National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Spalding United or Tamworth that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Spalding nor Tamworth 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.
Spalding United form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Fa Trophy for Spalding, as the manager led his troops to eliminate Belper Town, and reach the 3rd Round Qualifying. Last season, Spalding United's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 2nd round qualifying.The Spalding fans got no joy from their last match, a Non League Div One: Northern Midlands game also here at Sir Halley Stewart Field: A 0-3 defeat against Belper Town. Spalding lost the game against Belper Town in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.
Heartbreak before that as Spalding United lost 0-2 at Sporting Khalsa's place.Spalding United 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 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Spalding United scored 4 goals and let in 5 goals during these two games.
Tamworth form and stats
They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 1st round.There were no winners in Tamworth's previous match, a Non League Premier: Southern home game that ended 0-0 vs Hitchin Town.
A 1-3 loss hosting Leiston before that.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Tamworth have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Spalding United missing players
Tamworth missing players
| Spalding United | Tamworth | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 43 | ||
| 47 | 22 | Conceded | C | 24 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 4.6 | 0.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.4 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 8.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||