National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Taunton Town or Truro City that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Taunton Town form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Taunton, as the manager R. Dray led his troops to eliminate Tiverton Town and Wantage Town, and reach the 3rd Round Qualifying. Last season, Taunton's FA Cup journey ended in the 2nd round qualifying.A good away victory last time out for Taunton, who won 5-3 against Tiverton Town.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Taunton, who have participated in two training matches. Taunton Town have won 1 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.
Truro City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Hungerford Town and Tadley Calleva in order to reach 3rd Round Qualifying of FA Cup. They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round qualifying.The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Truro, who have now gone twelve games without a victory. The Oxford City game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. It's three draws from Truro's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Truro City go into this game after a win, the home game against Hungerford Town that ended 4-0.
As mentioned above, Truro was the only team on the pitch versus Hungerford Town in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Taunton wins - draws - Truro City wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Taunton Town missing players
Truro City missing players
| Taunton Town | Truro City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 53 | 34 | Scored | S | 16 | 35 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 91% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 114 | 88 | Total Shots | T S | 81 | 199 | ||
| 42 | 32 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 90 | ||
| 52% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | ||