National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ebbsfleet United or Dartford that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Ebbsfleet United nor Dartford as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ebbsfleet United form and stats
The Ebbsfleet United supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Weymouth and win 4-1.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Dartford (0-4).There will be little rest for Ebbsfleet United after this match as they are travelling to Dover Athletic for a Vanarama National League South game in only four days.
Ebbsfleet United have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Ebbsfleet scored {2 goals-1} and let in {2 goals-2} during these one game.
Dartford form and stats
Dartford play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Cheshunt.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Ebbsfleet United in the Vanarama National League South.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hemel Hempstead Town in just four days.
Dartford played five friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats. In these five matches Dartford scored 5 and conceded {10 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these squads: Ebbsfleet won three, Dartford triumphed in four and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Poleon 17 goals |   S. Carruthers 9 goals |  R. Bingham 8 goals |
Ebbsfleet United missing players
Dartford missing players
| Ebbsfleet United | Dartford | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 47 | 33 | Scored | S | 23 | 52 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.4 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8.6 | ||
| 6 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 48% | ||
| 6.9 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
