National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Redditch United or Peterborough Sports that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Redditch United nor Peterborough Sports 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.
Redditch United form and stats
Last season, Redditch's FA Cup journey ended in the 2nd round qualifying replays.The Redditch United coach Clarke and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Peterborough Sports in the FA Cup.
Prior to that, an away loss at Coalville Town in the Non League Premier: Southern.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Redditch United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 5.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Redditch friendly games in pre-season: Redditch United played two friendlies, won 0, drew 2 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Redditch United scored {0 goals} and conceded 0 in these two games.
Peterborough Sports form and stats
Peterborough Sports was sent out of FA Cup in the 4th round qualifying last season.Peterborough Sports delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Redditch United in their previous match; a FA Cup duel.
Prior to that match, the Peterborough Sports manager Steele faced defeat when travelling to Tamworth and losing 0-3.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 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 Peterborough wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Peterborough Sports have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
The squads have played each other before in this season, with the result Peterborough Sports - Redditch United 0-0 entered in the official records. Head to head totals (for the previous six meetings): Redditch won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Peterborough Sports have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / four.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Fowkes 2 goals | D. Lawler 1 goals | J. Nicholson 1 goals |
Redditch United missing players
Peterborough Sports missing players
| Redditch United | Peterborough Sports | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 17 | 23 | ||
| 27 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 48% | ||
| 2.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 73% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 35% | ||
| 5.8 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 9.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
