National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Basingstoke Town or Cirencester Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
Basingstoke Town and Cirencester Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Basingstoke Town form and stats
Basingstoke participated in Fa Trophy the last season, where they reached the 2nd round qualifying.The Basingstoke Town supporters got no joy from their last fixture, a FA Cup duel also played here at The Simplyhealth City Ground: A 2-4 defeat against Weston-super-Mare.
Preceding that match was the home Non League Div One: Isthmian South Central game against Binfield that was lost 0-2.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Non League Div One: Isthmian South Central game versus Ashford Town (Middlesex) in only four days. This game is also played here at The Simplyhealth City Ground.
Basingstoke Town 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, Basingstoke Town have scored 1 goal and conceded 3 times.
Cirencester Town form and stats
Cirencester's mission in Fa Trophy last season failed in the 3rd round qualifying.Two travels in a row for Cirencester Town, whose manager Hughes could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Larkhall Athletic.
A 0-2 defeat away at Kidlington before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cirencester Town manager Hughes as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Merthyr Town.
Head 2 Head
Basingstoke-Cirencester Town H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Basingstoke Town two wins, Cirencester Town two wins, zero draws. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Basingstoke Town missing players
Cirencester Town missing players
| Basingstoke Town | Cirencester Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 41 | 16 | Scored | S | 20 | 40 | ||
| 36 | 23 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 12 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | ||
| 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 41% | ||
| 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.2 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | ||
