National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Welling United or Sittingbourne that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Welling United nor Sittingbourne 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.
Welling United form and stats
Welling's previous fixture was a Fa Trophy game also played at their home, finishing 3-2 versus Havant & Waterlooville. The home side hope to to repeat that performance.
A 1-1 draw away in the Vanarama National League South before that, with Concord Rangers the opponent.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Vanarama National League South game versus Weymouth in only four days. This game is also played here at Park View Road.
Welling 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 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Welling United scored {2 goals} and let in {0 goals} during these one game.
Sittingbourne form and stats
Sittingbourne are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Sevenoaks Town.
A loss, in the Alan Turvey Trophy away at Chatham Town, earlier.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sittingbourne are hosting Lancing in the Non League Div One: Isthmian South East only four days away.
Sittingbourne played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these three matches Sittingbourne scored 7 and conceded {3 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Welling United missing players
Sittingbourne missing players
| Welling United | Sittingbourne | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 29 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 32% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.9 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | ||
| 12.5 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 8.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | ||
