National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Leiston or Tamworth that keep their silverware dream alive.
Leiston and Tamworth should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Leiston form and stats
Leiston have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Brightlingsea Regent and Kings Langley. Leiston was eliminated in the 4th round qualifying last season in the FA Cup.2W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the FA Cup for Leiston. Two home wins in a row for Leiston bring valid hopes of a third.
The Leiston supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Hednesford Town in Non League Premier: Southern Central and win 2-1.
Ahead of that match, Leiston won a home game hosting Kings Langley (3-1).Tamworth form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Belper Town and Alvechurch in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. Tamworth's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 3rd round qualifying.Tamworth play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-0 victory visiting Belper Town. As mentioned above, Tamworth was the only team on the pitch versus Belper Town in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
It was a Non League Premier: Southern Central defeat before that one as the away game against Peterborough Sports wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.It's a day of discovery for Tamworth 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 Tamworth have played four with the results W0-D2-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Tamworth has scored 3 goals and conceded 10 times.
Head 2 Head
Last five meetings with these squads: Leiston won one, Tamworth were winners in three and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with under 2,5 goals.Leiston missing players
Tamworth missing players
| Leiston | Tamworth | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 51 | 34 | Scored | S | 15 | 48 | ||
| 45 | 24 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 47% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 72% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.7 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0.8 | 6.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 83% | 89% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 400% | 52% | ||