Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Needham Market & Peterborough Sports 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 Needham Market nor Peterborough Sports 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.
Needham Market form and stats
Last season, Needham's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round.The Needham Market coach Horlock and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Peterborough Sports in the FA Cup.
Ahead of that match, Needham Market won a home game hosting St Ives Town (6-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Needham Market handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Needham as they are travelling to their away game against Long Melford in the Suffolk FA Premier Cup. That match is one day after this one.
Peterborough Sports form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 4th round qualifying.Peterborough Sports delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Needham Market in their previous game; a FA Cup fixture.
Preceding that, the 2-4 home loss versus South Shields.Peterborough are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Peterborough Sports manager Steele as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Chester.
It's a day of discovery for Peterborough Sports as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Peterborough Sports have played two with the results W1-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Peterborough Sports has scored {2 goals} and conceded 3 times.
Head 2 Head
Peterborough Sports have not lost in the last 4 matches (1-3-0) against Needham.Peterborough Sports - Needham Market 0-0 was the product when this pair of contenders formerly played each other, also in this season.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Lawler 2 goals | B. Fowkes 2 goals | J. Nicholson 1 goals |
Needham Market missing players
Peterborough Sports missing players
| Needham Market | Peterborough Sports | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 42 | 27 | Scored | S | 16 | 21 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 52% | ||
| 2.1 | 1.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.7 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 79% | 93% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 35% | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 8.6 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
