National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Banbury United or Stowmarket Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Banbury United form and stats
Last season, Banbury United's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 1st round.Banbury United enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Buxton's place. The match ended 4-0 with Babos, Williams and Rasulo (2) scoring. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Banbury United played a great game against Buxton and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
In the match before that, Banbury hosted Chester and drew the Vanarama National League North game 2-2.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Banbury United, as the Vanarama National League North home game vs Bradford Park Avenue is only three days away.
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.
Stowmarket Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Bury Town, Grays Athletic, Chatham Town and Mickleover Sports in order to reach 2nd round of Fa Trophy. Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 1st round qualifying.The regulars enjoyed Stowmarket Town's previous fixture versus Brentwood Town, a 1-0 win played at home.
Before that, Stowmarket secured a home win against Witham Town with the score 2-0.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Rasulo 7 goals | J. Stevens 4 goals | A. Babos 2 goals |
Banbury United missing players
Stowmarket Town missing players
| Banbury United | Stowmarket Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 39 | 19 | Scored | S | 24 | 43 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 8% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.3 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 9.3 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.5 | ||
