National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hoddesdon Town or Hemel Hempstead Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
Hemel Hempstead Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FA Cup game only three sleeps ago.
Hoddesdon Town form and stats
Hoddesdon faced defeat in their previous match, away at Baldock Town (2-8). As you see from the result above, Hoddesdon Town suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Preceding that game was the away draw at St. Panteleimon that finished 2-2.Hoddesdon Town are traveling soon after this match as the Counties Leagues: Spartan South Midlands match at Potton United awaits in four days.
Hemel Hempstead Town form and stats
The fans enjoyed Hempstead's previous fixture versus Royston Town, a FA Cup win (3-0) played at home.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Dulwich Hamlet.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Worthing in just four days.
It's a day of discovery for Hemel Hempstead 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 Hemel Hempstead Town have played two with the results W0-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Hemel Hempstead Town has scored 0 goals and conceded 3 times.
Head 2 Head
Hoddesdon Town missing players
Hemel Hempstead Town missing players
| Hoddesdon Town | Hemel Hempstead Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 0 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 35 | 25 | Scored | S | 12 | 28 | ||
| 39 | 10 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
