Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Carshalton Athletic & Ebbsfleet United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
This ground has artifical turf, which is not Ebbsfleet United's familiar surface at their own stadium. When playing on artifical turf Ebbsfleet United have performed like this: Played three matches yielding 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat with the goal difference 4-1 (scored/conceded).
Carshalton Athletic form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Carshalton, as the manager P. Adeniyi led his troops to eliminate Kennington, and reach the 2nd Round Qualifying. Carshalton was eliminated in the 2nd round qualifying last season in the FA Cup.A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Carshalton, who played 0-0 against Bowers & Pitsea. That match was also played at this venue (War Memorial Sports Ground).
Prior to that, an away loss at Bognor Regis Town in the Non League Premier: Isthmian.Carshalton Athletic have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Carshalton scored 4 goals and let in 4 goals during these two games.
Ebbsfleet United form and stats
Ebbsfleet was sent out of FA Cup in the 3rd round qualifying last season.There might be some fixture complaints from Ebbsfleet United as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Vanarama National League South match against Hampton & Richmond (0-3).
The game before that, in the Vanarama National League South, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Havant & Waterlooville.It's a day of discovery for Ebbsfleet as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Ebbsfleet United have played four with the results W2-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Ebbsfleet United has scored 14 goals and conceded 9 times.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Poleon 4 goals |  A. Mekki 2 goals | J. Martin 1 goals |
Carshalton Athletic missing players
Ebbsfleet United missing players
| Carshalton Athletic | Ebbsfleet United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 48 | 34 | Scored | S | 28 | 43 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 28 | 40 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 3.5 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 12 | ||
| 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 66% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 28% | ||