National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Waltham Abbey or Brightlingsea Regent that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Waltham Abbey and Brightlingsea Regent.
Waltham Abbey form and stats
Waltham have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Buckhurst Hill, Tilbury and Woodford Town. Waltham Abbey participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the preliminary round.The club members are hoping that Waltham will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 2-4 away defeat in the Fa Trophy fixture against Chipstead.
Preceding that fixture, a home victory hosting Buckhurst Hill in the FA Cup.
Brightlingsea Regent form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Mildenhall Town FC in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. Brightlingsea Regent's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 1st round qualifying.Home advantage was not enough for Brightlingsea in their previous game as they lost hosting Enfield Town, 0-4. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Enfield Town was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Before that match, the win at home against Mildenhall Town FC in the FA Cup (3-0).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Non League Premier: Isthmian trip to Potters Bar Town.
It's a day of discovery for Brightlingsea Regent as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Brightlingsea Regent have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Brightlingsea Regent has scored 1 goal and conceded 0 times.
Head 2 Head
Brightlingsea Regent have won every one of the 4 most recent fixtures versus this team. Will the streak continue?Waltham Abbey missing players
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| Waltham Abbey | Brightlingsea Regent | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 50 | 26 | Scored | S | 12 | 32 | ||
| 38 | 18 | Conceded | C | 22 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 76% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 6.6 | ||
| 5.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 58% | ||
| 13.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7 | ||
| 5.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
