National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Royston Town or Hemel Hempstead Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are hustling days for the hosts, as they were in action only four days ago in the Non League Premier: Southern. That game was an away game at AFC Sudbury, so at least Royston Town are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Royston Town form and stats
Royston have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Cheshunt. Royston Town participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round qualifying.Royston Town travelled for their previous game, a trip to AFC Sudbury that ended 1-1.
Before that, Royston Town had a Non League Premier: Southern home game versus Alvechurch which ended with a victory 4-1.Royston Town have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Royston scored {1 goals} and let in {2 goals} during these one game.
Hemel Hempstead Town form and stats
Hemel Hempstead Town was sent out of FA Cup in the 3rd round qualifying last season.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Worthing in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
Prior to that result Hempstead won their away game at Chelmsford City in the Vanarama National League South. The scoreline was 2-1.Just as the home team, Hemel Hempstead Town have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Hemel Hempstead Town wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Iaciofano 4 goals |  J. Re 2 goals | K. Ajayi 1 goals |
Royston Town missing players
Hemel Hempstead Town missing players
| Royston Town | Hemel Hempstead Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 32 | 19 | Scored | S | 11 | 23 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 48% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 1.1 | 0.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 0.4 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.4 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 97% | 212% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 21% | ||
| 3.5 | 0.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 9.3 | ||
| 1.7 | 0.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.7 | ||
