Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ware & Chelmsford City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both squads have had enough rest since their last match. Let's have faith in that this will be an active fixture!
Ware form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Ware, as the manager led his troops to eliminate Dereham Town and AFC Dunstable, and reach the 2nd Round Qualifying. Ware participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the preliminary round.The supporters are hoping that Ware will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Fa Trophy fixture against Hadley.
Preceding that game, a home win hosting Dereham Town in the FA Cup.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Ware friendly games in pre-season: Ware played two friendlies, won 0, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Ware scored {1 goals} and conceded 6 in these two games.
Chelmsford City form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round replays.It might be tough going out on the road again for Chelmsford, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Torquay United. Late heartbreak for Chelmsford City in the Torquay United match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Hemel Hempstead Town.It's a day of discovery for Chelmsford City 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 Chelmsford City have played three with the results W2-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Chelmsford City has scored {5 goals} and conceded 1 time.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Jones 2 goals | A. Mills 2 goals | C. Ruff 2 goals |
Ware missing players
Chelmsford City missing players
| Ware | Chelmsford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 50 | 27 | Scored | S | 20 | 45 | ||
| 53 | 27 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 72% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 0.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 7.7 | ||
| 0.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 12.1 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| 408% | 675% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 10.2 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
