Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Folkestone Invicta & Hendon face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
Folkestone Invicta have less rest than Hendon in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Non League Premier: Isthmian game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Bognor Regis Town, so at least Folkestone are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Folkestone Invicta form and stats
Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 3rd round qualifying.Folkestone haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Leatherhead, 378 days ago.
A good away victory last time out for Folkestone, who won 4-2 against Bognor Regis Town. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Before that, Folkestone had a Non League Premier: Isthmian home game versus Kingstonian which ended with a victory 5-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as AFC Hornchurch are coming to town in three days.
Folkestone Invicta have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Folkestone Invicta scored 13 goals and let in 8 goals during these five games.
Hendon form and stats
Hendon was sent out of Fa Trophy in the 3rd round qualifying last season.Hendon has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The supporters enjoyed Hendon's previous game versus Taunton Town, a Non League Premier: Southern South 2-0 win played at home.
Prior to that match, the Hendon manager faced defeat when travelling to Poole Town and losing 1-2.Hendon played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these two matches Hendon scored 3 and conceded 5 goals.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Folkestone Invicta victory, three draws and six Hendon wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Folkestone Invicta missing players
Hendon missing players
| Folkestone Invicta | Hendon | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 60 | 35 | Scored | S | 18 | 39 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 28 | 48 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 72% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 3.4 | 2.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.1 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 53% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 79% | ||