This is a first qualifying round tie in the FA Cup, with a place in the next round awaiting the winners. CheckLive makes Felixstowe & Walton favourites at 66% win probability, with a strong signal behind that read. It is not a two-horse race, though: a draw or a Wingate & Finchley win remains a realistic outcome.
Wingate & Finchley come into it with two wins, a draw and two defeats from their last five league games, beating Chatham Town 3-2 and Dulwich Hamlet 1-0 but losing to Enfield Town 1-4 and Carshalton Athletic 0-2. Felixstowe & Walton have been more erratic, winning 5-1 against Brightlingsea Regent and 1-0 at Woodbridge Town in the FA Cup preliminary rounds, losing 0-4 at Wroxham and 1-4 at Redbridge, and adding a 2-1 friendly win over Braintree Town.
These two clubs have never met before, so there is no head-to-head form to go on. The key is whether Felixstowe & Walton can reproduce the attacking form they found against Brightlingsea and Woodbridge, or whether Wingate & Finchley's home advantage and consistency in their league is enough to carry them through. A draw is a genuine possibility in a cup tie like this.
