Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Redditch United & Peterborough Sports 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 Redditch United and Peterborough Sports.
Redditch United form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Redditch United, as the manager led his troops to eliminate Rushall Olympic, and reach the 2nd Round Qualifying. Last season, Redditch's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round qualifying.Redditch United enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Bromsgrove Sporting's place. The match ended 1-0.
Before that one, a nice away win at Rushall Olympic. A FA Cup match. This is expected to be a close game, with Redditch United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Redditch United as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Redditch United has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 8.
Peterborough Sports form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 4th round qualifying.Jones (2) and Nicholson scored in Peterborough's previous match, the home game against Banbury United that ended 3-2.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Blyth Spartans.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Peterborough Sports playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 4 Peterborough Sports wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Peterborough Sports played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these three matches Peterborough Sports scored 4 and conceded 0 goals.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - zero - two (Redditch United wins - draws - Peterborough Sports wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. One of the stars has been Maniche with 3 goals scored against Redditch in these 3 games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Nicholson 6 goals | M. Jones 3 goals | D. Sembie-Ferris 3 goals |
Redditch United missing players
Peterborough Sports missing players
| Redditch United | Peterborough Sports | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 48 | ||
| 24 | 16 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 8.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 85% | 112% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 49% | ||
| 6 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
