Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hitchin Town & Welwyn Garden City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hitchin Town form and stats
Hitchin Town was eliminated in the 1st round qualifying last season in the FA Cup.Hitchin's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Royston Town.
Prior to that, an away loss at Mickleover Sports in the Non League Premier: Southern.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Hitchin Town friendly games in pre-season: Hitchin Town played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Hitchin Town scored {0 goals} and conceded 3 in these one game.
Welwyn Garden City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Romford in order to reach 1st round qualifying of FA Cup. Welwyn was sent out of FA Cup in the preliminary round last season.Home advantage was not enough for Welwyn Garden City in their previous game as they lost hosting Waltham Abbey, 1-4.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kidlington at their stadium, the result 2-0.Head 2 Head
Hitchin Town missing players
Welwyn Garden City missing players
| Hitchin Town | Welwyn Garden City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 9 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Scored | S | 29 | 40 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 17 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 24% | ||
| 1.7 | 0.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.5 | 0.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||
| 0.2 | 0.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.5 | 2.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1.5 | 0.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 0.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||
| 88% | 167% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 275% | 375% | ||
| 3.7 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
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