National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bognor Regis Town or Eastbourne Borough that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bognor Regis Town and Eastbourne Borough.
Bognor Regis Town form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Sussex Senior Challenge Cup for Bognor Regis Town, as the manager Pearce led his troops to eliminate Haywards Heath Town, and reach the 3rd Round.Bognor drew their last game, also a home match. Aveley was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Lewes (1-3).The manager Pearce will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Potters Bar Town in only four days.
Bognor Regis Town have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Bognor Regis Town have scored {1 goals} and conceded 1 time.
Eastbourne Borough form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Shoreham in order to reach 3rd round of Sussex Senior Challenge Cup.It might be tough going out on the road again for Eastbourne Borough, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Bath City.
A loss against Havant & Waterlooville was the result prior to that, in a Vanarama National League South home game.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Worthing in just four days.
Eastbourne played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In these three matches Eastbourne Borough scored 1 and conceded {1 goals}.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Bognor Regis Town victories, two draws and five Eastbourne Borough wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hutchinson 12 goals | S. Remy 6 goals | L. Gravata 4 goals |
Bognor Regis Town missing players
Eastbourne Borough missing players
| Bognor Regis Town | Eastbourne Borough | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Scored | S | 20 | 43 | ||
| 42 | 17 | Conceded | C | 20 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.1 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 45% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| 8 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | ||
