National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Concord Rangers or Truro City that keep their silverware dream alive.
Concord Rangers and Truro City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Concord Rangers form and stats
Last season, Concord's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 4th round.1 victory, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Concord Rangers have to build on here at Thames Road in the Vanarama National League South.
The spoils were shared in Concord's previous game, also at home. Visiting Eastbourne Borough travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Previous to that game, a Vanarama National League South home match hosting Bath City in a game that was won 3-2.
Opportunity lost for Concord Rangers in the Eastbourne Borough match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
A decent goal production from Concord in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Concord defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Truro City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Taunton Town and Moneyfields in order to reach 2nd Round of Fa Trophy. They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 1st round qualifying replays.Truro City are desperate to end a twelve-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Oxford City fixture. It's three draws from Truro's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Prior to that result Truro won their away game at Taunton Town in the Fa Trophy. The scoreline was 4-2.
As mentioned above, Truro was the only team on the pitch versus Moneyfields in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Truro playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, zero draws and three home wins.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Concord victories, one draw and four Truro City wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Wall 6 goals | A. Pollock 1 goals | T. Babalola 1 goals |
Concord Rangers missing players
Truro City missing players
| Concord Rangers | Truro City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 34 | 21 | Scored | S | 26 | 42 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Conceded | C | 28 | 45 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 69% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 46% | 28% | ||
| 72% | 92% | BTTS | BTTS | 92% | 72% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 38% | ||