National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nantwich Town or Grantham Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams have had enough days rest since their previous competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face fixture!
Nantwich Town form and stats
Last season, Nantwich Town's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 3rd round.Nantwich are slowly digging their own grave here at The Weaver Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Stalybridge Celtic match.
Nantwich's previous game was a Fa Trophy match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Barwell. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Ahead of that match, Nantwich Town lost 2-3 at home to Morpeth Town.Nantwich Town have prepared for this season with six friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these six matches are 3 victories, 1 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Nantwich have scored 9 goals and conceded 11 times.
Grantham Town form and stats
Grantham's mission in Fa Trophy last season failed in the 1st round.Two away games in a row for Grantham, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Morpeth Town in the Non League Premier: Northern.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Mickleover Sports at their stadium, the result 1-0.Just as the home team, Grantham have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Grantham Town wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - three - zero (Nantwich Town wins - draws - Grantham Town wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Nantwich Town missing players
Grantham Town missing players
| Nantwich Town | Grantham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 17 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Lost | L | 8 | 17 | ||
| 28 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 25 | ||
| 32 | 25 | Conceded | C | 24 | 53 | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 41% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.8 | 6.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 36% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 32% | ||
| 10.4 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||