National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Halesowen Town or Rugby Borough that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Rugby Borough played their last game only three days ago, a Counties Leagues: United Counties League Premier South match.
Halesowen Town form and stats
Halesowen was eliminated in the preliminary round last season in the FA Cup.An away draw last time out for Halesowen Town, facing AFC Telford United in a game that ended 0-0.
Previous to that game, a Non League Premier: Southern home match hosting Long Eaton United FC in a game that was won 5-0.Halesowen Town have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 0 victories, 1 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Halesowen Town have scored {1 goals} and conceded 9 times.
Rugby Borough form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Walsall Wood and Tividale in order to reach 1st round qualifying of FA Cup.Borough failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Oadby Town that ended with defeat 1-5. Rugby Borough lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
Previously, the FA Cup win away at Walsall Wood.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rugby Borough manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Easington Sports.
Head 2 Head
Halesowen Town missing players
Rugby Borough missing players
| Halesowen Town | Rugby Borough | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 39 | 24 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | ||
| 34 | 24 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | ||
| 80% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 86% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 86% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 57% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 43% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 14% | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.2 | 0.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 238% | 177% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 1.4 | 1.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
