National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Darlaston Town or Sporting Khalsa that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Darlaston and Sporting Khalsa.
Darlaston Town form and stats
Darlaston Town was eliminated in the extra preliminary round last season in the FA Cup.The Darlaston Town manager and his crew return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Sporting Khalsa in the FA Cup.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Counties Leagues: Midland League Premier home game that ended 2-2 versus Congleton Town FC.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Darlaston as they are travelling to their away game against Whitchurch Alport in the Counties Leagues: Midland League Premier. That match is three days after this one.
Sporting Khalsa form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the preliminary round.Sporting Khalsa delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Darlaston Town in their previous game; a FA Cup fixture.
Prior to that match, the Sporting Khalsa manager Rowe faced defeat when travelling to Boldmere St Michaels and losing 0-1.A new game in only three days for Khalsa, the Fa Trophy home match versus Grimsby Borough. Busy days.
It's a day of discovery for Sporting Khalsa 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 Sporting Khalsa have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Sporting Khalsa has scored {0 goals} and conceded 3 times.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Sporting Khalsa - Darlaston Town 2-2.
Darlaston Town missing players
Sporting Khalsa missing players
| Darlaston Town | Sporting Khalsa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 9 | ||
| 51 | 34 | Scored | S | 16 | 52 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1 | 0.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 375% | 1225% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0.9 | 0.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||
