Home advantage could prove decisive in Worthing - Cray Wanderers battle

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Competition: Sat 08.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The A2B Stadium (4000 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Worthing - Cray Wanderers!

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Bishop's Stortford.

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Worthing form and stats

32 points is a decent return from 14 Non League Premier: Isthmian games here at The A2B Stadium for Worthing, who have the most scored goals (63) in Non League Premier: Isthmian,. The data says 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Worthing has a nice streak going on as they have played 19 consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the East Thurrock United defeat 126 days ago. After failing to beat Carshalton Athletic here at The A2B Stadium, Worthing has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

A strong away win for Worthing against Bishop's Stortford the last match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Carshalton Athletic and winning 2-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Worthing have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn four and lost zero.

Goals are plentiful at The A2B Stadium in the league this season as Worthing has scored 37 goals here in 14 home games. Worthing have conceded 21 from these games.

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Cray Wanderers form and stats

Cray Wanderers have an excellent away record in the Non League Premier: Isthmian so far with 8-3-2 from 13 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Cray Wanderers on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Cray Wanderers had fun at their own home (The A2B Stadium) last time out, beating Horsham 2-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Enfield Town with the score of 3-2.

We have checked recent matches where Cray Wanderers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were Wtwo-Dtwo-Lzero.

The Cray Wanderers manager has got the team scoring on the road, with 26 away goals in 13 league matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cray Wanderers have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Cray Wanderers - Worthing 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Worthing victories, three draws and one Cray Wanderers win. four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Worthing missing players

Cray Wanderers missing players

Worthing Cray Wanderers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 13 28
19 10 2 Won W 0 8 14
6 2 1 Drew D 1 3 9
3 2 1 Lost L 2 2 5
63 37 7 Scored S 3 26 56
34 21 7 Conceded C 12 23 43
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 89%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 82%
71% 79% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 61%
36% 43% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 46% 46%
21% 36% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 38% 32%
57% 57% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 69% 71%
36% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 21%
11% 7% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 15% 18%
 
3.2 4.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.8 2.5
2.7 2.7 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.6 3.8
0.7 0.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.8 1.3
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
142 80 14 Total Shots T S 18 72 116
65 38 7 Shots on Target S O 5 36 56
57% 55% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 50% 70%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Isthmian this season:
  • All of Worthing's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cray Wanderers has the most points from losing position (18)
  • Cray Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cray Wanderers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Worthing has the most matches over the total-line (20)
  • Worthing has the most scored goals (37) at home
  • Worthing has the most scored goals (63)
  • Worthing have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Worthing have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Worthing haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Worthing is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 28 19 6 3 63 34 14 10 2 2 37 21 14 9 4 1 26 13 29 63
2 Folkestone Invicta 28 17 7 4 57 29 14 10 3 1 32 14 14 7 4 3 25 15 28 58
3 AFC Hornchurch 26 15 7 4 52 20 14 10 4 0 31 7 12 5 3 4 21 13 32 52
4 Cray Wanderers 28 14 9 5 56 43 15 6 6 3 30 20 13 8 3 2 26 23 13 51
5 Carshalton Athletic 28 14 7 7 44 33 15 8 4 3 26 17 13 6 3 4 18 16 11 49
6 Horsham 28 14 6 8 45 29 13 7 4 2 23 12 15 7 2 6 22 17 16 48
7 Bognor Regis Town 27 14 4 9 52 40 14 7 2 5 31 25 13 7 2 4 21 15 12 46
8 Enfield Town 27 13 6 8 52 48 14 6 4 4 30 27 13 7 2 4 22 21 4 45
9 East Thurrock United 25 13 4 8 43 32 13 8 2 3 29 17 12 5 2 5 14 15 11 43
10 Leatherhead 26 12 6 8 37 37 11 6 1 4 16 14 15 6 5 4 21 23 0 42
11 Kingstonian 24 8 11 5 32 28 11 3 6 2 14 10 13 5 5 3 18 18 4 35
12 Potters Bar Town 26 9 7 10 40 42 12 4 2 6 14 18 14 5 5 4 26 24 -2 34
13 Haringey Borough 24 9 6 9 36 36 14 7 4 3 23 15 10 2 2 6 13 21 0 33
14 Margate 27 9 6 12 39 48 12 3 3 6 17 25 15 6 3 6 22 23 -9 33
15 Bowers & Pitsea 27 8 5 14 33 36 12 2 1 9 10 16 15 6 4 5 23 20 -3 29
16 Bishop's Stortford 28 8 4 16 35 55 14 4 2 8 17 26 14 4 2 8 18 29 -20 28
17 Lewes 25 7 4 14 28 39 11 1 3 7 8 18 14 6 1 7 20 21 -11 25
18 Merstham 28 6 4 18 27 58 14 4 1 9 16 29 14 2 3 9 11 29 -31 22
19 Corinthian-Casuals 26 5 6 15 26 34 13 3 3 7 15 16 13 2 3 8 11 18 -8 21
20 Cheshunt 27 6 3 18 29 52 15 4 2 9 16 19 12 2 1 9 13 33 -23 21
21 Brightlingsea Regent 28 4 8 16 21 51 15 3 5 7 10 23 13 1 3 9 11 28 -30 20
22 Wingate & Finchley 27 3 8 16 26 49 14 1 3 10 11 28 13 2 5 6 15 21 -23 17

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.