National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Eastbourne Borough or Horsham that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Eastbourne nor Horsham as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Eastbourne Borough form and stats
Last season, Eastbourne's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round.Eastbourne manager D. Bloor and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Horsham in the FA Cup.
Before that game, the 6-0 home victory against Braintree Town.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Eastbourne as they are travelling to their away game against Maidstone United in the Vanarama National League South. That match is four days after this one.
Eastbourne have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Eastbourne Borough scored 9 goals and let in 10 goals during these four games.
Horsham form and stats
Horsham was sent out of FA Cup in the 2nd round qualifying last season.Total FA Cup statistics for Horsham: 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Horsham are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Horsham's last game was the home draw against Eastbourne Borough (2-2).
A 0-1 defeat away at Bowers & Pitsea before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Potters Bar Town in just four days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Horsham have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from three fixtures.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved played each other previously this match year: Horsham - Eastbourne Borough 2-2.Top Goalscorers
  J. Oyinsan 4 goals | J. Hammond 3 goals | C. Walker 3 goals |
Eastbourne Borough missing players
Horsham missing players
| Eastbourne Borough | Horsham | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 52 | 29 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | ||
| 47 | 26 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 80% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.7 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.9 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3 | ||
| 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 51% | ||