Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Merthyr Town & AFC Totton face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Merthyr Town form and stats
Last season, Merthyr's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 3rd round qualifying.Merthyr Town are returning here after visiting Gloucester City in a FA Cup match and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Merthyr Town won a home game hosting Winchester City (5-2).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Merthyr as they are travelling to their away game against North Leigh in the Non League Premier: Southern South. That match is three days after this one.
AFC Totton form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Berkhamsted and Slimbridge in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of Fa Trophy. Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 3rd round.The fans enjoyed AFC Totton's previous game versus Berkhamsted, a Fa Trophy win (2-1) played at home.
A loss, in the Hampshire Senior Cup away at AFC Portchester, before that.
The schedule is very tough for Totton now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Non League Div One: Southern South game at Bashley is waiting in only three days.
It's a day of discovery for AFC Totton as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which AFC Totton have played two with the results W0-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games AFC Totton has scored {3 goals} and conceded 7 times.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Merthyr wins - draws - AFC Totton wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.
Merthyr Town missing players
AFC Totton missing players
| Merthyr Town | AFC Totton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 19 | 40 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Conceded | C | 9 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 28% | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.4 | 0.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2.3 | 0.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | ||
| 57% | 700% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | ||
| 9 | 2.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10 | ||
| 3.7 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | ||
