National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Southend United or Boreham Wood that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both squads have had ample time to rest since their previous game. Let's look for an in-your-face match!
Southend United form and stats
Southend United was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the Fa Trophy.When playing at home in the Vanarama National League, Southend United have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games.
Southend drew their last game, also a home match. Altrincham was the opponent, 2-2 the score.
Heartbreak before that as Southend United lost 0-2 at Aldershot Town's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Southend United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Southend United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Southend are not conceding a lot of goals here at Roots Hall Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.
Boreham Wood form and stats
They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 5th round.5-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Boreham Wood in their Vanarama National League matches away.
Impressive finishing from Ndlovu (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Oldham Athletic in their previous game. Late drama in the previous game, when Ndlovu scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Oldham Athletic.
Prior to that match, the Boreham Wood manager Garrard faced defeat when travelling to Eastleigh and losing 0-1.Boreham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Boreham Wood have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings featuring these participants: Southend won one, Boreham Wood were winners in two and we saw one draw. one game with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these clubs have sometimes been "violent", having seen 3 sending-offs from the last four encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Powell 7 goals |  L. Ndlovu 7 goals | T. Marsh 5 goals |
Southend United missing players
Boreham Wood missing players
| Southend United | Boreham Wood | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 27 | 8 | Conceded | C | 10 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 5.7 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 12.3 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 32% | ||
| 8.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 38 | 54 |
| 2 | Wrexham | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 36 | 50 |
| 3 | Chesterfield | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 43 |
| 4 | Woking | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 40 |
| 5 | Barnet | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 36 |
| 6 | Southend United | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| 7 | Solihull Moors | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 33 |
| 8 | Boreham Wood | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 31 |
| 9 | Eastleigh | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -3 | 31 |
| 10 | Halifax Town | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 31 |
| 11 | Bromley | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 30 |
| 12 | Wealdstone | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 29 |
| 14 | Altrincham | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 29 | -9 | 29 |
| 15 | Dorking Wanderers | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 54 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 30 | -12 | 29 |
| 16 | York City | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 17 | Maidenhead United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 28 |
| 18 | Aldershot Town | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 19 | Yeovil Town | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 20 | Maidstone United | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 35 | -23 | 21 |
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 20 |
| 22 | Torquay United | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 18 |
| 23 | Gateshead | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -13 | 17 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -20 | 16 |
