Carshalton Athletic (H) - 9th December 2023

By Josh Cole

The Mark Stimson era at Margate begins on Saturday as we take on Carshalton at Hartsdown Park for Matchday #19. Get your tickets for this match by clicking here.

A youthful Margate side were knocked out of the Velocity Trophy on Tuesday despite taking a 1-0 lead. You can read the match report from that game by clicking here. 

OPPONENTS SEASON SO FAR

Carshalton are sat in 13th place from 18 games on 22 points. Carshalton started the season in red hot form with the robins going unbeaten until the eighth game, with them winning five and drawing two. After losing to Hashtag which ended their unbeaten run, they then went winless for the next four games (losing two and drawing two) before they beat Folkestone 3-1 at home. In the five league games leading up to our clash with Carshalton, they lost all of them, only scoring three goals in those five games and conceding 14. Over the course of the season so far, they have scored 28 but conceded 30, giving them a –2 goal difference.

LAST FIVE: MARGATE

Loss vs Horsham, away (1-0) League

Loss vs Billericay, home (1-3) League

Draw vs Bognor Regis, away (2-2) League

Loss vs Enfield Town, away (2-0) League

Loss vs Whitehawk, away (3-1) Velocity Trophy 3rd Round

LAST FIVE: CARSHALTON ATHLETIC

Loss vs Cray Wanderers, away (1-0) League

Loss vs Hastings United, away (4-0) League

Loss vs Wingate & Finchley, home (2-3) League

Loss vs Billericay, away (2-0) League

Loss vs Cheshunt, home (1-4) League

In the away form table, Carshalton sit in 14th place with two wins, three draws and three defeats whilst Margate are 8th in the home form table with four wins, two draws and three losses.

You can view the full table by clicking here.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

There have been 15 encounters between the ‘Gate and the Robins dating back to December 2012, with Margate winning six, Carshalton winning four and five games ending level. The last time the two teams met at Hartsdown Park, it was a 0-1 win for the away side in February last season. You can watch the highlights from that game by clicking here. 

MATCH OFFICIALS

The man in the middle for Saturday’s game is Daniel Blades, with the two assistants being Kieron Williamson and Wayne Horsfall.

Not able to get to HDP this Saturday? Head over to our official X account for live match updates commencing from 2:15pm onwards!

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