For a third consecutive season, Eastleigh will face Boreham Wood in the FA Cup first round. The Wood have won in the last two campaigns (2-0 in 2021-22 and 3-1 in 2022-23).

Eastleigh and Boreham Wood are the first pair of teams to face one another in the FA Cup first round in three consecutive seasons (excluding byes). It’s only the third ever instance of two teams meeting at the same stage in three years in a row, along with Leeds United vs Cardiff in the third round (1955-56 – 1957-58) and Bolton Wanderers vs Preston North End in the fourth round (1963-64 – 1965-66).

Eastleigh are looking to reach the FA Cup second round for the first time since 2019-20, when they beat Stourbridge after a replay. They’ve gone out at this stage in their last three attempts.

Having reached the FA Cup second round in the last three seasons, Boreham Wood are looking to become the first non-league side to do so in four seasons consecutively since now-Premier League side Luton Town between 2009-10 and 2012-13.