Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dereham Town & Spalding United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
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!
Dereham Town form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Fa Trophy for Dereham Town, as the manager led his troops to eliminate AFC Kempston Rovers, and reach the 2nd Round Qualifying. Dereham Town was eliminated in the 1st round qualifying last season in the Fa Trophy.Dereham's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Gresley. The home side are looking to build on that result.
In the game before, a nice away victory at AFC Kempston Rovers. A Fa Trophy game.
Dereham Town have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Dereham Town scored 0 goals and let in 4 goals during these one game.
Spalding United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Newcastle Town in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of Fa Trophy. They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 3rd round qualifying.Spalding has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Leicester Road for a 1-1 draw.
Before that, the Fa Trophy victory away at Newcastle Town.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Dereham Town victory, zero draws and one Spalding United win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Dereham Town missing players
Spalding United missing players
| Dereham Town | Spalding United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Scored | S | 12 | 29 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 14% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 18% | ||
| 10 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 7.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||