National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Royston Town or Stamford that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Royston nor Stamford 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.
Royston Town form and stats
Royston have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Newmarket Town and Wroxham. Last season, Royston Town's FA Cup journey ended in the 4th round qualifying.The Royston Town fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Royston has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.
In their previous game, the manager S. Castle led his Royston to a defeat in the Non League Premier: Southern Central match away at Needham Market. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Preceding that game was the away draw at Alvechurch that finished 2-2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Royston as they have a new game in only three days, a Non League Premier: Southern Central match thankfully also at home. Biggleswade Town are visiting.
Stamford form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Diss Town and AFC Sudbury in order to reach 2nd Round Qualifying of FA Cup. Stamford was sent out of FA Cup in the 2nd round qualifying last season.The visitors are W0-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Non League Div One: Northern South.
Before that, Stamford secured a home win against AFC Sudbury with the score 4-0.
It's early days yet, but Stamford has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Royston Town missing players
Stamford missing players
| Royston Town | Stamford | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Won | W | 5 | 20 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 58 | 40 | Scored | S | 17 | 67 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 186 | 103 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 112 | ||
| 83 | 45 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 53 | ||
| 46% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Worksop Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Belper Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Spalding United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Chasetown | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Loughborough Dynamo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Newcastle Town | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Stamford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 9 | Lincoln United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Ilkeston Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Glossop North End | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 12 | Leek Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 13 | Frickley Athletic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | Sheffield | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Cleethorpes Town | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 18 | Carlton Town | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 19 | Market Drayton Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| 20 | Wisbech Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 0 |