National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Merthyr Town or Cirencester Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Merthyr Town nor Cirencester Town 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.
Merthyr Town form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Merthyr Town, as the manager Shephard led his troops to eliminate Truro City, and reach the 2nd Round Qualifying. Merthyr participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round qualifying replays.Happy days for Merthyr Town in their previous game, a fixture away at Salisbury that ended with a 2-1 victory.
Ahead of that result, a home win hosting Truro City in the FA Cup.
Cirencester Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Clevedon Town and Larkhall Athletic in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. Cirencester Town's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 3rd round qualifying.Two away matches in a row for Cirencester, whose manager Hughes could celebrate last time after the Fa Trophy win against Basingstoke Town.
Previously, the FA Cup win away at Larkhall Athletic.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Merthyr Town victories, two draws and three Cirencester Town wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Merthyr Town missing players
Cirencester Town missing players
| Merthyr Town | Cirencester Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Scored | S | 25 | 42 | ||
| 49 | 22 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 3.1 | 2.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.3 | 0.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11 | ||
| 1.9 | 0.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 48% | 700% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 31% | ||
| 8.9 | 2.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 0.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | ||
