Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cray Valley (PM) & Aveley face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Cray Valley (PM) form and stats
Cray Valley (PM) have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating VCD Athletic, Harrow Borough and Burgess Hill Town. Valley participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the preliminary round.On the other hand, in the FA Cup, Cray Valley (PM) has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. After failing to beat Herne Bay here at DGS Marine Stadium, Valley has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of eight straight victories regardless of arena.
Before that, Valley had a FA Cup home game versus Burgess Hill Town which ended with a victory 3-1.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Valley played a great game against Harrow Borough and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Valley as they are travelling to their away game against Whyteleafe in the Fa Trophy. That match is four days after this one.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Cray Valley (PM) friendly games in pre-season: Cray Valley (PM) played one friendly, won 0, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Valley scored 2 goals and conceded 2 in these one game.
Aveley form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lowestoft Town, Harpenden Town and Brantham Athletic in order to reach 3rd Round Qualifying of FA Cup. They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the preliminary round.When we have look at the FA Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
Aveley's previous game was their home loss versus Brentwood Town (0-1).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Aveley manager K. Rowland as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Hanwell Town.
Just as the home team, Aveley have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Aveley win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Cray Valley (PM) missing players
Aveley missing players
| Cray Valley (PM) | Aveley | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 12 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 59 | 41 | Scored | S | 29 | 60 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 22 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 107 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 46 | ||
| 71% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | ||