Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Bury AFC & Clitheroe face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Bury AFC form and stats
Bury AFC's previous fixture was a FA Cup game also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Clitheroe. The home side are looking to build on that result.
In the match before, 1-1 away to Clitheroe (FA Cup).
Bury AFC have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Bury scored 3 goals and let in 7 goals during these two games.
Clitheroe form and stats
Clitheroe's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 1st round qualifying.Two away games in a row for Clitheroe, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Bury AFC in the FA Cup.
One match before, 1-1 at home against Bury AFC in the FA Cup.
It's a day of discovery for Clitheroe as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Clitheroe have played three with the results W2-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Clitheroe has scored 8 goals and conceded 3 times.
Head 2 Head
The last head to head encounter ended Clitheroe - Bury AFC 1-1, played this season.
Bury AFC missing players
Clitheroe missing players
| Bury AFC | Clitheroe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Scored | S | 18 | 51 | ||
| 34 | 8 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 79% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 29% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 21% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 50% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 48% | ||
| 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 44% | ||
| 25% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 8% | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11.5 | 8.5 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.3 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 13 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5 | ||
| 47% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | ||
| 8.7 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||