- Odds: Yate Town FC are the slight favorites at 2.1 to Chippenham's 2.94, with the draw at 3.45.
- Form: Yate Town are 6-2-2 in their last 10, Chippenham Town 3-2-5, in all competitions.
- Stats: Yate are scoring 1.80 and conceding 1.20 goals at home, while Chippenham are conceding 2.17 goals per game away.
Yate and Chippenham can’t be easily separated
Yate Town FC are the favorites to get a win in this FA Cup Qualification 2026 contest, but the visitors are very much in the game and should not be underestimated. Both are playing well, but with different styles and in different shapes, so it is hard to be certain of which will come out on top.
The home side are a front-foot, set-piece team who come at opponents early, win lots of corners, throw in plenty of dead-ball deliveries, and like to play a compact and energetic game in the defensive third. Chippenham are more of a possession-based team with a flair for long throws, but this could easily turn into a scrappy local derby if the Yate Town players get on top.
Yate Town are playing better, but Chippenham have the quality to punish
Recent form
Chippenham boss Gary Horgan has been in charge since April 2022 and his side have a good mix of quality and grit, but they may be more fragile at the moment.
Yate are much the better team on current form, but that 1-1 draw that these sides played out at Chippenham just five weeks ago suggests this will be a tight match.
- Yate arrive in good form, with Yate having won their last two against Devizes Town and Hanworth Villa, while Chippenham won their previous game against Havant & Waterlooville and lost to Bath City last weekend.
- Over 2.5 goals at 1.55 is the bet to make for this one, but the draw that took place in the last head-to-head encounter screams a close contest.
Bluebirds have the livewire Marcus Day up front
Marcus Day is the danger man here and has scored three of Yate's seven goals in the past five games, so he may be worth a punt in the anytime goalscorer market.
Take the hosts to nick it in what should be another close and competitive cup tie between these two sides.
- The home team have won four and lost only one of their last five in all competitions at Yate, while the away team have won two and lost four of their five away games in all competitions, conceding 13 times.
- Yate Town have the edge in terms of overall recent form, but the odds and the previous game make the hosts the better play here.
