National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Curzon Ashton or Tamworth that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are active days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only four days ago in the Manchester Premier Cup. This match was also played here at Tameside Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Tamworth have had more rest.
Curzon Ashton form and stats
Curzon have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Chorley and Warrington Town. Curzon Ashton participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round replays.The home club members saw a 1-1 draw against United of Manchester in the Manchester Premier Cup last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Previous to that game, a Vanarama National League North home match hosting Boston United in a game that was won 3-1.Curzon have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 4 losses. In these games, Curzon Ashton have scored {4 goals} and conceded 10 times.
Tamworth form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Harborough Town in order to reach 4th round qualifying of FA Cup.Tamworth go into this game after a win, the home game against Darlington that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Tamworth was the only team on the pitch versus Darlington in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Ahead of that match was the Vanarama National League North away draw versus Southport that ended 0-0.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Tamworth have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Curzon Ashton two wins, zero draws and Tamworth five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Finn 5 goals |   W. Hayhurst 4 goals |  C. Mahon 3 goals |
Curzon Ashton missing players
Tamworth missing players
| Curzon Ashton | Tamworth | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Scored | S | 18 | 47 | ||
| 31 | 21 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7.9 | 6.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10 | ||
| 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 42% | ||
| 10.6 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
