National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's AFC Bournemouth or Crawley Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Championship match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Derby County.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
Last season, Bournemouth's FA Cup journey ended in the 4th round.24 points is a decent return from 12 Championship games here at Vitality Stadium for AFC Bournemouth. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.
D. Solanke was the last player to score a league goal for Bournemouth and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as AFC Bournemouth haven't scored in 225 minutes.
AFC Bournemouth lost their last game at Derby County after a 0-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was a Championship defeat to Luton Town (0-1).
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Bournemouth home games with this odds we find three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
Bournemouth have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vitality Stadium with 21 goals in 12 league matches. AFC Bournemouth are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vitality Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Crawley Town form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Crawley Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the FA Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Crawley Town have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Crawley are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the FA Cup against Leeds United. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Bolton Wanderers.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Crawley Town played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
A quick return to home after this game, as Crawley Town are hosting Walsall in the League Two only three days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Crawley have scored 15 goals in 12 league games away. As opposed to that, Crawley Town have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Bournemouth won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Crawley Town has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zeroTop Goalscorers
  M. Watters 13 goals |   D. Solanke 10 goals |  J. Stanislas 7 goals |
AFC Bournemouth missing players
Crawley Town missing players
| AFC Bournemouth | Crawley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Scored | S | 23 | 47 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 21 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 12.6 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 50 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | Watford | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | Reading | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 43 |
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 42 |
| 6 | Brentford | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 41 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 37 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 36 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 36 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 34 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 33 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -6 | 31 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| 16 | Millwall | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 26 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -11 | 26 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 26 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 25 |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 21 | Derby County | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -10 | 22 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -19 | 15 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cambridge United | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 41 |
| 2 | Newport County | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 40 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 39 |
| 5 | Salford City | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 37 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 7 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 36 |
| 8 | Morecambe | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 35 |
| 9 | Crawley Town | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 33 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 32 |
| 12 | Walsall | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 17 | -3 | 32 |
| 13 | Colchester United | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 30 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| 15 | Port Vale | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | -1 | 29 |
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 19 | -5 | 29 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 28 |
| 18 | Harrogate Town | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 20 | Barrow | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 16 | -12 | 23 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -21 | 21 |
| 24 | Southend United | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -20 | 20 |