Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Needham Market & Brightlingsea Regent face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Needham and Brightlingsea Regent.
Needham Market form and stats
Needham Market have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Leiston, Sheringham and Brightlingsea Regent. Needham Market was eliminated in the 2nd round qualifying replays last season in the FA Cup.The home club members witnessed a 0-0 draw vs Brightlingsea Regent in the FA Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Kings Langley and winning 2-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Needham handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Needham Market have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 1 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Needham Market have scored 8 goals and conceded 6 times.
Brightlingsea Regent form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Needham Market, Mildenhall Town FC and Waltham Abbey in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round qualifying.It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Needham Market in their previous outing. The FA Cup fixture ended 0-0.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Haringey Borough in the Non League Premier: Isthmian.Brightlingsea Regent are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Brightlingsea have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former four meetings involving these two participants are: two wins for Needham Market, zero draws and two wins for Brightlingsea Regent. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Needham Market missing players
Brightlingsea Regent missing players
| Needham Market | Brightlingsea Regent | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 43 | 32 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.8 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.1 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.4 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 52% | ||
| 10 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
