National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Whitby Town or Nantwich Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
Whitby Town and Nantwich Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Whitby Town form and stats
Whitby Town have not come this way in the Fa Trophy without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Mossley and Shildon AFC. Last season, Whitby's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 3rd round qualifying.An away draw last time out for Whitby, facing Basford United in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that, Whitby Town had a Fa Trophy home game versus Mossley which ended with a victory 5-0.The manager N. Haslam will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to United of Manchester in only four days.
Whitby Town have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Whitby Town scored 3 goals and let in 1 goal during these one game.
Nantwich Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Grantham Town and Barwell in order to reach 2nd round of Fa Trophy. Nantwich was sent out of Fa Trophy in the 3rd round last season.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Buxton in their previous outing. The Non League Premier: Northern match ended in a draw 1-1.
It was a Non League Premier: Northern defeat before that one as the away game against Scarborough Athletic wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.It's a day of discovery for Nantwich Town as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Nantwich Town have played six with the results W3-D1-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Nantwich Town has scored 9 goals and conceded 11 times.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Whitby Town victories, two draws and four Nantwich Town wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Whitby Town missing players
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| Whitby Town | Nantwich Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Scored | S | 9 | 25 | ||
| 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 11 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 40% | ||
| 1.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 3.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7 | ||
| 1.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | ||
| 73% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| 5.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 8.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||