National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Folkestone Invicta or Eastleigh 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 Folkestone and Eastleigh.
Folkestone Invicta form and stats
Folkestone was eliminated in the 2nd round qualifying last season in the FA Cup.On the other hand, in the FA Cup, Folkestone Invicta has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Folkestone Invicta has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Leatherhead defeat 367 days ago.
Folkestone drew their last game, 3-3 away at Eastleigh. Opportunity lost for Folkestone in the Eastleigh match as a lead 3-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. A goal frenzy last time out for Folkestone, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Eastleigh. Fun stuff to watch!
Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Brightlingsea Regent.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Non League Premier: Isthmian game versus Kingstonian in only four days. This game is also played here at The Fullicks Stadium.
Eastleigh form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.Playing away, Eastleigh have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Vanarama National League this season.
Eastleigh played 3-3 against Folkestone Invicta in their previous match. As you can tell from the result, the match against Folkestone Invicta was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wealdstone at their stadium, the result 2-1.After this away game Eastleigh return home for a Vanarama National League game against Altrincham. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Eastleigh as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Eastleigh have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The participants have played each other before in this season, with the match result Eastleigh - Folkestone 3-3 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Folkestone zero wins, one draw and Eastleigh one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. House 4 goals |  H. Pritchard 3 goals | T. Whelan 2 goals |
Folkestone Invicta missing players
Eastleigh missing players
| Folkestone Invicta | Eastleigh | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 52 | 29 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 22 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 3.2 | 2.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | ||
| 49% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Boreham Wood | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Halifax Town | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Chesterfield | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | Bromley | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 6 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 7 | Altrincham | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | Solihull Moors | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Notts County | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | Stockport County | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Woking | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 12 | Wrexham | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 13 | Eastleigh | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 14 | Yeovil Town | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 15 | Torquay United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Wealdstone | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Barnet | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 18 | Maidenhead United | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 19 | King's Lynn Town | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 20 | Southend United | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 8 |
| 21 | Weymouth | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 8 |
| 22 | Aldershot Town | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 23 | Dover Athletic | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -16 | -9 |