National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Romford or Chelmsford City that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Romford nor Chelmsford City 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.
Romford form and stats
Action has already taken place for Romford in FA Cup as they have defeated Potters Bar Town, Hashtag United, Saffron Walden Town FC and Takeley to reach the 3rd Round Qualifying. Romford was eliminated in the 1st round qualifying last season in the FA Cup.Romford travelled for their previous game, a trip to FC Clacton that ended 2-2.
In the game before, a strong away win at Potters Bar Town. A FA Cup match.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Romford friendly games in pre-season: Romford played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Romford scored 2 goals and conceded 0 in these one game.
Chelmsford City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Kings Langley in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. Chelmsford City was sent out of FA Cup in the 4th round qualifying last season.It's the second away game in a row for Chelmsford, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Farnborough last time out. Lodovica came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Farnborough last time out, making the manager Simpson feel like a tactical genius.
A 0-0 draw at Taunton Town's stadium before that.It's a day of discovery for Chelmsford City as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Chelmsford City have played two with the results W1-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Chelmsford City has scored 4 goals and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Jackson 4 goals |  T. Blackwell 2 goals | H. Lodovica 2 goals |
Romford missing players
Chelmsford City missing players
| Romford | Chelmsford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 23 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 85 | 42 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 48% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 77% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
