CAFC vs Potters Bar Town FC – Match Preview
Carshalton Athletic take on Potters Bar Town in the Isthmian Premier on Monday evening.
Carshalton Athletic
The Robins sealed a 1-1 draw with Bognor Regis at Nyewood Lane on Saturday thanks to Tommy Bradford tapping home a David Smith cross in a much-improved second half. The result moved Carshalton into seventh place in the Isthmian Premier on 20 points, six off the play-off places.
Potters Bar Town
Potters Bar Town languish in ninth place on 20 points in the Isthmian Premier Division following a heavy 4-0 defeat to Cray Wanderers on Saturday. It was a fantastic start to the 2024-25 campaign for the Scholars, who made headlines by running out 8-0 winners over Dover Athletic in their curtain raiser. Victories against Dartford and Wingate & Finchley would follow in August with their only defeat in the league Horsham, losing 3-2. Growing in confidence, September proved much of the same, they edged Bowers and Pitsea 1-0, thumped Lewes 5-0, but had their momentum disrupted after a 2-0 Whitehawk loss. October ensued and began similarly, beating Cheshunt 1-0 before securing a hard-fought 2-2 stalemate with Chatham Town. However, it has been a November to forget, the Scholars impressive start to the season has been undone by a recent poor run of form. Dover enacted their revenge at the beginning of the month, Dartford further frustrated in a 1-1 draw, Dulwich Hamlet overcame the Potters comfortably 3-1, while Cray prevented embarrassment in the reverse fixture, winning 4-0. That is now five games without a win for the Hertfordshire-based club.
Likely line-ups
Carshalton Athletic
Witter, Read, Sankoh, Tanner, Hamstead, Saraiva, Bradford ©, Salami, Smith, Ifeanyi, Saunders-Henry
Potters Bar Town
Shala, Currie, Lethbridge, Re, Shogbeni, Henry ©, Hicks, Dicks, Ward-Cochrane, Fce-Burgin, Kyei
Team News
Carshalton Athletic
Owing to the absence of Mackenzie Foley, Fabian Witter will fill in for our No. 1. Fikayo Atewologun was unavailable Saturday, expect Hamstead to be named in the starting XI Monday evening. New signing Salami has seemingly nailed down the right flank.
Potters Bar Town
Expect the visitors to have a fully fit squad at their disposal.
Pre-match analysis
Potters Bar have conceded the second most goals in the Isthmian Premier, platforming a Goals Against of 27.
Key Player
Determined and hard-working centre-forward, Steve Cawley is the Scholars top goal scorer this campaign having netted ten times. Cawley is best known for being captain and talisman of Concord Rangers from 2014 to 2018.
The Gaffer
Max Mitchell arrived at the Lantern Stadium in November 2022 as assistant to then-manager Lee Protheroe. Pretheroe resigned at the beginning of March 2023 following one Isthmian League win from 13 games. Mitchell agreed to take the role on an interim basis, he was in charge as the Scholars lost 3-0 to Aveley in the final of the Isthmian Velocity League Cup. Last season, the young coach guided the Potters to a respectable 15th-place finish on 51 points, 12 above the drop zone.
Match Details
Date: Monday, November 18, 2024
Venue: Colston Avenue
Kick-off: 07:45 PM
Tickets: https://form.123formbuilder.com/5664717
