- Team form: Havant & Waterloville FC have won 1, tied 2 and lost 2 of their last five matches.
- Opponents' form: Chippenham Town FC have won 2, tied 1 and lost 2 of their last five games.
- Home form: Havant have won 1, tied 1 and lost 2 of their four home matches in all competitions, conceding 8 goals.
Hard to split the sides in mid-table cup dogfight
This Tuesday's FA Cup Qualification 2026 cup clash looks close enough to split the two teams and back the draw at 3.58 or go with the home side, Havant & Waterloville, at 2.2, with the visitors at 2.74. However, there is a temptation to go with the hosts in this clash for a few reasons.
Firstly, Paul Doswell's side have failed to win either of the last two meetings with Chippenham on home soil and that gives The Bluebirds a small psychological advantage for this encounter. Secondly, while Havant are in an indifferent spell, Chippenham have a slightly better form coming into this one.
Form and recent results
- Havant have gone 1-3-6 across their last 10 in all competitions, so they haven't much momentum for this clash and are looking to arrest a slump that has seen them lose two of their last three games.
- A 3-2 defeat at Chichester City in the Southern League Premier Division South was followed by a 1-1 draw with Chippenham in FA Cup Qualification.
- Gary Horgan's Bluebirds have a slightly better, but still patchy, recent record of 2-3-5 across their last 10 in all comps.
- A 2-1 win at Malvern Town on the road was followed by a 1-1 stalemate with the Hawks in the previous round of the FA Cup Qualifiers.
Tactical matchup and key players
The styles of these two sides should clash here, with Horgan favouring a more structured, wide-side build-up game with possession dominance, while Doswell's men are a more physical unit that play a little more chaos, relying on box deliveries and long throws, with plenty of late pressure. Paul McCallum has been Havant's dangerman in recent matches, with the number 10 scoring three of the Hawks' seven goals in their last five.
But Chippenham have scored five in five on the road this season, so both teams to score has been priced up to say yes, but we're going to take a chance on the 2.23 about the BTTS-No here as this looks like it could be another tight, tense cup scrap.
Prediction
A home win would be the preference, however, if we are to be split the teams, as Chippenham have a small psychological edge, or potentially for another draw that will take the game to a replay.
