Fa Trophy: Buckle up for the Bath City - Concord Rangers clash

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Competition: England Fa Trophy
Date: Tue 14.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bath City or Concord Rangers that keep their silverware dream alive.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Bath City form and stats

This is not the first game this season in the Fa Trophy for Bath City, as the manager J. Gill led his troops to eliminate Gosport Borough, Concord Rangers and Sholing, and reach the 2nd Round Replays. Bath City participated in Fa Trophy the last season, where they reached the 1st round.

28 points is a decent return from 13 Vanarama National League South games here for Bath City. The data says 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. On the other hand, in the Fa Trophy, Bath City has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Bath City has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Bath City manager J. Gill and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Concord Rangers in the Fa Trophy. Ahead of that match, Bath City won a home game hosting Billericay Town (2-1).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Bath City matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from three games).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Vanarama National League South game versus Hemel Hempstead Town in only four days. This game is also played here.

Bath City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 23 goals in 13 league matches. Bath City are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches.

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Concord Rangers form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Slough Town, Bath City and Maidstone United in order to reach 2nd Round Replays of Fa Trophy. They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 3rd round qualifying.

The visitors are W4-D1-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League South. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Fa Trophy stats, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Concord Rangers are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Concord Rangers's last game was the home draw against Bath City (1-1). The game before that, in the Vanarama National League South, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Hampton & Richmond.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Concord Rangers playing away, we found six games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 4 home wins.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Weymouth in just four days.

Concord Rangers have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Concord Rangers have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Bath City and Concord Rangers have met before this season: Concord Rangers - Bath City 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Bath City, 3 draws and 2 wins for Concord Rangers. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

Bath CityT. Smith
T. Smith
8 goals
Bath CityR. Brunt
R. Brunt
7 goals
Concord RangersJ. Nouble
J. Nouble
7 goals

Bath City missing players

Concord Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bath City Concord Rangers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
13 7   Won W   5 9
7 4   Drew D   1 5
5 1   Lost L   6 11
43 21   Scored S   17 38
25 9   Conceded C   24 40
88% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
76% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 80%
60% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   83% 64%
32% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 44%
12% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 24%
60% 50%   BTTS BTTS   67% 52%
36% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 20%
16% 17%   Failed to Score F T   17% 32%
 
5.2 5.7   Corners For (avg) C F   5.9 5.5
4.8 5   Corners Against (avg) C A   5.4 4.6
1.2 1.4   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.7
0 0   Red Cards R C   0 1
 
