National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Needham Market or Leiston that keep their silverware dream alive.
Needham Market form and stats
Needham Market was eliminated in the 2nd round qualifying last season in the Fa Trophy.Needham has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Bloomfields. We remember; it was Nuneaton Town.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Alvechurch and winning 2-1.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Needham, who have participated in one training match. Needham Market have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Leiston form and stats
Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 1st round qualifying.Leiston go into this game after a win, the home game against Kings Langley that ended 1-0.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Needham won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Leiston has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneNeedham Market missing players
Leiston missing players
| Needham Market | Leiston | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 43 | 28 | Scored | S | 15 | 42 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Conceded | C | 19 | 46 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.1 | 6.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 51% | 79% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 84% | ||
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