Perhaps a welcome break from league football as St Albans City & Braintree Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
St Albans City form and stats
Albans have reached this Fa Trophy stage through battling and winning against Oxford City. Albans was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Fa Trophy.St Albans City's previous game was a Vanarama National League South match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Hampton & Richmond. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Prior to that, an away loss at Boreham Wood in the FA Cup.Albans have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; St Albans City scored 3 goals and let in 3 goals during these three games.
Braintree Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Potters Bar Town in order to reach 3rd round of Fa Trophy. They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Visiting Braintree Town has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Concord Rangers in their previous outing. The Vanarama National League South match ended in a draw 2-2.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Potters Bar Town in the Fa Trophy.Braintree Town played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these two matches Braintree Town scored 3 and conceded 5 goals.
Head 2 Head
Albans-Braintree Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: St Albans City four wins, Braintree Town two wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Jeffers 16 goals | M. Weiss 4 goals |  L. Holness 4 goals |
St Albans City missing players
Braintree Town missing players
| St Albans City | Braintree Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 47 | 31 | Scored | S | 15 | 31 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Conceded | C | 26 | 49 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9.3 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 5.7 | ||