Perhaps a welcome break from league football as VCD Athletic & Herne Bay face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Kent Senior Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. That game, against Aveley, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Herne Bay.
VCD Athletic form and stats
The VCD Athletic followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Sevenoaks Town and win 2-1.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Faversham Town and winning 1-0.The match schedule is unforgiving for VCD Athletic as they have a new game in only four days, a Non League Div One: Isthmian South East match thankfully also at home. Ramsgate are visiting.
Herne Bay form and stats
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Aveley in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
The game before that, in the Non League Premier: Isthmian, was lost at home, a 0-6 defeat against AFC Hornchurch.The schedule is very tough for Herne now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A FA Cup game at Hendon is waiting in only four days.
It's a day of discovery for Herne Bay 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 Herne Bay have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Herne Bay has scored 1 goal and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
VCD-Herne Bay H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: VCD Athletic one win, Herne Bay five wins, one draw. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
VCD Athletic missing players
Herne Bay missing players
| VCD Athletic | Herne Bay | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 22 | 38 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Conceded | C | 19 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5.5 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 11.6 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 6.4 | ||
| 50% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 25% | ||
| 13.5 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 11.8 | ||
| 7.5 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.6 | ||
