National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tamworth or Notts County that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Tamworth saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. Thankfully the previous game, versus Stourbridge, was also a home game here at The Lamb Ground. The away team is better rested.
Tamworth form and stats
Action has already taken place for Tamworth in FA Cup as they have defeated Leiston, Belper Town and Alvechurch to reach the 4th Round Qualifying. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round qualifying.On the other hand, in the FA Cup, Tamworth has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. The Tamworth fans aren't used to losing league-games here at The Lamb Ground and will expect new points from this game. Tamworth has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.
Tamworth's previous game was a Non League Premier: Southern Central match also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Stourbridge. The home side are looking to build on that result. As mentioned above, Tamworth "killed" Stourbridge in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Rushall Olympic.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tamworth as they are travelling to their away game against Alvechurch in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. That match is three days after this one.
Notts County form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
County play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Yeovil Town.
Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Halifax Town's place.County has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. As opposed to that, County have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. da Rocha Rodrigues 6 goals | K. Wootton 5 goals | C. Roberts 4 goals |
Tamworth missing players
Notts County missing players
| Tamworth | Notts County | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 49 | 30 | Scored | S | 30 | 49 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 12% | ||
| 2.7 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.6 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 46% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Boreham Wood | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Halifax Town | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Chesterfield | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | Bromley | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 6 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 7 | Altrincham | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | Solihull Moors | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Notts County | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | Stockport County | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Woking | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 12 | Wrexham | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 13 | Eastleigh | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 14 | Yeovil Town | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 15 | Torquay United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Wealdstone | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Barnet | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 18 | Maidenhead United | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 19 | King's Lynn Town | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 20 | Southend United | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 8 |
| 21 | Weymouth | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 8 |
| 22 | Aldershot Town | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 23 | Dover Athletic | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -16 | -9 |