Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Folkestone Invicta & Chichester City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Folkestone Invicta nor Chichester City 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.
Folkestone Invicta form and stats
Folkestone have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against North Greenford United. Folkestone Invicta was eliminated in the 4th round qualifying replays last season in the FA Cup.Folkestone Invicta's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-4 versus Cray Wanderers. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Preceding that fixture, a home win hosting North Greenford United in the FA Cup.
The manager Cugley will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Corinthian-Casuals in only three days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Folkestone, who have participated in four training matches. Folkestone Invicta have won 1 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 2 games.
Chichester City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Frimley Green, Leatherhead and Knaphill in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round qualifying.This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Fa Trophy home loss versus Faversham Town with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Before that, the FA Cup win away at Leatherhead.
Chichester City have another game away in just three nights, a Non League Div One: Isthmian South East game versus Littlehampton Town. A gruelling timetable for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
Folkestone Invicta missing players
Chichester City missing players
| Folkestone Invicta | Chichester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Scored | S | 14 | 26 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 64% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 40% | ||
| 2.2 | 1.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 0.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.5 | 4.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | ||
| 55% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | ||
| 5.8 | 3.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | ||
