National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Harlow Town or Phoenix Sports that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Harlow's stadium, McCulloch's Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Phoenix Sports have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Phoenix Sports when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses from one match. They have scored 2 goals in these games and conceded 2.
Harlow Town form and stats
Harlow was eliminated in the 2nd round qualifying last season in the Fa Trophy.A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Harlow, who played 1-1 against St Neots Town. That match was also played at this venue (McCulloch's Stadium).
Before that match, a Non League Div One: Southern Central win away at Ware.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Harlow Town friendly games in pre-season: Harlow Town played four friendlies, won 4, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Harlow Town scored 14 goals and conceded 4 in these four games.
Phoenix Sports form and stats
Phoenix Sports's mission in Fa Trophy last season failed in the 2nd round qualifying.Phoenix failed to get anything from their last game, a FA Cup home match vs Redhill that ended with defeat 1-3.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Chipstead.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Phoenix have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Harlow one win, one draw and Phoenix Sports zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Harlow Town missing players
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| Harlow Town | Phoenix Sports | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 42 | 34 | Scored | S | 23 | 41 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 23 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 19% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 24% | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 1.5 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 10 | 5 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 40% | ||