Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Bury Town & Waltham Abbey face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Bury have less rest than Waltham Abbey in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Non League Div One: Isthmian North game only four days ago. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Waltham Abbey have had more rest.
Bury Town form and stats
Bury Town have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Brightlingsea Regent and Cogenhoe United. Bury participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the preliminary round.A nice win for Bury last time playing, versus Witham Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-0.
As mentioned above, Bury "killed" Witham Town in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Bury have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Bury Town have scored 1 goal and conceded 3 times.
Waltham Abbey form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Harlow Town and Woodford Town in order to reach 2nd Round Qualifying of FA Cup. Waltham's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 1st round qualifying replays.Waltham are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Fa Trophy against Staines Town. Prior to that result Waltham Abbey won their away game at Harlow Town in the FA Cup. The scoreline was 1-0.
A new game in only three days for Waltham, the Non League Div One: Isthmian South home match versus Marlow. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Bury Town wins - draws - Waltham Abbey wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Bury Town missing players
Waltham Abbey missing players
| Bury Town | Waltham Abbey | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 38 | 23 | Scored | S | 16 | 51 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 61 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 55 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 26 | ||
| 64% | 69% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 23% | ||