Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Carlton Town & Kidsgrove Athletic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both participants have had adequate rest since their last match. Let's agree to expect an energetic game!
Carlton Town form and stats
Carlton have reached this Fa Trophy stage through battling and winning against Bedworth United. Carlton was eliminated in the 2nd round qualifying last season in the Fa Trophy.The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
It's back home for Carlton, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Soham Town Rangers away with the result 6-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Carlton played a great game against Soham Town Rangers and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Loughborough Dynamo.It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Carlton, who have participated in two training matches. Carlton Town have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 2 games.
Kidsgrove Athletic form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Evesham United in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of Fa Trophy. Kidsgrove was sent out of Fa Trophy in the 1st round last season.Three has not been a lucky number for Kidsgrove Athletic as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Clitheroe match.
Home advantage was not enough for Kidsgrove in their previous game, as they lost their Non League Div One: Northern West-match, hosting Mossley, 1-3.
A 0-3 defeat away at Rylands before that.Kidsgrove Athletic played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In these two matches Kidsgrove Athletic scored 1 and conceded 3 goals.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Carlton victories, two draws and four Kidsgrove Athletic wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Carlton Town missing players
Kidsgrove Athletic missing players
| Carlton Town | Kidsgrove Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 36 | ||
| 34 | 10 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.3 | ||
| 6.7 | 7.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.2 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 43% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 37% | ||