National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Maidstone United or Worthing that keep their silverware dream alive.
Maidstone United and Worthing should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Maidstone United form and stats
Last season, Maidstone's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 4th round.Maidstone United have played 12 Vanarama National League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Maidstone United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Dorking Wanderers. Heartbreak for Maidstone United in their last match as Dorking Wanderers's Taylor scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Preceding that match was the home Vanarama National League game against Altrincham that was lost 2-3.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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.
The Maidstone United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 12 matches. Maidstone United have conceded 18 from these games.
Worthing form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Weymouth in order to reach 3rd round of Fa Trophy. They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 2nd round.This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Weymouth with 1-3 on the scoreboard.
A loss against Ebbsfleet United was the result prior to that, in a Vanarama National League South home game.We have checked recent matches where Worthing have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Worthing have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Maidstone United.Top Goalscorers
  C. Kealy 10 goals |  R. Booty 6 goals | J. Barham 5 goals |
Maidstone United missing players
Worthing missing players
| Maidstone United | Worthing | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | S | 22 | 42 | ||
| 54 | 18 | Conceded | C | 9 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 6 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.2 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 29% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 34% | ||
| 12.3 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 12.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 38 | 54 |
| 2 | Wrexham | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 36 | 50 |
| 3 | Chesterfield | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 43 |
| 4 | Woking | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 40 |
| 5 | Barnet | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 36 |
| 6 | Southend United | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| 7 | Solihull Moors | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 33 |
| 8 | Boreham Wood | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 31 |
| 9 | Eastleigh | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -3 | 31 |
| 10 | Halifax Town | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 31 |
| 11 | Bromley | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 30 |
| 12 | Wealdstone | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 29 |
| 14 | Altrincham | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 29 | -9 | 29 |
| 15 | Dorking Wanderers | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 54 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 30 | -12 | 29 |
| 16 | York City | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 17 | Maidenhead United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 28 |
| 18 | Aldershot Town | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 19 | Yeovil Town | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 20 | Maidstone United | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 35 | -23 | 21 |
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 20 |
| 22 | Torquay United | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 18 |
| 23 | Gateshead | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -13 | 17 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -20 | 16 |
