National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Barwell or Kettering Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Vanarama National League North. That game was also an away game, at Leamington. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Barwell form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Barwell, as the manager Hadland led his troops to eliminate Highgate United, and reach the 2nd Round Qualifying. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round qualifying.The spoils were shared in Barwell's previous game, also at home. Visiting Kings Langley travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Before that one, a strong away win at Highgate United. A FA Cup match.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Barwell, who have participated in three training matches. Barwell have won 3 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Kettering Town form and stats
Kettering Town's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 4th round qualifying replays.There might be some fixture complaints from Kettering Town as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Leamington.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Buxton.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Kettering have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous four meetings between these two squads are: two wins for Barwell, zero draws and two wins for Kettering Town. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Oluwabori 4 goals | S. Bennett 2 goals | J. Graham 1 goals |
Barwell missing players
Kettering Town missing players
| Barwell | Kettering Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 41 | 24 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 68% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 28% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.9 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 45% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 27% | ||
| 13.1 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 10.7 | ||
| 6.4 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4 | ||
