National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Basford United or Boston 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 Basford and Boston United.
Basford United form and stats
Action has already taken place for Basford United in FA Cup as they have defeated Rugby Town and Romulus to reach the 3rd Round Qualifying. Basford participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round qualifying.A nice win for Basford United last time playing, versus Stourbridge. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1.
Before that, Basford United played out a Non League Premier: Southern draw 1-1 when visiting Bromsgrove Sporting.It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Basford United, who have participated in one training match. Basford have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Boston United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lichfield City in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. Boston United's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 4th round qualifying replays.Boston United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Farsley Celtic.
Prior to that result Boston won their away game at AFC Telford United in the Vanarama National League North. The scoreline was 2-1.Boston United played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In these three matches Boston United scored 4 and conceded 5 goals.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Pollock 5 goals |  J. Crawford 5 goals | J. Wright 1 goals |
Basford United missing players
Boston United missing players
| Basford United | Boston United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Scored | S | 25 | 39 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 14 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 12% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 6.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8.1 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 26% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | ||
| 12.9 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.5 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
