Eastbourne Town (H) - 26th October 2024

By Josh Cole

After three away games in a row, we are back at Hartsdown Park as we welcome Eastbourne Town!

Last time out we beat Erith Town away 1-3! You can hear what Ben Greenhalgh had to say from that win by clicking here.

Get your tickets for this game by clicking here.

OPPONENTS SEASON SO FAR:

Another new team into this league, Eastbourne have had a decent start to the season, they sit in 12th on 13 points from just ten games. Their 2024/25 campaign started in the FA Cup extra preliminary round with a 2-0 win at home against Little Common. However, in their first league match they lost 1-3 at home to Beckenham Town and then got knocked out of the FA Cup in the preliminary round after losing away to Burgess Hill. In their next three league games they picked up two wins both away, at Merstham and Phoenix Sports but lost at home to Burgess Hill. They were also knocked out of the FA Trophy, in the first qualifying round to Kingstonian. The following four league fixtures again were mixed results, with wins against Erith (2-1) and Hythe (1-2) a draw against Three Bridges at home but a huge 4-1 loss away at Deal Town. The Saffrons then suffered two losses back-to-back against Herne Bay and Ashford. In their last outing, they won 1-2 away at Roffey in the Sussex county cup second round.

You can view the full league table by clicking here.

LAST FIVE: MARGATE

2-0 Win vs Three Bridges, home (league)

2-2 Draw vs AFC Croydon Athletic, home (league)

2-1 Loss vs Burgess Hill, away (league)

2-3 Win vs Sheppey United, away (league)

1-3 Win vs Erith Town, away (league)

LAST FIVE: EASTBOURNE TOWN

2-1 Win vs Erith Town, home (league)

1-2 Win vs Hythe Town, away (league)

2-1 Loss vs Herne Bay, away (league)

1-2 Loss vs Ashford United, home (league)

1-2 vs Roffey, away (Sussex County Cup Second Round)

CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS (all comps):

MARGATE

Matches played: 20

Goals for: 37

Goals against: 16

GD: +21

Clean Sheets: 9

EASTBOURNE TOWN:

Matches played: 14

Goals for: 20

Goals against: 25

GD: -5

Clean sheets: 2

MATCH OFFICIALS:

Referee: Kane Dempster

Assistants: Nicholas Bone & Ismail Isik

If you can’t make it to the game on Saturday you can stay up to date with all the action as it happens via live match updates on our official X account @Margate_fc

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