National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Whitstable Town or Leatherhead 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.
Whitstable Town form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Whitstable, as the manager N. Southall led his troops to eliminate Alfold, and reach the 1st Round Qualifying. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the preliminary round.A nice win for Whitstable last time playing, versus Alfold. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Whitstable played a great game against Alfold and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Heartbreak before that as Whitstable lost 1-5 at Carshalton Athletic's place.Whitstable have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Whitstable Town have scored 1 goal and conceded 3 times.
Leatherhead form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round qualifying.It's a growing despair in Leatherhead as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Home advantage was not enough for Leatherhead in their previous game, as they lost their Non League Premier: Isthmian-match, hosting Carshalton Athletic, 0-3.
Prior to that match, the Leatherhead manager N. Bull faced defeat when travelling to Brightlingsea Regent and losing 0-1.Leatherhead played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these two matches Leatherhead scored 2 and conceded 7 goals.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Whitstable won two games, one match ended with a draw and Leatherhead got seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourWhitstable Town missing players
Leatherhead missing players
| Whitstable Town | Leatherhead | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Scored | S | 6 | 26 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Conceded | C | 24 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 52% | ||
| 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.4 | 1.1 | ||
| 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 91% | ||