National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Worthing or Eastbourne Borough 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 Worthing and Eastbourne Borough.
Worthing form and stats
Worthing have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Slough Town. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round qualifying replays.An away draw last time out for Worthing, facing Concord Rangers in a game that ended 1-1.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Hemel Hempstead Town that finished 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Worthing handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Worthing have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 1 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Worthing have scored 3 goals and conceded 1 time.
Eastbourne Borough form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Uxbridge in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round qualifying replays.There might be some fixture complaints from Eastbourne Borough as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against Dartford.
Prior to that result Eastbourne won their away game at Concord Rangers in the Vanarama National League South. The scoreline was 4-2.We have checked recent matches where Eastbourne Borough have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 5 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Eastbourne have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeats from three fixtures.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Worthing victory, one draw and zero Eastbourne Borough wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Pearce 4 goals | C. Kealy 4 goals |  J. Hammond 3 goals |
Worthing missing players
Eastbourne Borough missing players
| Worthing | Eastbourne Borough | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 46 | 19 | Scored | S | 15 | 41 | ||
| 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 17 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 70% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 11.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 36% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 35% | ||
| 7.4 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 11.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.7 | ||
