National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bromsgrove Sporting or Ilkeston Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Bromsgrove Sporting form and stats
Last season, Bromsgrove's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 3rd round qualifying.Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Bromsgrove Sporting with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Hednesford Town game, 31 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The Bromsgrove fans got no joy from their last match, a Non League Premier: Southern Central game also here at The Victoria Ground: A 0-4 defeat against Peterborough Sports. Bromsgrove Sporting were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Heartbreak before that as Bromsgrove lost 1-4 at Rushall Olympic's place.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Bromsgrove Sporting friendly games in pre-season: Bromsgrove Sporting played three friendlies, won 3, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Bromsgrove Sporting scored 5 goals and conceded 1 in these three games.
Ilkeston Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Daventry Town in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of Fa Trophy. Ilkeston was sent out of Fa Trophy in the 2nd round qualifying last season.Ilkeston are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Two travels in a row for Ilkeston, whose manager M. Carruthers could celebrate last time after the Non League Div One: Northern Midlands win against Halesowen Town.
Before that, Ilkeston Town secured a home win against Soham Town Rangers with the score 3-1.It's a day of discovery for Ilkeston 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 Ilkeston Town have played one with the results W0-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Ilkeston Town has scored 2 goals and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
Bromsgrove Sporting missing players
Ilkeston Town missing players
| Bromsgrove Sporting | Ilkeston Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 29 | 19 | Scored | S | 27 | 60 | ||
| 44 | 25 | Conceded | C | 16 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 2.7 | 2.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.6 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 4.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 51% | 76% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | ||