National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Haringey Borough or Brightlingsea Regent that keep their silverware dream alive.
Haringey Borough have less rest than Brightlingsea Regent 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 Margate, so at least Haringey Borough are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Haringey Borough form and stats
Haringey was eliminated in the 3rd round qualifying last season in the Fa Trophy.Haringey Borough travelled for their previous game, a trip to Margate that ended 3-3. Opportunity lost for Haringey Borough in the Margate match as a lead 3-1 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Brightlingsea Regent that finished 1-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Haringey have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Haringey Borough, who have participated in four training matches. Haringey Borough have won 3 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Brightlingsea Regent form and stats
Brightlingsea Regent was sent out of Fa Trophy in the 3rd round qualifying last season.Two away matches in a row for Brightlingsea, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Needham Market in the FA Cup.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Haringey Borough.Brightlingsea Regent are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Brightlingsea Regent have another game away from home in just four nights, a Non League Premier: Isthmian fixture against Kingstonian. A grim diary for the visitors!
Just as the home team, Brightlingsea Regent have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Brightlingsea win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Haringey Borough wins - draws - Brightlingsea Regent wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Haringey Borough missing players
Brightlingsea Regent missing players
| Haringey Borough | Brightlingsea Regent | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 32 | 23 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Conceded | C | 25 | 44 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.8 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 48% | ||
| 9.4 | 12.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
