National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bishop's Stortford or Bowers & Pitsea that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Bishop's Stortford saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. That game was an away game at Brightlingsea Regent, so at least Stortford are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Bishop's Stortford form and stats
Bishop's Stortford have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Lowestoft Town. Last season, Stortford's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round.A good away victory last time out for Bishop's Stortford, who won 4-1 against Brightlingsea Regent.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against AFC Hornchurch.Bishop's Stortford have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Stortford scored 5 goals and let in 7 goals during these three games.
Bowers & Pitsea form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Arlesey Town in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round qualifying.Bowers has drawn their two previous away games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Carshalton Athletic in their previous outing. The Non League Premier: Isthmian match ended in a draw 0-0.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Wingate & Finchley in the Non League Premier: Isthmian.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Stortford zero wins, two draws and Bowers & Pitsea one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Bishop's Stortford missing players
Bowers & Pitsea missing players
| Bishop's Stortford | Bowers & Pitsea | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 17 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 44 | 31 | Scored | S | 13 | 54 | ||
| 32 | 22 | Conceded | C | 12 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 78% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 3.1 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.2 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.9 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.3 | ||
| 49% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 93% | ||