National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hartley Wintney or Bath 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 Hartley and Bath City.
Hartley Wintney form and stats
Last season, Hartley Wintney's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round qualifying.The Hartley Wintney boss Millerick and his side return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Bath City in the FA Cup.
Before that, a strong away win at Roman Glass St George. A FA Cup match.
Hartley Wintney have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Hartley Wintney scored 0 goals and let in 0 goals during these one game.
Bath City form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round qualifying.Bath delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Hartley Wintney in their previous game; a FA Cup duel.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Weymouth.The schedule is very tough for Bath City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Vanarama National League South game at Oxford City is waiting in only four days.
It's a day of discovery for Bath City as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Bath City have played three with the results W1-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Bath City has scored 4 goals and conceded 4 times.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two sides meet this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Bath City - Hartley 2-2.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Cooke 7 goals |  A. Fletcher 5 goals | T. Smith 1 goals |
Hartley Wintney missing players
Bath City missing players
| Hartley Wintney | Bath City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Scored | S | 16 | 39 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 24% | ||
| 2.5 | 0.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4.1 | 2.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 52% | 125% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 32% | ||
| 5.3 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 10.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
