National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hungerford Town or Gloucester 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 Hungerford Town and Gloucester City.
Hungerford Town form and stats
Hungerford participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 4th round qualifying.Hungerford Town are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus Havant & Waterlooville.
Before that game, the home loss against Taunton Town with the scoreline 0-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Hungerford Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hungerford as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Hungerford Town has won 6 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Hungerford Town have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 2 victories, 0 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Hungerford Town have scored 8 goals and conceded 7 times.
Gloucester City form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round qualifying.Gloucester City had fun at their own home (Bulpit Lane) last time out, beating AFC Telford United 3-0. Hulbert, King and Evans scored.
The game before that, in the Vanarama National League North, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Curzon Ashton.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Gloucester in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Gloucester City, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
It's a day of discovery for Gloucester 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 Gloucester City have played two with the results W0-D2-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Gloucester City has scored 4 goals and conceded 4 times.
Head 2 Head
Previous five meetings with these participants: Hungerford Town won one, Gloucester City were winners in three and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  M. McClure 5 goals | T. Mitford 2 goals |  M. Berry-Hargreaves 1 goals |
Hungerford Town missing players
Gloucester City missing players
| Hungerford Town | Gloucester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Scored | S | 15 | 37 | ||
| 45 | 23 | Conceded | C | 17 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.8 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 40% | ||
| 13.5 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.5 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
