National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Buckland Athletic or Frome Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Buckland Athletic form and stats
Buckland Athletic was eliminated in the extra preliminary round last season in the FA Cup.Buckland's last game was hosting Ilfracombe Town and winning 4-0. As mentioned above, Buckland Athletic "killed" Ilfracombe Town in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Preceding that match was a Counties Leagues: Western League Premier defeat to Saltash United (0-1).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Buckland as they are travelling to their away game against Shepton Mallet in the Counties Leagues: Western League Premier. That match is three days after this one.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Buckland Athletic friendly games in pre-season: Buckland Athletic played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Buckland Athletic scored 0 goals and conceded 1 in these one game.
Frome Town form and stats
Frome Town was sent out of FA Cup in the 3rd round qualifying last season.Frome delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Willand Rovers in their previous fixture. A bonkers fixture with plenty of goals last time out for Frome Town, as mentioned above. 6 goals in total, will this fixture be as much fun?
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Evesham United in the Non League Div One: Southern South.Just as the home team, Frome Town have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Frome Town win, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Buckland Athletic missing players
Frome Town missing players
| Buckland Athletic | Frome Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 39 | 30 | Scored | S | 18 | 44 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Conceded | C | 5 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 70% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.8 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | ||
