Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Basingstoke Town & Weston-super-Mare face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This promises to be an engrossing match with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Basingstoke Town form and stats
Basingstoke Town have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Lymington Town. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round qualifying.The Basingstoke Town crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Binfield here at The Simplyhealth City Ground.
In the game before, an away victory in the Non League Div One: Isthmian South Central match versus Hanworth Villa with a 4-0 scoreline.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Basingstoke friendly games in pre-season: Basingstoke Town played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Basingstoke Town scored 1 goal and conceded 3 in these one game.
Weston-super-Mare form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round qualifying.Weston-super-Mare play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Plymouth Parkway.
Before that, Weston-super-Mare secured a home win against Harrow Borough with the score 7-0.It's a day of discovery for Weston-super-Mare as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Weston-super-Mare have played three with the results W0-D0-L3 (win-draw-lost). In these games Weston-super-Mare has scored 0 goals and conceded 10 times.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Basingstoke Town three wins, one draw and Weston-super-Mare six victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Basingstoke Town missing players
Weston-super-Mare missing players
| Basingstoke Town | Weston-super-Mare | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 40 | 15 | Scored | S | 29 | 54 | ||
| 35 | 22 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 20% | ||
| 12 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 90% | 142% | ||
| 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3.1 | ||
