National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gillingham or Exeter City 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 Gillingham and Exeter City.
Gillingham form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Gillingham, as the manager S. Evans led his troops to eliminate Woking, and reach the 2nd Round. Gillingham was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the FA Cup.Gillingham's struggle is real here with only 7 points collected from 7 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4.
Gillingham's last game was hosting AFC Wimbledon and winning 2-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Charlton Athletic that ended 1-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gillingham have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost one.
There will be little rest for Gillingham after this match as they are travelling to Bristol Rovers for a League One game in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Gillingham here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). 10 goals have been conceded.
Exeter City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Fylde in order to reach 2nd Round of FA Cup. Exeter City was sent out of FA Cup in the 2nd round replays last season.1 win, 6 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Exeter City playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Exeter City are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
The supporters enjoyed Exeter City's previous game versus Colchester United, a League Two 6-1 win played at home. A loss against Oldham Athletic was the result prior to that, in a League Two home game.
As mentioned above, Exeter was the only team on the pitch versus Colchester United in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Ryan Bowman's lethal finishing against Colchester United. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
We have checked recent matches where Exeter City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were zero victories, one draw and two defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Exeter manager M. Taylor as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Grimsby Town.
Exeter are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. Exeter have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Gillingham two wins, one draw and Exeter City two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Randall 6 goals | M. Jay 6 goals |   J. Graham 5 goals |
Gillingham missing players
Exeter City missing players
| Gillingham | Exeter City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 27 | 19 | Scored | S | 18 | 46 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 239 | 146 | Total Shots | T S | 127 | 278 | ||
| 77 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 99 | ||
| 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hull City | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 2 | Peterborough United | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Lincoln City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Fleetwood Town | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 14 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes Dons | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 18 | Swindon Town | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 19 | Oxford United | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 12 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Cambridge United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Colchester United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Walsall | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Barrow | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 12 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Southend United | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |