National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Epsom & Ewell FC or Metropolitan Police FC that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are full days for the team playing at home, as they played only three days ago in the Counties Leagues: Combined Counties Premier South. Thankfully the previous game, versus Redhill, was also a home game here at High Road. The away team is better rested.
Epsom & Ewell FC form and stats
Epsom was eliminated in the preliminary round replays last season in the FA Cup.The Epsom & Ewell FC followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at High Road: A 1-3 defeat against Redhill.
Heartbreak before that as Epsom & Ewell FC lost 1-2 at Fleet Town's place.Metropolitan Police FC form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round qualifying.Home advantage was not enough for Metropolitan Police FC in their previous game as they lost hosting Mole Valley SCR, 0-4. Metropolitan lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Ahead of that, the Surrey Senior Cup victory away at Virginia Water.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Metropolitan Police FC have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Epsom & Ewell FC missing players
Metropolitan Police FC missing players
| Epsom & Ewell FC | Metropolitan Police FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 50 | 23 | Conceded | C | 12 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 76% | ||
| 90% | 89% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 48% | ||
| 50% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 25% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 12% | ||
| 80% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 48% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.8 | 1.2 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 200% | 97% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.8 | ||
