Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Chelmsford City & Enfield Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Chelmsford City form and stats
Chelmsford City have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Little Oakley. Chelmsford was eliminated in the 2nd round qualifying last season in the FA Cup.The Chelmsford fans got no joy from their last match, a Vanarama National League South game also here: A 0-2 defeat against Dulwich Hamlet.
Ahead of that match, Chelmsford City won a home game hosting Little Oakley (2-1).With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Chelmsford friendly games in pre-season: Chelmsford City played four friendlies, won 1, drew 2 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Chelmsford City scored 7 goals and conceded 6 in these four games.
Enfield Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Dereham Town and Hadley in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round qualifying.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the FA Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Enfield Town have lost on their last two travels.
Enfield lost away at Margate (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hadley at their stadium, the result 2-1.A new game in only three days for Enfield, the Non League Premier: Isthmian home match versus Kingstonian. Busy days.
Just as the home team, Enfield Town have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Enfield wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Sheringham 4 goals |  S. Jackson 2 goals |  A. Morgan 1 goals |
Chelmsford City missing players
Enfield Town missing players
| Chelmsford City | Enfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 44 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Conceded | C | 24 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 12% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 37% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 120% | 74% | ||