National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Brackley Town or Scunthorpe United that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Brackley Town and Scunthorpe United.
Brackley Town form and stats
The Brackley boss Cowan and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Scunthorpe United in the FA Cup.
Heartbreak before that as Brackley Town lost 1-2 at Scarborough Athletic's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Brackley Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Curzon Ashton are coming to town in four days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Brackley Town friendly games in pre-season: Brackley Town played three friendlies, won 0, drew 2 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Brackley scored {3 goals} and conceded 4 in these three games.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round qualifying.Scunthorpe United delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Brackley Town in their previous game; a FA Cup duel.
A 1-2 loss hosting Buxton before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Scunthorpe in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Scunthorpe United, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Scunthorpe United manager Smith as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Chorley.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Scunthorpe have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 3 draws and 0 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these teams face each other this season, as the history books show this recent match: Scunthorpe United - Brackley Town 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Newton 6 goals |  D. Whitehall 6 goals | A. Beestin 2 goals |
Brackley Town missing players
Scunthorpe United missing players
| Brackley Town | Scunthorpe United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 12 | 35 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| 28% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
