National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Maidstone United or Concord Rangers that keep their silverware dream alive.
Maidstone United have less rest than Concord Rangers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Vanarama National League South game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Chippenham Town, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Concord Rangers's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Concord Rangers have performed like this: Played two matches resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 3-3 (scored/conceded).
Maidstone United form and stats
Maidstone United was eliminated in the 4th round replays last season in the Fa Trophy.Overall Vanarama National League South stats at home this season for Maidstone United are 3-4-1 (wins-draw-losses).
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Chippenham Town in the Vanarama National League South last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that match, a Vanarama National League South win away at Oxford City.
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 Maidstone United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won 1 time, drawn 4 and lost 3.
A decent goal production from Maidstone United in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Maidstone United are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Concord Rangers form and stats
Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 3rd round qualifying.There's been little loot from Concord Rangers's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Vanarama National League South. Concord Rangers only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. A depressing four defeats in a row for Concord Rangers in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Hampton & Richmond.
Concord Rangers are travelling after their nice 5-0 home win in the Vanarama National League South against Eastbourne Borough. Prior to that match, the Concord Rangers manager D. Scopes faced defeat when travelling to Wealdstone and losing 0-3.
As mentioned above, Concord Rangers was the only team on the pitch versus Eastbourne Borough in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
Concord Rangers 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, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of five matches.
Concord Rangers find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Concord Rangers have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Maidstone United 3 wins, 2 draws and Concord Rangers 1 victory. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. McClure 8 goals |  D. Wishart 7 goals |  D. Sheriff 6 goals |
Maidstone United missing players
Concord Rangers missing players
| Maidstone United | Concord Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 44 | 26 | Scored | S | 15 | 35 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 23 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 91% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 40% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 248 | 138 | Total Shots | T S | 95 | 259 | ||
| 110 | 63 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 111 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wealdstone | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 44 |
| 2 | Slough Town | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 37 |
| 3 | Havant & Waterlooville | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 35 |
| 4 | Weymouth | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 34 |
| 5 | Bath City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 33 |
| 6 | Dorking Wanderers | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 33 |
| 7 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Maidstone United | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 28 |
| 9 | Hampton & Richmond | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -4 | 26 |
| 10 | Braintree Town | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -10 | 26 |
| 11 | Chelmsford City | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 12 | Concord Rangers | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 24 |
| 13 | Billericay Town | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -1 | 24 |
| 14 | Welling United | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 15 | Oxford City | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 16 | Dartford | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 17 | Eastbourne Borough | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 22 |
| 18 | Chippenham Town | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 19 | Dulwich Hamlet | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 20 | Tonbridge Angels | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 21 | Hungerford Town | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -15 | 17 |
| 22 | St Albans City | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -16 | 15 |