Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sittingbourne & Burgess Hill Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sittingbourne and Burgess Hill Town.
Sittingbourne form and stats
Sittingbourne have not come this way in the Fa Trophy without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating South Park. Sittingbourne was eliminated in the 2nd round qualifying last season in the Fa Trophy.The Sittingbourne club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Woodstock Park: A 2-3 defeat against Hythe Town.
Before that, a strong away victory at South Park. A Fa Trophy match.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Kent Senior Cup game versus Sevenoaks Town in only three days. This game is also played here at Woodstock Park.
Sittingbourne 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 2 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Sittingbourne have scored 7 goals and conceded 3 times.
Burgess Hill Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Felixstowe & Walton United in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of Fa Trophy. Burgess's mission in Fa Trophy last season failed in the 3rd round qualifying.Burgess Hill Town's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Haywards Heath Town that finished 1-1.
A defeat, in the FA Cup away at Metropolitan Police FC, earlier.
Burgess Hill Town have another match that requires travelling in just three days, a Alan Turvey Trophy game vs Chichester City. A strenuous fixture list for the guests!
Head 2 Head
Burgess Hill Town have been victorious in all of the 5 latest fixtures against this side. Can they do it again?Sittingbourne missing players
Burgess Hill Town missing players
| Sittingbourne | Burgess Hill Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Scored | S | 18 | 33 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 24% | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 4 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 7 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
