National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Farnborough or Braintree Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
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!
Farnborough form and stats
Farnborough have not come this way in the Fa Trophy without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Hampton & Richmond. Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 2nd round.It's back home for Farnborough, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Welling United away with the result 2-1. Kasimu and Pendlebury found the net in that victory. Some amazing scenes last match, when Pendlebury scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Vanarama National League South home game that ended 2-2 versus Hampton & Richmond.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Farnborough friendly games in pre-season: Farnborough played five friendlies, won 2, drew 2 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Farnborough scored {11 goals} and conceded 6 in these five games.
Braintree Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Brackley Town in order to reach 3rd round of Fa Trophy. Braintree's mission in Fa Trophy last season failed in the 3rd round.Braintree Town delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Oxford City in their previous game.
Before that, Braintree travelled to Taunton Town and returned home with a draw after the Vanarama National League South game finished 0-0.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 Braintree Town playing away, we found 9 games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 6 home wins.
Just as the home team, Braintree Town have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Braintree Town wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Farnborough victories, two draws and three Braintree Town wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Kasimu 6 goals |  A. Matthews 5 goals | A. Blair 5 goals |
Farnborough missing players
Braintree Town missing players
| Farnborough | Braintree Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 7 | ||
| 45 | 24 | Scored | S | 18 | 38 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 23 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 6 | ||
| 1.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.9 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 8.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | ||
| 24% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 37% | ||
| 8.2 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
