National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bishop's Stortford or Lewes that keep their silverware dream alive.
There have been little to rest for the team playing at home, as they performed in a Non League Premier: Isthmian fixture only four days ago. That game was an away game at Corinthian-Casuals, so at least Stortford are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Bishop's Stortford form and stats
Bishop's Stortford participated in Fa Trophy the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Stortford enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Corinthian-Casuals's place. The match ended 2-0.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Horsham that finished 1-1.Bishop's Stortford have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Stortford scored 5 goals and let in 7 goals during these three games.
Lewes form and stats
Lewes's mission in Fa Trophy last season failed in the 3rd round qualifying.Two away games in a row for Lewes, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 4-5 versus Worthing in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. Leading 2-0 was not enough for Lewes in their fight with Worthing last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 4-5 loss. An off the wall game with heaps of goals last time out for Lewes, as mentioned above. 9 goals in that game, will this fixture be as exciting?
Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Leatherhead in the Non League Premier: Isthmian.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Carshalton Athletic in just three days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Lewes have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Bishop's Stortford-Lewes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Stortford three wins, Lewes five wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Bishop's Stortford missing players
Lewes missing players
| Bishop's Stortford | Lewes | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 49 | 31 | Scored | S | 40 | 57 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Conceded | C | 30 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 87% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 80% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 87% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.1 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 48% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 66% | 70% | ||