National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Leamington or Nuneaton Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
Leamington have less rest than Nuneaton Town in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Vanarama National League North game only four days ago. This match was also played here at The Phillips 66 Community Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Nuneaton Town have had more rest.
Leamington form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round qualifying replays.A nice win for Leamington last time playing, versus Kettering Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Turner scoring for the victors.
Ahead of that match, Leamington won a home game hosting Bradford Park Avenue (1-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Leamington have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 0.
Leamington 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, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Leamington have scored 5 goals and conceded 5 times.
Nuneaton Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Belper Town in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round qualifying.Nuneaton Town has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Stourbridge for a 0-0 draw.
Before that, the win at home against Belper Town in the FA Cup (3-1). Nuneaton are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
Just as the home team, Nuneaton Town have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Nuneaton Town wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former six meetings involving these two contenders are: three wins for Leamington, one draw and two wins for Nuneaton Town. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Turner 5 goals | J. Lane 1 goals | A. Walker 1 goals |
Leamington missing players
Nuneaton Town missing players
| Leamington | Nuneaton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Scored | S | 20 | 34 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 36% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7.8 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 8.2 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 32% | ||
| 10.6 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.4 | ||
