Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Buxton & Kettering Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Buxton form and stats
Buxton participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round qualifying.On the other hand, in the FA Cup, Buxton has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Buxton tasted defeat here at The Silverlands, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.
Buxton travelled for their previous game, a trip to Kettering Town that ended 2-2.
In the game before, an away victory in the Non League Premier: Northern match versus Basford United with a 3-1 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with Buxton perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Buxton as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Buxton has won five of these, drawn four and lost four.
Buxton 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 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Buxton scored 4 goals and let in 1 goal during these one game.
Kettering Town form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round qualifying.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the FA Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses both home and away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Kettering Town, as they have won on their previous two travels.
There were no winners in Kettering's previous match, a FA Cup home game that ended 2-2 vs Buxton. Drawing 2-2 against Buxton after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager P. Cox needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Chester in the Vanarama National League North.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kettering Town playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four Kettering Town wins, two draws and four defeats.
A new game in only four days for Kettering, the Vanarama National League North home match versus Southport. Busy days.
Kettering played five friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 4 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these five matches Kettering Town scored 13 and conceded 7 goals.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have fought previously this season: Kettering Town - Buxton 2-2.Top Goalscorers
  C. Powell 5 goals | D. Sheriff 1 goals | K. Perry 1 goals |
Buxton missing players
Kettering Town missing players
| Buxton | Kettering Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 65 | 33 | Scored | S | 28 | 45 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 21 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 91% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 72% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 85% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 5.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15.3 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12.4 | ||
| 7.1 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 35% | ||