National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Braintree Town or Brackley Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
Braintree Town have less rest than Brackley Town in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Vanarama National League South game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Cressing Road Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Brackley Town have had more rest.
Braintree Town form and stats
Last season, Braintree Town's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 3rd round.The spoils were shared in Braintree's previous game, also at home. Visiting Farnborough travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at Weymouth in the Vanarama National League South.Braintree Town have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 2 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Braintree Town have scored {9 goals} and conceded 5 times.
Brackley Town form and stats
They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The club members enjoyed Brackley Town's previous game versus Curzon Ashton, a 1-0 win played at home. The end of the last match, against Curzon Ashton, was very satisfying as Rooney scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Ahead of that match was the Vanarama National League North away draw versus Southport that ended 2-2.It's a day of discovery for Brackley 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 Brackley Town have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Brackley Town has scored {2 goals} and conceded 1 time.
Head 2 Head
Braintree Town-Brackley Town H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Braintree zero wins, Brackley Town two wins, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Stead 8 goals |   L. Amantchi 6 goals | A. Matthews 4 goals |
Braintree Town missing players
Brackley Town missing players
| Braintree Town | Brackley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 43 | 16 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 35 | 7 | Conceded | C | 15 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 64% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8.9 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 35% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 31% | ||
| 9.2 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 6.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | ||
