National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Lichfield City or Boston United that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Lichfield City nor Boston United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Lichfield City form and stats
Lichfield have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Stourport Swifts, Belper United and Bugbrooke St Michaels. Lichfield City was eliminated in the 1st round qualifying last season in the FA Cup.A strong away win for Lichfield City against Stone Old Alleynians the last match.
Before that one, a nice away win at Stourport Swifts. A FA Cup game.
The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to AFC Wulfrunians in only three days.
Boston United form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round qualifying replays.Boston won their last game, 3-0 versus Buxton played at home.
It was a Vanarama National League North defeat before that one as the away game against Darlington wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.Just as the home team, Boston United have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Boston United win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Crawford 5 goals |  S. Pollock 4 goals | J. Leesley 2 goals |
Lichfield City missing players
Boston United missing players
| Lichfield City | Boston United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 49 | 23 | Scored | S | 19 | 34 | ||
| 21 | 15 | Conceded | C | 14 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 35% | ||
| 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
