National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Leiston or St Albans City that keep their silverware dream alive.
Only a few days to rest for the home team, as they featured in a Non League Premier: Southern match only four days back. This match was also played here at Victory Road. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, St Albans City have had more rest.
Leiston form and stats
Leiston have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating St Ives Town. Leiston participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round qualifying.The spoils were shared in Leiston's previous game, also at home. Visiting St Ives Town travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at Mickleover Sports in the Non League Premier: Southern.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Brantham Athletic are coming to town in three days.
St Albans City form and stats
St Albans City's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 2nd round qualifying replays.St Albans City go into this game after a win, the home game against Dartford that ended 1-0.
Before that, Albans secured a home win against Dover Athletic with the score 2-0.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. St Albans City have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats from five fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Weiss 4 goals | G. Rasulo 3 goals | D. Fage 2 goals |
Leiston missing players
St Albans City missing players
| Leiston | St Albans City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 23 | Scored | S | 20 | 34 | ||
| 33 | 14 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 28% | ||
| 1.2 | 0.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 9.8 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 150% | 144% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 31% | ||
| 3.1 | 2.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 8.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4 | ||
