National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Royston Town or Kingstonian that keep their silverware dream alive.
Royston Town have less rest than Kingstonian in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Non League Premier: Southern game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Garden Walk Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Kingstonian have had more rest.
Royston Town form and stats
Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 2nd round.Royston drew their last game, also a home match. Barwell was the opponent, 2-2 the score.
Before that, Royston had a Fa Trophy home game versus Stratford Town which ended with a victory 2-1.Royston Town are traveling soon after this match as the Non League Premier: Southern match at Peterborough Sports awaits in three days.
Royston Town have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 1 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Royston Town have scored 6 goals and conceded 7 times.
Kingstonian form and stats
Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 3rd round qualifying.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Bognor Regis Town in their previous outing. The Non League Premier: Isthmian match ended in a draw 1-1.
Preceding that game was the away Fa Trophy victory against East Thurrock United with the score of 6-0.Just as the home team, Kingstonian have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Kingstonian wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
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| Royston Town | Kingstonian | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 48 | 23 | Scored | S | 24 | 53 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 24 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 12% | ||
| 1.3 | 0.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.1 | 2.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 70% | 150% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 47% | ||
| 7 | 2.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||