National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's St Albans City or AFC Sudbury that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting AFC Sudbury played their last game only four days ago, a Fa Trophy match. That game, against Ashford United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for AFC Sudbury.
St Albans City form and stats
Albans participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The St Albans City club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Clarence Park: A 0-1 defeat against Worthing.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Tonbridge Angels and winning 2-1.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Albans, as the Hertfordshire Senior Challenge Cup home game vs London Colney is only three days away.
St Albans City have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; St Albans City scored 2 goals and let in 3 goals during these two games.
AFC Sudbury form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Bury Town and Stowmarket Town in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. AFC Sudbury's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 1st round.It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Ashford United in their previous outing. The Fa Trophy battle ended 3-3.
Previously, the FA Cup victory away at Bury Town.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Felixstowe & Walton United in just three days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Sudbury have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Jeffers 2 goals | D. Stanley 1 goals | K. Wiltshire 1 goals |
St Albans City missing players
AFC Sudbury missing players
| St Albans City | AFC Sudbury | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Scored | S | 24 | 43 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 62% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.9 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | ||
| 25% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | ||
| 10.2 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | ||
