National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's East Thurrock United or Biggleswade Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
East Thurrock United form and stats
Action has already taken place for Thurrock in FA Cup as they have defeated Biggleswade and FC Clacton to reach the 2nd Round Qualifying. East Thurrock United was eliminated in the 3rd round qualifying last season in the FA Cup.East Thurrock United's previous match was a Fa Trophy game also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Mole Valley SCR. The home side hope to to repeat that performance.
Before that game, a home victory against Biggleswade in the FA Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Thurrock have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 5.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for East Thurrock United, as the Non League Div One: Isthmian North home game vs Brentwood Town is only three days away.
Biggleswade Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Dereham Town and Whitton United in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. Biggleswade Town was sent out of FA Cup in the 1st round qualifying last season.Two away matches in a row for Biggleswade, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs Shepshed Dynamo in the Fa Trophy.
Ahead of that, the FA Cup victory away at Dereham Town. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Biggleswade Town in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Biggleswade Town, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Head 2 Head
East Thurrock United missing players
Biggleswade Town missing players
| East Thurrock United | Biggleswade Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 11 | 13 | ||
| 29 | 19 | Scored | S | 9 | 24 | ||
| 48 | 20 | Conceded | C | 29 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 60% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 48% | ||
| 2.4 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 6.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 41% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 31% | ||
| 8.6 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 13.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.5 | ||
