Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Horsham & Kingstonian face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Horsham nor Kingstonian as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Horsham form and stats
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): 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Horsham drew their last game, 1-1 away at Kingstonian.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Non League Premier: Isthmian home game that ended 1-1 versus Bognor Regis Town.The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bowers & Pitsea in only four days.
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.
Kingstonian form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round qualifying.When we have look at the FA Cup statistics, we find 1W-2D-0L. This is both home and away.
Kingstonian's last game was the home draw against Horsham (1-1).
A 1-3 defeat away at Wingate & Finchley before that.A new game in only four days for Kingstonian, the Non League Premier: Isthmian home match versus Merstham. Busy days.
It's a day of discovery for Kingstonian 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 Kingstonian have played three with the results W2-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Kingstonian has scored 4 goals and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
Kingstonian - Horsham 1-1 was the end result in these contenders' previous head-to-head game, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Horsham three wins, two draws and Kingstonian five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Horsham missing players
Kingstonian missing players
| Horsham | Kingstonian | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 20 | 50 | ||
| 35 | 16 | Conceded | C | 25 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 68% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 7.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 59% | 86% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 78% | 59% | ||