National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Oxford City or Scarborough Athletic that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Oxford City and Scarborough Athletic.
Oxford City form and stats
Last season, Oxford City's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round.3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Oxford City have to build on here at Court Place Farm in the Vanarama National League.
The Oxford coach Jenkins and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Scarborough Athletic in the FA Cup.
Previous to that game, a Vanarama National League home match hosting Fylde in a game that was won 3-0.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Oxford City matches with similar probabilities have ended with 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 9 games).
Oxford are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League match at Bromley awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Oxford City in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. On the other hand, Oxford City have conceded 11 goals.
Scarborough Athletic form and stats
Scarborough delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Oxford City in their previous match; a FA Cup fixture.
Preceding that, 1-1 away against Middlesbrough CC in the North Riding Senior Cup. As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Scarborough Athletic playing away, we found 8 games. Results were 2 away wins, 2 draws and 4 home wins.
A new game in only four days for Scarborough, the Vanarama National League North home match versus Buxton. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have battled previously this season: Scarborough Athletic - Oxford City 2-2.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Parker 6 goals |  O. Sanderson 5 goals |   F. Mulhern 4 goals |
Oxford City missing players
Scarborough Athletic missing players
| Oxford City | Scarborough Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Scored | S | 18 | 35 | ||
| 41 | 16 | Conceded | C | 22 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 12.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 42% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 27% | ||
| 10.1 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chesterfield | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 38 |
| 2 | Barnet | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 35 |
| 3 | Solihull Moors | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Altrincham | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Bromley | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Gateshead | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 25 |
| 7 | Hartlepool United | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 | Halifax Town | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Aldershot Town | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | Rochdale | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Eastleigh | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Woking | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 14 | Dorking Wanderers | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 15 | Wealdstone | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 16 |
| 16 | Ebbsfleet United | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -7 | 16 |
| 17 | York City | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Boreham Wood | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
| 19 | Southend United | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 14 |
| 20 | Oxford City | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 14 |
| 21 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 13 |
| 22 | Maidenhead United | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 23 | Kidderminster Harriers | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 13 |
| 24 | Fylde | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 9 |
