National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bideford or Bridgwater 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 Counties Leagues: Western League Premier.
Bideford form and stats
Last season, Bideford's FA Cup journey ended in the preliminary round.A nice win for Bideford last time playing, versus Mangotsfield United. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Bideford "killed" Mangotsfield United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
In the game before, an away victory in the Non League Div One: Southern South match versus Willand Rovers with a 2-1 scoreline.Bridgwater Town form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round qualifying.Bridgwater Town are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Barnstaple Town.
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Helston Athletic.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bridgwater Town manager as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Keynsham Town.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Bideford five wins, zero draws and Bridgwater Town two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Bideford missing players
Bridgwater Town missing players
| Bideford | Bridgwater Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 24 | 42 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 9.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||