National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sittingbourne or Herne Bay that keep their silverware dream alive.
Sittingbourne form and stats
Sittingbourne was eliminated in the 3rd round qualifying last season in the Fa Trophy.All in all it has been a very rough period for Sittingbourne who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Three Bridges, 636 days ago.
In their previous game, led his Sittingbourne to a defeat in the FA Cup match away at Littlehampton Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Woodstock Park. As you see from the result above, Sittingbourne suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Littlehampton Town that ended 2-2.Sittingbourne have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Sittingbourne scored 2 goals and let in 2 goals during these two games.
Herne Bay form and stats
They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 3rd round qualifying.Herne are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Herne play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Bedfont Sports.
A 1-3 defeat away at Hitchin Town before that.Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Sittingbourne victories, two draws and five Herne Bay wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Sittingbourne missing players
Herne Bay missing players
| Sittingbourne | Herne Bay | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Scored | S | 24 | 48 | ||
| 42 | 11 | Conceded | C | 22 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 0.3 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.7 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 8.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | ||