National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Banbury United or Coalville Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
Banbury United form and stats
Last season, Banbury United's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 1st round.Banbury United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-5 away versus Fylde. Banbury United were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that game, the home loss against Brackley Town with the scoreline 0-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Banbury have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
The manager Whing will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hereford in only four days.
Banbury United have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Banbury United scored {1 goals} and let in {2 goals} during these two games.
Coalville Town form and stats
They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 3rd round qualifying.Coalville Town go into this game after a win, the home game against Tamworth that ended 1-0.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Basford United at their stadium, the result 2-0.Just as the home team, Coalville Town have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Coalville win, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the last seven meetings featuring these two contenders are: two wins for Banbury United, four draws and one win for Coalville Town. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Rasulo 9 goals | J. Stevens 5 goals | A. Babos 3 goals |
Banbury United missing players
Coalville Town missing players
| Banbury United | Coalville Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 39 | 24 | Scored | S | 27 | 55 | ||
| 33 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 13.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 6.2 | ||
| 32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 37% | ||
| 9.1 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.4 | 11.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.2 | ||
