Perhaps a welcome break from league football as St Albans City & Forest Green Rovers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
St Albans City form and stats
Last season, Albans's FA Cup journey ended in the 4th round qualifying.On the other hand, in the FA Cup, St Albans City has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as St Albans City has won six games in a row. The Chippenham Town match was the last time out without a victory.
The Albans supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Eastbourne Borough in Vanarama National League South and win 2-1.
Previous to that game, a Vanarama National League South home match hosting Billericay Town in a game that was won 4-1.Forest Green Rovers form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the League Two. Forest are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.
Forest are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Bradford City. The draw against Bradford City came from a losing position. The Forest manager R. Edwards brought on Jake Young as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. The attacker Jake Young got a match rating of 7.31 in that game. Young scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Salford City in the League Two.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The EFL Trophy trip to Walsall.
Forest has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. Forest are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 4 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings between these contenders: Albans won zero, Forest Green Rovers were winners in zero and we saw two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  S. Jeffers 14 goals |  J. Matt 7 goals | M. Stevens 7 goals |
St Albans City missing players
Forest Green Rovers missing players
| St Albans City | Forest Green Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Scored | S | 25 | 44 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Conceded | C | 7 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.6 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 13.2 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 38% | ||
| 7.7 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 8 | Newport County | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Walsall | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Barrow | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 19 | Salford City | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 14 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 12 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 12 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 11 |