Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kettering Town & Sporting Khalsa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Kettering saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Non League Premier: Southern. This match was also played here at Latimer Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sporting Khalsa have had more rest.
Kettering Town form and stats
Action has already taken place for Kettering Town in FA Cup as they have defeated Hullbridge Sports to reach the 2nd Round Qualifying. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round qualifying.Kettering Town drew their last game, also a home match. Needham Market was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Bromsgrove Sporting and winning 2-1.Sporting Khalsa form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Heanor Town and Darlaston Town in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the preliminary round.The club members enjoyed Khalsa's previous match versus Grimsby Borough, a Fa Trophy win (1-0) played at home.
Before that, 2-2 away against Darlaston Town (after extra-time, 0-2 on penalties) in the FA Cup.
It's a day of discovery for Sporting Khalsa 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 Sporting Khalsa have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Sporting Khalsa has scored {0 goals} and conceded 3 times.
Head 2 Head
Kettering Town missing players
Sporting Khalsa missing players
| Kettering Town | Sporting Khalsa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Scored | S | 18 | 55 | ||
| 37 | 13 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 16% | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.5 | 0.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.4 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.9 | 0.5 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 170% | 520% | ||
| 8.8 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2 | 1 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 0.3 | ||
