Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ebbsfleet United & Dover Athletic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Ebbsfleet United nor Dover Athletic as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ebbsfleet United form and stats
Last season, Ebbsfleet United's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round.Ebbsfleet's last game was hosting Braintree Town and winning 4-0. As mentioned above, Ebbsfleet United "killed" Braintree Town in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Poleon has scored in three matches in a row. Ace!
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Bath City.It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Ebbsfleet, who have participated in one training match. Ebbsfleet United have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.
Dover Athletic form and stats
Dover Athletic was sent out of FA Cup in the 4th round qualifying replays last season.Dover Athletic might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Dartford proved too strong as Dover slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at The Perrys Crabble Stadium.
Prior to that match, the Dover Athletic manager Hessenthaler faced defeat when travelling to Eastbourne Borough and losing 1-3.Dover Athletic played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these one match Dover Athletic scored 2 and conceded 0 goals.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ebbsfleet three wins, three draws and Dover Athletic four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Poleon 9 goals |  G. Cundle 4 goals | D. McQueen 3 goals |
Ebbsfleet United missing players
Dover Athletic missing players
| Ebbsfleet United | Dover Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 17 | ||
| 55 | 33 | Scored | S | 16 | 29 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 32 | 54 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 11.9 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 33% | ||
| 8.7 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 15.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 7.2 | ||
