National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's New Salamis or Coggeshall Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither New Salamis nor Coggeshall Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
New Salamis form and stats
Salamis have not come this way in the Fa Trophy without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Welwyn Garden City.The New Salamis crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Grays Athletic here at Coles Park.
Heartbreak before that as New Salamis lost 0-5 at Felixstowe & Walton United's place.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Alan Turvey Trophy game versus Chertsey Town in only four days. This game is also played here at Coles Park.
New Salamis have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 2 losses. In these games, New Salamis have scored 0 goals and conceded 6 times.
Coggeshall Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Gorleston in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of Fa Trophy. They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 1st round qualifying.It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Gorleston in their previous outing. The Fa Trophy battle ended 1-1.
Prior to that match, the Coggeshall manager faced defeat when travelling to Lowestoft Town and losing 0-4.A quick return to home after this game, as Coggeshall Town are hosting Basildon United in the Alan Turvey Trophy only three days away.
Just as the home team, Coggeshall have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Coggeshall Town wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
New Salamis missing players
Coggeshall Town missing players
| New Salamis | Coggeshall Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 67 | 44 | Scored | S | 16 | 26 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 29 | 43 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 36% | ||
| 3 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | ||
| 4.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | ||
| 22% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | ||
| 15.5 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12 | ||
| 6.5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | ||
