National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hythe Town or Margate that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Hythe Town form and stats
Last season their Kent Senior Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Hythe Town are returning here after guesting Chertsey Town in a Fa Trophy match and winning with a 4-2 scoreline.
In the game before, 1-1 away to Sittingbourne (Alan Turvey Trophy).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hythe as they are travelling to their away game against Erith & Belvedere in the Non League Div One: Isthmian South East. That match is four days after this one.
Margate form and stats
They also participated in Kent Senior Cup last season. This ended in the final.There might be some fixture complaints from Margate as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-4 against Canvey Island.
Earlier, the FA Cup win away at Folkestone Invicta.
The schedule is very tough for Margate now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A FA Cup game at Chesham United is waiting in only four days.
Margate played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In these three matches Margate scored 2 and conceded {4 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Hythe Town missing players
Margate missing players
| Hythe Town | Margate | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 44 | 17 | Scored | S | 19 | 33 | ||
| 22 | 3 | Conceded | C | 31 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 10% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 4% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 0.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.1 | 0.9 | ||
| 0.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 0.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.9 | 3 | ||
| 0.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 1100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 63% | 94% | ||
| 0.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 0.1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.4 | ||
