National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Grantham Town or Spalding United 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 Grantham and Spalding United.
Grantham Town form and stats
A nice win for Grantham Town last time playing, versus Consett AFC. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0.
Preceding that match was the home Non League Div One: Northern East game against Carlton Town that was lost 0-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Grantham as they are travelling to their away game against Stocksbridge Park Steels in the Non League Div One: Northern East. That match is four days after this one.
Spalding United form and stats
Spalding United won their last game, 3-1 versus Harborough Town played at home.
A 0-1 defeat away at Corby Town before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Spalding United manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Boldmere St Michaels.
Head 2 Head
Grantham Town have avoided a loss in the last 5 games (3-2-0) facing Spalding United.Grantham Town missing players
Spalding United missing players
| Grantham Town | Spalding United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 25 | 17 | Scored | S | 21 | 43 | ||
| 32 | 19 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | ||
| 84% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 19% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 73% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 56% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 2.2 | 1.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.8 | 1 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1.4 | 0.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||
| 50% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 1100% | 1500% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 1.8 | 1 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||
