National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Salisbury or Oxford City that keep their silverware dream alive.
Salisbury have less rest than Oxford City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Non League Premier: Southern South game only four days ago. This match was also played here at The Raymond McEnhill Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Oxford City have had more rest.
Salisbury form and stats
Action has already taken place for Salisbury in FA Cup as they have defeated Poole Town to reach the 2nd Round Qualifying. Last season, Salisbury's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round qualifying.The Salisbury regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at The Raymond McEnhill Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Merthyr Town.
Before that game, a fine away victory at Poole Town. A FA Cup match.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Salisbury, who have participated in one training match. Salisbury have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Oxford City form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round qualifying.Oxford City lost away at Chelmsford City (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
It was a Vanarama National League South defeat before that one as the away game against Chippenham Town wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Oxford City played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In these three matches Oxford City scored 5 and conceded 8 goals.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Lolos 5 goals | J. Ashby 1 goals | L. Coyle 1 goals |
Salisbury missing players
Oxford City missing players
| Salisbury | Oxford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 27 | 9 | Scored | S | 16 | 40 | ||
| 38 | 17 | Conceded | C | 22 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 2.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 9.8 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 28% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 35% | ||
| 6.4 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
