National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Horsham or Eastbourne Borough that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Horsham form and stats
Action has already taken place for Horsham in FA Cup as they have defeated Kingstonian and Haywards Heath Town to reach the 3rd Round Qualifying. Horsham was eliminated in the 2nd round qualifying last season in the FA Cup.On the other hand, in the FA Cup, Horsham has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Horsham are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Bowers & Pitsea.
Previous to that game, a FA Cup home match hosting Kingstonian in a game that was won 1-0.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Horsham friendly games in pre-season: Horsham played three friendlies, won 2, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Horsham scored 3 goals and conceded 6 in these three games.
Eastbourne Borough form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Hanwell Town in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. Eastbourne was sent out of FA Cup in the 1st round last season.The supporters enjoyed Eastbourne's previous game versus Braintree Town, a Vanarama National League South 6-0 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Eastbourne was very dominant against Braintree Town, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with J. Hammond, C. Walker, J. Oyinsan, D. Hutchinson (2) and C. Whelpdale providing the goals.
Preceding that game was the away FA Cup victory against Hanwell Town with the score of 2-0.Just as the home team, Eastbourne have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Eastbourne Borough win, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Oyinsan 4 goals | J. Hammond 3 goals | C. Walker 3 goals |
Horsham missing players
Eastbourne Borough missing players
| Horsham | Eastbourne Borough | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Scored | S | 23 | 52 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 21 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 80% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6.7 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 52% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | ||