Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hitchin Town & Herne Bay face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Hitchin Town form and stats
Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 1st round qualifying replays.The Hitchin crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Royston Town here at Top Field in a Non League Premier: Southern match. Before that match, a Non League Premier: Southern win away at Bromsgrove Sporting.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hitchin as they are travelling to their away game against Coalville Town in the Non League Premier: Southern. That match is three days after this one.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Hitchin Town, who have participated in one training match. Hitchin Town have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Herne Bay form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated VCD Athletic in order to reach 3rd Round Qualifying of Fa Trophy. Herne was sent out of Fa Trophy in the preliminary round last season.The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Sittingbourne game have they lost an away game, meaning Herne has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
It was a FA Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Hastings United wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Herne played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these one match Herne Bay scored 3 and conceded 1 goal.
Head 2 Head
Hitchin Town missing players
Herne Bay missing players
| Hitchin Town | Herne Bay | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Scored | S | 22 | 49 | ||
| 43 | 12 | Conceded | C | 21 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 142 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 25 | ||
| 67 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 14 | ||
| 25% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | ||