National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Wingate & Finchley or Bowers & Pitsea that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both squads have had time to rest since their previous game. Let's look for an animated match!
Wingate & Finchley form and stats
Last season, Finchley's FA Cup journey ended in the 3rd round qualifying replays.An away draw last time out for Wingate & Finchley, facing Haringey Borough in a game that ended 0-0.
Ahead of that match, Wingate & Finchley lost 1-2 at home to Aveley.This is expected to be a close game, with Wingate & Finchley perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Finchley as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Wingate & Finchley has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 6.
Wingate & Finchley have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 2 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Wingate & Finchley have scored 7 goals and conceded 6 times.
Bowers & Pitsea form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Bowers & Pitsea's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Canvey Island that finished 1-1.
It was a Non League Premier: Isthmian defeat before that one as the away game against Enfield Town wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Bowers in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Bowers & Pitsea, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
It's a day of discovery for Bowers & Pitsea 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 Bowers & Pitsea have played three with the results W1-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Bowers & Pitsea has scored 3 goals and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding five meetings): Wingate & Finchley won one game, two matches ended with a tie and Bowers & Pitsea have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five duels.
Wingate & Finchley missing players
Bowers & Pitsea missing players
| Wingate & Finchley | Bowers & Pitsea | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 34 | 23 | Scored | S | 21 | 35 | ||
| 38 | 17 | Conceded | C | 20 | 44 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 28% | ||
| 2.8 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 53% | ||
| 8.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 7.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | ||
