National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tamworth or Leamington that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Tamworth form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Fa Trophy for Tamworth, as the manager Peaks led his troops to eliminate Liversedge, Boston United and AFC Rushden & Diamonds, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Tamworth's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 2nd round.Tamworth are returning here after visiting Ilkeston Town and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
In the game before, an away victory in the Non League Premier: Southern match versus AFC Rushden & Diamonds with a 3-1 scoreline.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Tamworth have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 1.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Tamworth, who have participated in one training match. Tamworth have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Leamington form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Bishop's Stortford in order to reach 3rd round of Fa Trophy. They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Leamington delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Brackley Town in their previous fixture.
A 0-3 defeat away at Boston United before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Leamington playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 3 Leamington wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
Just as the home team, Leamington have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Leamington wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the preceeding four meetings): Tamworth won three games, zero matches ended with a tie and Leamington have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / zero.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Turner 5 goals | T. Hewlett 3 goals | J. Edwards 2 goals |
Tamworth missing players
Leamington missing players
| Tamworth | Leamington | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 8 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 60 | 27 | Scored | S | 8 | 22 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 4.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| 49% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 30% | ||
| 7.2 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 10.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
