Match Preview: Margate v Wingate and Finchley (Saturday, 3pm)

Wingate and Finchley visit Margate at Hartsdown Park on Saturday on the back of five consecutive wins in the Isthmian Premier Division.

Wingate & Finchley have picked up 15 points from their last six games, and they face a Margate side who lost their last match, and have collected eight points from the last possible 18.

Wingate & Finchley are third in the table after 38 games, of which they have won 22 and drawn five, earning 71 points.

Margate are 16 places behind the Blues in 19th, with eight wins and nine draws putting them on 33 points.

With 44 goals in 39 games so far this season, the hosts are the league’s third-lowest scorers with 1.1 goals per game. And they are conceding more than average, letting in 74 goals at a rate of 1.9 per game.

The away side, meanwhile, are above average scorers, with 1.8 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.6. They have conceded 1.5 goals per game.

In the last 10 years, Margate and Wingate & Finchley have played each other on 12 occasions. Margate won five of them, Wingate & Finchley four, and they drew three times.

On average, Margate scored 1.2 goals and the Blues 1.0 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on November 18, when Wingate & Finchley won 1-0 at home.

Margate’s last match was on April 13, a 1-0 loss against AFC Hornchurch.

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Margate v Wingate and Finchley
Isthmian Premier Division | Hartsdown Park
Saturday, 20 April 2024 @ 3.00pm

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