National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bromsgrove Sporting or Grimsby Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Bromsgrove saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. This match was also played here at The Victoria Ground. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Grimsby Town have had more rest.
Bromsgrove Sporting form and stats
Bromsgrove have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Welwyn Garden City, Worksop Town and Loughborough University. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round qualifying.3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the FA Cup for Bromsgrove Sporting.
Bromsgrove's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Banbury United.
Prior to that, an away loss at Lowestoft Town in the Non League Premier: Southern Central.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bromsgrove as they are travelling to their away game against Rushall Olympic in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. That match is three days after this one.
Grimsby Town form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Grimsby, as they have won on their previous two travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Grimsby Town, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Woking in the Vanarama National League last time out.
Preceding that game was the away Vanarama National League victory against Altrincham with the score of 3-2.The travelling fans enjoy Grimsby's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. Grimsby have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. McAtee 5 goals | R. Taylor 5 goals | L. Waterfall 3 goals |
Bromsgrove Sporting missing players
Grimsby Town missing players
| Bromsgrove Sporting | Grimsby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Scored | S | 21 | 40 | ||
| 37 | 18 | Conceded | C | 20 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 58% | 88% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Boreham Wood | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Halifax Town | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Chesterfield | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | Bromley | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 6 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 7 | Altrincham | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | Solihull Moors | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Notts County | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | Stockport County | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Woking | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 12 | Wrexham | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 13 | Eastleigh | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 14 | Yeovil Town | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 15 | Torquay United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Wealdstone | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Barnet | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 18 | Maidenhead United | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 19 | King's Lynn Town | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 20 | Southend United | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 8 |
| 21 | Weymouth | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 8 |
| 22 | Aldershot Town | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 23 | Dover Athletic | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -16 | -9 |
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