Evenly matched teams: Wingate & Finchley vs Margate match preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Maurice Rebak Stadium

18th- against 14th place might not sound all that steamy. Fear not: Here's the facts that makes Wingate & Finchley - Margate (even) more interesting!

Insights:
  • Wingate & Finchley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wingate & Finchley have created more than twice as many corners as Margate.

Margate could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Alan Turvey Trophy game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Chichester City, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Margate.

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Wingate & Finchley form and stats

Wingate & Finchley's results here at The Maurice Rebak Stadium in the Non League Premier: Isthmian have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The club members are hoping that Wingate & Finchley will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against AFC Hornchurch (placed 1st).

Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Uxbridge in the Fa Trophy. 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 10 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 6.

Scoring bonanza? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 latest league matches with this team has contained three goals or more.

Finchley have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Maurice Rebak Stadium with 10 goals in 6 league matches.

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Margate form and stats

Margate have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Non League Premier: Isthmian, after 2-0-5 (7 played). Margate has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Two away games in a row for Margate, whose manager Saunders could celebrate last time after the Alan Turvey Trophy win against Chichester City.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Bognor Regis Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Margate in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Margate, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Margate, the Kent Senior Cup home match versus Sheppey United. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Margate as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Margate have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Wingate & Finchley victories, four draws and three Margate wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

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Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 4 Played P 3 7 15
2 1 0 Won W 2 2 5
6 2 2 Drew D 0 0 3
6 3 2 Lost L 1 5 7
18 10 4 Scored S 4 5 21
23 12 10 Conceded C 2 9 22
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 80%
71% 83% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 40%
43% 67% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 33%
7% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 13%
50% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 47%
29% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 29% 33%
36% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 20%
 
3 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 1.3
5 4.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 4
1.4 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.5 13.3 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 2 3.5
5 6.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1
28% 35% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
14 14.3 19 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14 12.5
4.9 5.7 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 8 5.5
Key stats in Non League Premier: Isthmian this season:
  • All of Wingate & Finchley's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Margate have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Margate have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Margate haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wingate & Finchley have created more than twice as many corners as Margate.
  • Wingate & Finchley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wingate & Finchley have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Wingate & Finchley haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 AFC Hornchurch 13 9 2 2 35 14 8 7 1 0 23 8 5 2 1 2 12 6 21 29
2 Potters Bar Town 14 9 1 4 26 18 7 4 1 2 11 6 7 5 0 2 15 12 8 28
3 Bishop's Stortford 14 8 3 3 20 10 7 5 2 0 12 2 7 3 1 3 8 8 10 27
4 Enfield Town 15 7 5 3 28 17 9 5 3 1 15 9 6 2 2 2 13 8 11 26
5 Aveley 14 8 2 4 26 18 7 5 1 1 14 10 7 3 1 3 12 8 8 26
6 Carshalton Athletic 14 8 1 5 17 15 6 5 0 1 6 2 8 3 1 4 11 13 2 25
7 Canvey Island 14 7 3 4 22 17 8 5 1 2 14 11 6 2 2 2 8 6 5 24
8 Cray Wanderers 14 6 5 3 25 17 8 4 3 1 14 8 6 2 2 2 11 9 8 23
9 Horsham 14 6 3 5 24 18 7 5 0 2 16 7 7 1 3 3 8 11 6 21
10 Haringey Borough 15 5 6 4 28 26 8 4 2 2 18 13 7 1 4 2 10 13 2 21
11 Lewes 14 5 6 3 22 20 7 4 3 0 12 6 7 1 3 3 10 14 2 21
12 Hastings United 14 6 2 6 16 11 6 3 0 3 8 6 8 3 2 3 8 5 5 20
13 Billericay Town 12 6 1 5 19 18 6 4 1 1 12 9 6 2 0 4 7 9 1 19
14 Margate 15 5 3 7 21 22 8 3 3 2 16 13 7 2 0 5 5 9 -1 18
15 Kingstonian 15 4 6 5 20 23 8 4 3 1 14 9 7 0 3 4 6 14 -3 18
16 Bognor Regis Town 13 4 4 5 25 24 5 3 1 1 10 6 8 1 3 4 15 18 1 16
17 Folkestone Invicta 13 4 2 7 18 24 5 2 1 2 8 9 8 2 1 5 10 15 -6 14
18 Wingate & Finchley 14 2 6 6 18 23 6 1 2 3 10 12 8 1 4 3 8 11 -5 12
19 Bowers & Pitsea 13 1 6 6 14 25 8 1 5 2 8 10 5 0 1 4 6 15 -11 9
20 Brightlingsea Regent 14 2 3 9 12 41 7 2 2 3 8 19 7 0 1 6 4 22 -29 9
21 Herne Bay 14 2 2 10 19 35 5 1 1 3 7 14 9 1 1 7 12 21 -16 8
22 Corinthian-Casuals 14 2 2 10 14 33 7 2 1 4 10 14 7 0 1 6 4 19 -19 8

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.