National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Chelmsford City or Aldershot Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
This has all the signs of an engrossing game with lots of action and bustle as both sides are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's go!
Chelmsford City form and stats
Chelmsford have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Romford and Kings Langley. Last season, Chelmsford City's FA Cup journey ended in the 4th round qualifying.Chelmsford's last game was hosting Cheshunt and winning 2-0.
Before that, a strong away win at Romford. A FA Cup game. 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 Chelmsford City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 5 and lost 5.
Aldershot Town form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round qualifying.Aldershot Town have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League, after 1-1-4 (6 played).
Aldershot has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Scunthorpe United for a 3-3 draw. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Scunthorpe United. Aldershot Town were trailing 1-3 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 3-3, with Amaluzor scoring the equalizer. As mentioned above, Aldershot drew the match against Scunthorpe United. Manager Molesley brought on Amaluzor to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Eastleigh in the Vanarama National League.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Aldershot Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 2 Aldershot Town wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Aldershot struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 10 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings with these squads: Chelmsford City won zero, Aldershot Town triumphed in one and we saw one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Amaluzor 5 goals |   S. Jackson 4 goals |  I. Effiong 4 goals |
Chelmsford City missing players
Aldershot Town missing players
| Chelmsford City | Aldershot Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Scored | S | 24 | 42 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 6.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.6 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4 | ||
| 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 35% | ||
| 10 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 13.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 30 |
| 2 | Wrexham | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 29 |
| 3 | Boreham Wood | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Chesterfield | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Bromley | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Solihull Moors | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | York City | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Woking | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 9 | Wealdstone | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Eastleigh | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Southend United | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Maidenhead United | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Barnet | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 22 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Dorking Wanderers | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 | Altrincham | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 14 |
| 17 | Yeovil Town | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 13 |
| 19 | Gateshead | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 20 | Halifax Town | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -11 | 12 |
| 21 | Maidstone United | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 12 |
| 22 | Aldershot Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 24 | Torquay United | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -14 | 9 |
