National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gloucester City or Kettering Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Gloucester saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Vanarama National League North. Thankfully the previous game, versus Kidderminster Harriers, was also a home game here at New Meadow Park. The away team is better rested.
Gloucester City form and stats
Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 4th round.Gloucester's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Kidderminster Harriers.
Before that, Gloucester played out a Vanarama National League North draw 2-2 when visiting Darlington.It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Gloucester City, who have participated in three training matches. Gloucester City have won 2 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.
Kettering Town form and stats
Kettering was sent out of Fa Trophy in the 4th round last season.Kettering play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting York City.
It was a Vanarama National League North defeat before that one as the away game against Chorley wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Kettering have another fixture away from home in just three sleeps, a Vanarama National League North match against Hereford. A strenuous itinerary for the visitors!
Just as the home team, Kettering have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 4 Kettering Town wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - two - one (Gloucester wins - draws - Kettering Town wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Powell 7 goals |  M. McClure 3 goals | C. Kennedy 3 goals |
Gloucester City missing players
Kettering Town missing players
| Gloucester City | Kettering Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 14 | Scored | S | 26 | 43 | ||
| 49 | 12 | Conceded | C | 23 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 85% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 3.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.7 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.7 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 38% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 35% | ||
| 12.1 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||