National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bedford Town or Gorleston that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Bedford Town form and stats
Action has already taken place for Bedford in FA Cup as they have defeated Waltham Forest and Mulbarton Wanderers to reach the 2nd Round Qualifying. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round qualifying replays.Bedford Town are returning here after guesting Aylesbury United in a Fa Trophy fixture and winning with a 3-2 scoreline.
Before that game, a nice away win at Waltham Forest. A FA Cup game.
Bedford 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, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Bedford Town scored {1 goals} and let in {4 goals} during these one game.
Gorleston form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Woodbridge Town, Heacham and Heybridge Swifts in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. Gorleston was sent out of FA Cup in the preliminary round last season.Two away games in a row for Gorleston, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 against Bowers & Pitsea in the Fa Trophy.
Ahead of that, the FA Cup victory away at Heybridge Swifts.
Head 2 Head
Bedford Town missing players
Gorleston missing players
| Bedford Town | Gorleston | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Scored | S | 22 | 47 | ||
| 44 | 24 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 0.8 | 0.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||
| 0.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1.4 | 0.7 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||
| 193% | 200% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 314% | 629% | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 1.9 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.1 | 0.5 | ||
