Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Witham Town & AFC Hornchurch face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Witham Town saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Non League Div One: Isthmian North. That game was an away game at Waltham Forest, so at least Witham Town are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Witham Town form and stats
Witham have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Kirkley & Pakefield, St. Panteleimon and Stanway Rovers FC. Last season, Witham Town's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round qualifying.Witham shared the glory with Waltham Forest in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Preceding that fixture, a home victory hosting Maldon & Tiptree in the Fa Trophy.
AFC Hornchurch form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Fakenham Town in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. AFC Hornchurch was sent out of FA Cup in the 4th round qualifying last season.Two travels in a row for AFC Hornchurch, whose coach Stimson could celebrate last time after the win against Wingate & Finchley.
Before that game, the win at home against Fakenham Town in the FA Cup (5-0).
It's a day of discovery for AFC Hornchurch 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 Hornchurch have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games AFC Hornchurch has scored {1 goals} and conceded 0 times.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Witham Town two wins, one draw and AFC Hornchurch seven victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Witham Town missing players
AFC Hornchurch missing players
| Witham Town | AFC Hornchurch | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Scored | S | 23 | 55 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 91% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| 0.2 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 1.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 100% | 300% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 230% | 117% | ||
| 4 | 1.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 1 | ||
