National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Billericay Town or Margate 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 Billericay and Margate.
Billericay Town form and stats
Last season, Billericay Town's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 2nd round.The club members are hoping that Billericay Town will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the FA Cup fixture against Biggleswade Town.
A 3-3 result against Biggleswade Town before that one, played at home in the FA Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Billericay Town handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Billericay friendly games in pre-season: Billericay Town played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Billericay Town scored {1 goals} and conceded 5 in these one game.
Margate form and stats
They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 1st round.Margate's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Haringey Borough that finished 3-3. A loony fixture with an abundance of goals last time out for Margate, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this game be as full of joy?
It was a Non League Premier: Isthmian defeat before that one as the away game against Aveley wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.We have checked recent matches where Margate have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Margate manager Saunders as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Corinthian-Casuals.
Margate played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these one match Margate scored 2 and conceded {1 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these participants: Billericay won four, Margate were winners in two and we saw four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.
Billericay Town missing players
Margate missing players
| Billericay Town | Margate | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 40 | 23 | Scored | S | 17 | 36 | ||
| 42 | 25 | Conceded | C | 20 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 85% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 0.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 6.5 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 25% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 38% | ||
| 11.3 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.5 | ||
