National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Belper Town or St Ives Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting St Ives Town played their last game only four days ago, a Non League Premier: Southern match. That game, against Ilkeston Town, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for St Ives Town.
Belper Town form and stats
Belper Town participated in Fa Trophy the last season, where they reached the 2nd round qualifying.An away draw last time out for Belper Town, facing Lancaster City in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Stalybridge Celtic.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Belper as they are travelling to their away game against Atherton Collieries in the Non League Premier: Northern. That match is three days after this one.
St Ives Town form and stats
St Ives Town was sent out of Fa Trophy in the 3rd round qualifying last season.Two away matches in a row for Ives, whose manager Marheineke could celebrate last time after the win against Ilkeston Town.
Before that, the victory at home hosting Chasetown in the FA Cup (3-1).
It's a day of discovery for St Ives Town 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 St Ives Town have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games St Ives Town has scored {0 goals} and conceded 3 times.
Head 2 Head
Belper Town missing players
St Ives Town missing players
| Belper Town | St Ives Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | S | 18 | 48 | ||
| 47 | 22 | Conceded | C | 17 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 72% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 4.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 7.1 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.9 | ||
| 58% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 62% | ||
| 10.7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 7.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | ||