284 168   Total Shots T S   110 281
116 69   Shots on Target S O   49 123
34% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wealdstone 25 17 2 6 49 29 12 11 0 1 24 9 13 6 2 5 25 20 20 53
2 Bath City 25 13 7 5 41 23 13 8 4 1 23 10 12 5 3 4 18 13 18 46
3 Havant & Waterlooville 22 13 6 3 48 26 11 5 3 3 19 12 11 8 3 0 29 14 22 45
4 Slough Town 24 12 7 5 38 25 13 8 4 1 20 10 11 4 3 4 18 15 13 43
5 Dorking Wanderers 25 12 6 7 44 37 13 8 2 3 22 11 12 4 4 4 22 26 7 42
6 Weymouth 24 11 8 5 40 24 13 8 2 3 25 13 11 3 6 2 15 11 16 41
7 Dartford 26 11 7 8 46 40 13 5 5 3 26 17 13 6 2 5 20 23 6 40
8 Maidstone United 23 9 8 6 40 28 11 4 5 2 22 13 12 5 3 4 18 15 12 35
9 Chelmsford City 25 9 8 8 45 41 13 6 5 2 30 21 12 3 3 6 15 20 4 35
10 Hemel Hempstead Town 24 10 5 9 31 33 12 6 3 3 17 13 12 4 2 6 14 20 -2 35
11 Concord Rangers 24 10 3 11 37 35 13 6 2 5 24 17 11 4 1 6 13 18 2 33
12 Hampton & Richmond 24 10 3 11 33 37 11 4 2 5 14 16 13 6 1 6 19 21 -4 33
13 Oxford City 25 9 6 10 40 46 13 5 3 5 20 26 12 4 3 5 20 20 -6 33
14 Eastbourne Borough 26 7 9 10 27 45 13 5 3 5 19 23 13 2 6 5 8 22 -18 30
15 Dulwich Hamlet 25 7 8 10 39 34 12 3 3 6 20 19 13 4 5 4 19 15 5 29
16 Billericay Town 23 7 8 8 35 39 10 5 5 0 19 11 13 2 3 8 16 28 -4 29
17 Tonbridge Angels 25 7 6 12 34 44 12 6 2 4 25 22 13 1 4 8 9 22 -10 27
18 Braintree Town 26 8 3 15 36 58 13 4 2 7 18 25 13 4 1 8 18 33 -22 27
19 Chippenham Town 25 5 9 11 26 35 12 4 4 4 14 17 13 1 5 7 12 18 -9 24
20 St Albans City 26 5 9 12 30 45 13 2 5 6 14 23 13 3 4 6 16 22 -15 24
21 Welling United 25 6 5 14 24 37 13 5 2 6 18 18 12 1 3 8 6 19 -13 23
22 Hungerford Town 25 5 3 17 29 51 12 2 2 8 11 22 13 3 1 9 18 29 -22 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wealdstone 25 17 2 6 49 29 12 11 0 1 24 9 13 6 2 5 25 20 20 53
2 Bath City 25 13 7 5 41 23 13 8 4 1 23 10 12 5 3 4 18 13 18 46
3 Havant & Waterlooville 22 13 6 3 48 26 11 5 3 3 19 12 11 8 3 0 29 14 22 45
4 Slough Town 24 12 7 5 38 25 13 8 4 1 20 10 11 4 3 4 18 15 13 43
5 Dorking Wanderers 25 12 6 7 44 37 13 8 2 3 22 11 12 4 4 4 22 26 7 42
6 Weymouth 24 11 8 5 40 24 13 8 2 3 25 13 11 3 6 2 15 11 16 41
7 Dartford 26 11 7 8 46 40 13 5 5 3 26 17 13 6 2 5 20 23 6 40
8 Maidstone United 23 9 8 6 40 28 11 4 5 2 22 13 12 5 3 4 18 15 12 35
9 Chelmsford City 25 9 8 8 45 41 13 6 5 2 30 21 12 3 3 6 15 20 4 35
10 Hemel Hempstead Town 24 10 5 9 31 33 12 6 3 3 17 13 12 4 2 6 14 20 -2 35
11 Concord Rangers 24 10 3 11 37 35 13 6 2 5 24 17 11 4 1 6 13 18 2 33
12 Hampton & Richmond 24 10 3 11 33 37 11 4 2 5 14 16 13 6 1 6 19 21 -4 33
13 Oxford City 25 9 6 10 40 46 13 5 3 5 20 26 12 4 3 5 20 20 -6 33
14 Eastbourne Borough 26 7 9 10 27 45 13 5 3 5 19 23 13 2 6 5 8 22 -18 30
15 Dulwich Hamlet 25 7 8 10 39 34 12 3 3 6 20 19 13 4 5 4 19 15 5 29
16 Billericay Town 23 7 8 8 35 39 10 5 5 0 19 11 13 2 3 8 16 28 -4 29
17 Tonbridge Angels 25 7 6 12 34 44 12 6 2 4 25 22 13 1 4 8 9 22 -10 27
18 Braintree Town 26 8 3 15 36 58 13 4 2 7 18 25 13 4 1 8 18 33 -22 27
19 Chippenham Town 25 5 9 11 26 35 12 4 4 4 14 17 13 1 5 7 12 18 -9 24
20 St Albans City 26 5 9 12 30 45 13 2 5 6 14 23 13 3 4 6 16 22 -15 24
21 Welling United 25 6 5 14 24 37 13 5 2 6 18 18 12 1 3 8 6 19 -13 23
22 Hungerford Town 25 5 3 17 29 51 12 2 2 8 11 22 13 3 1 9 18 29 -22 18

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