National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Daventry Town or Kettering Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Daventry Town nor Kettering Town 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.
Daventry Town form and stats
Daventry Town's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Halesowen Town.
A Non League Div One: Northern Midlands defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Stamford.There will be little rest for Daventry after this match as they are travelling to Chasetown for a Non League Div One: Northern Midlands game in only four days.
Daventry Town 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; Daventry Town scored {2 goals-1} and let in {2 goals-2} during these one game.
Kettering Town form and stats
Kettering Town play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-5 to Scarborough Athletic. Kettering lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
A defeat, in the FA Cup away at King's Lynn Town, before that.
A new game in only four days for Kettering Town, the Vanarama National League North home match versus Spennymoor Town. Busy days.
It's a day of discovery for Kettering Town as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Kettering Town have played two with the results W0-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Kettering Town has scored {2 goals} and conceded 3 times.
Head 2 Head
Kettering Town have won every one of the 4 latest matches against this side. Can they do it again?Top Goalscorers
  A. Oluwabori 4 goals | S. Bennett 2 goals | D. Sheriff 1 goals |
Daventry Town missing players
Kettering Town missing players
| Daventry Town | Kettering Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Scored | S | 14 | 26 | ||
| 53 | 27 | Conceded | C | 24 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 22% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | ||
| 11.2 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 4.7 | ||
