Balanced ball game between Wingate & Finchley and Bowers & Pitsea expected

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Competition: Sat 15.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Courage Stadium (1500 seats)

Season ticket holders at The Courage Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Wingate & Finchley languishing in the 21st position so far. The guesting Bowers & Pitsea will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Non League Premier: Isthmian game only four days ago.

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Wingate & Finchley form and stats

Wingate & Finchley's struggle is real here at The Courage Stadium with only 9 points collected from 15 Non League Premier: Isthmian games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-10.

Wingate & Finchley's last game was hosting East Thurrock United (placed 10th) and winning 2-1. In the game before, an away victory match versus Bishop's Stortford with a 1-0 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wingate & Finchley have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost five.

Wingate & Finchley are traveling soon after this match as the Non League Premier: Isthmian match at Kingstonian awaits in four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Wingate & Finchley here at The Courage Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 15 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 29 goals have been conceded.

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Bowers & Pitsea form and stats

The visitors are W6-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Horsham game have they lost an away game, meaning Bowers & Pitsea has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Bowers & Pitsea had fun at their own home (The Courage Stadium) last time out, beating Haringey Borough 3-2. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Merstham.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bowers & Pitsea playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Bowers & Pitsea wins, three draws and one defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Brightlingsea Regent in just three days.

Bowers & Pitsea has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 15 games. As opposed to that, Bowers & Pitsea have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Bowers & Pitsea - Wingate & Finchley 1-1.

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Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 15 5 Played P 7 15 29
4 2 1 Won W 4 6 9
8 3 1 Drew D 3 4 6
16 10 3 Lost L 0 5 14
28 13 5 Scored S 14 23 37
50 29 11 Conceded C 7 20 39
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
79% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 80% 76%
57% 60% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 53% 48%
29% 27% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 43% 47% 31%
18% 20% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 7% 7%
64% 60% 80% BTTS BTTS 71% 53% 55%
14% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 29% 33% 21%
29% 33% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 28%
 
3.6 5.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 3.1 3
2.9 3.4 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 2.8 2.6
1.4 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.6 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
81 58 0 Total Shots T S 17 35 100
23 17 0 Shots on Target S O 6 11 35
39% 18% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 150% 136% 66%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Isthmian this season:
  • Bowers & Pitsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wingate & Finchley has the fewest scored goals in the second half (11)
  • Wingate & Finchley has the most conceded goals in the second half (33)
  • Wingate & Finchley has the most dropped points from leading position (27)
  • Wingate & Finchley has the the worst goal difference (-16) at home
  • Wingate & Finchley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Wingate & Finchley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wingate & Finchley have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 29 19 6 4 64 36 15 10 2 3 38 23 14 9 4 1 26 13 28 63
2 Folkestone Invicta 29 17 7 5 58 32 15 10 3 2 33 17 14 7 4 3 25 15 26 58
3 Cray Wanderers 29 15 9 5 58 44 15 6 6 3 30 20 14 9 3 2 28 24 14 54
4 AFC Hornchurch 28 15 8 5 53 22 14 10 4 0 31 7 14 5 4 5 22 15 31 53
5 Carshalton Athletic 29 15 7 7 47 34 15 8 4 3 26 17 14 7 3 4 21 17 13 52
6 Horsham 29 15 6 8 47 29 14 8 4 2 25 12 15 7 2 6 22 17 18 51
7 Enfield Town 28 14 6 8 54 48 15 7 4 4 32 27 13 7 2 4 22 21 6 48
8 Bognor Regis Town 28 14 4 10 52 42 14 7 2 5 31 25 14 7 2 5 21 17 10 46
9 Leatherhead 28 13 7 8 41 39 13 7 2 4 20 16 15 6 5 4 21 23 2 46
10 East Thurrock United 26 13 4 9 44 34 13 8 2 3 29 17 13 5 2 6 15 17 10 43
11 Kingstonian 26 9 12 5 35 30 12 4 6 2 16 11 14 5 6 3 19 19 5 39
12 Potters Bar Town 27 10 7 10 42 43 13 5 2 6 16 19 14 5 5 4 26 24 -1 37
13 Margate 28 9 7 12 41 50 13 3 4 6 19 27 15 6 3 6 22 23 -9 34
14 Bowers & Pitsea 29 9 6 14 37 39 14 3 2 9 14 19 15 6 4 5 23 20 -2 33
15 Haringey Borough 26 9 6 11 38 41 14 7 4 3 23 15 12 2 2 8 15 26 -3 33
16 Bishop's Stortford 29 8 4 17 36 58 14 4 2 8 17 26 15 4 2 9 19 32 -22 28
17 Lewes 27 7 5 15 29 45 13 1 4 8 9 24 14 6 1 7 20 21 -16 26
18 Cheshunt 28 7 3 18 35 53 15 4 2 9 16 19 13 3 1 9 19 34 -18 24
19 Merstham 29 6 5 18 28 59 14 4 1 9 16 29 15 2 4 9 12 30 -31 23
20 Corinthian-Casuals 27 5 7 15 28 36 13 3 3 7 15 16 14 2 4 8 13 20 -8 22
21 Wingate & Finchley 28 4 8 16 28 50 15 2 3 10 13 29 13 2 5 6 15 21 -22 20
22 Brightlingsea Regent 29 4 8 17 22 53 15 3 5 7 10 23 14 1 3 10 12 30 -31 20

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.