National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Aylesbury United or Ebbsfleet United that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Aylesbury United form and stats
Action has already taken place for Aylesbury in FA Cup as they have defeated Bishop's Cleeve, Fairford Town FC, Willand Rovers and Brimscombe & Thrupp to reach the 3rd Round Qualifying. Last season, Aylesbury's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round qualifying.4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the FA Cup for Aylesbury United.
Aylesbury's previous game was a Non League Div One: Southern Central match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Colney Heath. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Bishop's Cleeve.Aylesbury United have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Aylesbury have scored 1 goal and conceded 3 times.
Ebbsfleet United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Carshalton Athletic in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. Ebbsfleet was sent out of FA Cup in the 3rd round qualifying last season.Two travels in a row for Ebbsfleet, whose manager D. Kutrieb could celebrate last time after the Vanarama National League South win against Chippenham Town. A bizarre fixture with an abundance of goals last time out for Ebbsfleet, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that fixture, will this fixture be as refreshing?
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Carshalton Athletic.It's a day of discovery for Ebbsfleet United 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 Ebbsfleet United have played four with the results W2-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Ebbsfleet United has scored 14 goals and conceded 9 times.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Poleon 7 goals |  A. Mekki 2 goals | J. Martin 1 goals |
Aylesbury United missing players
Ebbsfleet United missing players
| Aylesbury United | Ebbsfleet United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 17 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 64 | 43 | Scored | S | 32 | 47 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Conceded | C | 29 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 65% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 35% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 72% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6.4 | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 13.1 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.9 | ||
| 7.1 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 52% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 30% | ||