National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Swindon Supermarine or Farnborough that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Swindon Supermarine form and stats
Action has already taken place for Swindon Supermarine in FA Cup as they have defeated Dorchester Town and Willand Rovers to reach the 3rd Round Qualifying. Swindon Supermarine was eliminated in the 1st round qualifying last season in the FA Cup.Supermarine lost their last game at Weston-super-Mare after a 1-3 scoreline.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Beaconsfield Town that ended 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Swindon Supermarine perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Swindon Supermarine as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Swindon Supermarine has won 7 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Swindon Supermarine, who have participated in five training matches. Swindon Supermarine have won 3 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.
Farnborough form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Hayes & Yeading United in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. Farnborough was sent out of FA Cup in the 2nd round qualifying replays last season.This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Chelmsford City with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
A loss against St Albans City was the result prior to that, in a Vanarama National League South home game.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Farnborough playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 7 Farnborough wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Farnborough are hosting Cove in the Hampshire Senior Cup only three days away.
It's a day of discovery for Farnborough 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 Farnborough have played five with the results W2-D2-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Farnborough has scored 11 goals and conceded 6 times.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Supermarine victories, zero draws and five Farnborough wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Lokko 2 goals | O. Rowe 1 goals | L. Ferdinand 1 goals |
Swindon Supermarine missing players
Farnborough missing players
| Swindon Supermarine | Farnborough | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 53 | 30 | Scored | S | 17 | 28 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 18 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 68% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.7 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 57% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 25% | ||
| 9.3 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.4 | ||
