Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Leamington & Kettering Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This has all the signs of an exciting game with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Leamington form and stats
Leamington have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Stone Old Alleynians. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round qualifying.Leamington has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
An away draw last time out for Leamington, facing Hereford in a game that ended 1-1.
Prior to that, an away loss at Alfreton Town in the Vanarama National League North.Leamington 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 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Leamington scored 3 goals and let in 5 goals during these five games.
Kettering Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Spalding United in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. Kettering's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 2nd round qualifying.Kettering has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Kettering Town's previous game was their home loss versus Spennymoor Town (1-2).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Spalding United in the FA Cup.It's a day of discovery for Kettering Town 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 Kettering have played five with the results W4-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Kettering Town has scored 13 goals and conceded 7 times.
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings featuring these teams: Leamington won seven, Kettering Town triumphed in zero and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  C. Powell 5 goals |  J. Edwards 2 goals | K. Mooney 2 goals |
Leamington missing players
Kettering Town missing players
| Leamington | Kettering Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 32 | 22 | Scored | S | 30 | 45 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 32 | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 12% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 22% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 37% | ||