Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kettering Town & Leamington face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Kettering and Leamington.
Kettering Town form and stats
Kettering participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round qualifying.This match is a FA Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Kettering travelled for their previous game, a trip to Leamington that ended 3-3. A goal frenzy last time out for Kettering, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Leamington. Fun stuff to watch!
Preceding that match was the home Vanarama National League North game against Spennymoor Town that was lost 1-2.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Kettering, as the Vanarama National League North home game vs Chester is only four days away.
Kettering have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Kettering Town scored 13 goals and let in 7 goals during these five games.
Leamington form and stats
Leamington was sent out of FA Cup in the 2nd round qualifying last season.There were no winners in Leamington's previous match, a FA Cup home game that ended 3-3 vs Kettering Town. As you can tell from the result, the match against Kettering Town was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Before that, Leamington travelled to Hereford and returned home with a draw after the Vanarama National League North game finished 1-1.The schedule is very tough for Leamington now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Vanarama National League North game at Guiseley is waiting in only four days.
It's a day of discovery for Leamington 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 Leamington have played five with the results W1-D2-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Leamington has scored 3 goals and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
These sides played each other previously this match year: Leamington - Kettering Town 3-3. Previous nine meetings with these squads: Kettering Town won zero, Leamington triumphed in seven and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  C. Powell 5 goals |  J. Edwards 2 goals | K. Mooney 2 goals |
Kettering Town missing players
Leamington missing players
| Kettering Town | Leamington | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 45 | 15 | Scored | S | 10 | 33 | ||
| 32 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 92% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 40% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.5 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 36% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 23% | ||