National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Stratford Town or Banbury United that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Stratford Town form and stats
Stratford Town have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Cleethorpes Town. Stratford Town participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Stratford Town's last game was hosting AFC Rushden & Diamonds and winning 2-0.
In the game before, a strong away win at Cleethorpes Town. A FA Cup game.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Nuneaton Town are coming to town in four days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Stratford Town friendly games in pre-season: Stratford Town played five friendlies, won 0, drew 1 and lost 4. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Stratford scored 6 goals and conceded 12 in these five games.
Banbury United form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.Banbury United lost away at Peterborough Sports (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Southport.A new game in only four days for Banbury United, the Vanarama National League North home match versus Scarborough Athletic. Busy days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Banbury have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: two - one - six (Stratford Town wins - draws - Banbury United wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Rasulo 3 goals | J. Stevens 3 goals | A. Babos 1 goals |
Stratford Town missing players
Banbury United missing players
| Stratford Town | Banbury United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 25 | 50 | ||
| 48 | 23 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.4 | ||
| 0.8 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 6.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 47% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 39% | ||
| 10.1 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | ||
