-Casuals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Lewes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Worthing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Horsham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 21 | Merstham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 22 | East Thurrock United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 2 | Cheshunt | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 3 | Enfield Town | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 4 | Carshalton Athletic | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Kingstonian | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 6 | Cray Wanderers | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 15 |
| 7 | Bishop's Stortford | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 8 | AFC Hornchurch | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | Horsham | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Folkestone Invicta | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Bowers & Pitsea | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 12 | Haringey Borough | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Leatherhead | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Bognor Regis Town | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 15 | Potters Bar Town | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 16 | Wingate & Finchley | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 17 | Corinthian-Casuals | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 10 |
| 18 | Lewes | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 19 | Brightlingsea Regent | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 7 |
| 20 | Margate | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 6 |
| 21 | East Thurrock United | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 5 |
| 22 | Merstham | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 4 |