Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Enfield Town & Metropolitan Police FC face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Enfield Town form and stats
Enfield was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Fa Trophy.In general it's been a long time since Enfield tasted defeat here at Queen Elizabeth II Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.
Enfield Town are returning here after visiting East Thurrock United in a Non League Premier: Isthmian game and winning with a 8-0 scoreline. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Enfield played a great game against East Thurrock United and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
In the match before that, Enfield hosted Worthing and drew the Non League Premier: Isthmian game 2-2.The match schedule is unforgiving for Enfield as they have a new game in only three days, a Non League Premier: Isthmian match thankfully also at home. Bowers & Pitsea are visiting.
Enfield 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; Enfield scored 1 goal and let in 4 goals during these one game.
Metropolitan Police FC form and stats
Metropolitan's mission in Fa Trophy last season failed in the 3rd round qualifying.Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Metropolitan's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Swindon Supermarine game.
It's the second away game in a row for Metropolitan, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Tiverton Town in the Non League Premier: Southern South last time out.
A 1-2 loss hosting Merthyr Town before that.After this away game Metropolitan return home for a London Senior Cup game against Leyton Orient CC. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's a day of discovery for Metropolitan Police FC 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 Metropolitan Police FC have played two with the results W0-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Metropolitan has scored 1 goal and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
Enfield Town-Metropolitan Police FC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Enfield four wins, Metropolitan Police FC four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Enfield Town missing players
Metropolitan Police FC missing players
| Enfield Town | Metropolitan Police FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 50 | 31 | Scored | S | 19 | 30 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.1 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.3 | ||
| 62% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 50% | ||