National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Eastbourne Borough or Bracknell Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Eastbourne saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Vanarama National League South. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Ebbsfleet United.
Eastbourne Borough form and stats
Action has already taken place for Eastbourne Borough in Fa Trophy as they have defeated Ebbsfleet United to reach the 3rd Round. Eastbourne Borough was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Fa Trophy.A strong away win for Eastbourne against Ebbsfleet United the last match.
In the match before that, Eastbourne Borough hosted Oxford City and drew the Vanarama National League South game 1-1.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Eastbourne Borough friendly games in pre-season: Eastbourne Borough played three friendlies, won 1, drew 1 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Eastbourne scored {1 goals} and conceded 1 in these three games.
Bracknell Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Tonbridge Angels, Canvey Island and North Leigh in order to reach 3rd round of Fa Trophy. They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 1st round.Bracknell Town delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Plymouth Parkway in their previous match.
That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus Swindon Supermarine in the Non League Premier: Southern South.It's a day of discovery for Bracknell 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 Bracknell have played two with the results W2-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Bracknell Town has scored {5 goals} and conceded 1 time.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hutchinson 11 goals | S. Remy 6 goals | L. Gravata 4 goals |
Eastbourne Borough missing players
Bracknell Town missing players
| Eastbourne Borough | Bracknell Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Scored | S | 33 | 62 | ||
| 32 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 16% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 55% | ||
| 10.1 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 7.4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | ||
