National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Banbury United or Coalville Town 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 Banbury United and Coalville Town.
Banbury United form and stats
Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 1st round.It's back home for Banbury United, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Hereford away with the result 3-2. Babos found the net in that victory. The victory against Hereford came after Babos's winning goal. The Banbury manager Whing was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 56th minute.
Heartbreak before that as Banbury United lost 0-5 at Fylde's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Banbury United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Banbury United as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Banbury United has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Banbury as they have a new game in only four days, a Vanarama National League North match thankfully also at home. Kettering Town are visiting.
Banbury United 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, 1 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Banbury United have scored {0 goals} and conceded 0 times.
Coalville Town form and stats
Coalville Town's mission in Fa Trophy last season failed in the 3rd round qualifying.Coalville play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Ilkeston Town.
Before that, Coalville Town secured a home win against Tamworth with the score 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Coalville Town in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Coalville, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
After this away game Coalville Town return home for a Non League Premier: Southern Central game against AFC Rushden & Diamonds. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Just as the home team, Coalville Town have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Coalville win, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding seven meetings involving these two participants are: two wins for Banbury United, four draws and one win for Coalville Town. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Rasulo 9 goals | J. Stevens 5 goals | A. Babos 4 goals |
Banbury United missing players
Coalville Town missing players
| Banbury United | Coalville Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 42 | 24 | Scored | S | 28 | 56 | ||
| 34 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.8 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 34% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 39% | ||
| 9.1 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | ||
