Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cirencester Town & Merthyr 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.
Cirencester Town form and stats
Last season, Cirencester Town's FA Cup journey ended in the 3rd round qualifying.The Cirencester Town coach Hughes and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Merthyr Town in the FA Cup.
Before that one, a strong away victory at Basingstoke Town. A Fa Trophy match.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Paulton Rovers are coming to town in four days.
Merthyr Town form and stats
Merthyr Town's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 1st round qualifying replays.Merthyr delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Cirencester Town in their previous game; a FA Cup fixture.
Prior to that result Merthyr Town won their away game at Salisbury in the Non League Premier: Southern South. The scoreline was 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Merthyr Town in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Merthyr, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
Merthyr Town have another match away in just four nights, a Non League Premier: Southern South fixture vs Chesham United. A difficult calendar for the guests!
Head 2 Head
Merthyr Town - Cirencester Town 1-1 was the scoreline in these teams' last head to head match, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Cirencester Town victories, three draws and four Merthyr Town wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Cirencester Town missing players
Merthyr Town missing players
| Cirencester Town | Merthyr Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 42 | 16 | Scored | S | 17 | 36 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Conceded | C | 27 | 47 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 6.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 7 | 12 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.5 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 27% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 48% | ||
| 17 | 22 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 8.9 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 4.1 | ||
