National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Peterborough Sports or Curzon Ashton that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Peterborough Sports nor Curzon Ashton as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Peterborough Sports form and stats
Peterborough Sports have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Redditch United and Hemel Hempstead Town. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 4th round qualifying.Peterborough's previous match was a Northamptonshire Senior Cup game also played at their home, ending 4-0 vs Wellingborough Town. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
Previous to that game, a Vanarama National League North home match hosting AFC Telford United in a game that was won 3-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Peterborough Sports have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Peterborough Sports friendly games in pre-season: Peterborough Sports played three friendlies, won 2, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Peterborough Sports scored {4 goals} and conceded 0 in these three games.
Curzon Ashton form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Scarborough Athletic and United of Manchester in order to reach 4th round qualifying of FA Cup. Curzon Ashton was sent out of FA Cup in the 4th round qualifying last season.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Ashton United in their previous outing. The Manchester Premier Cup duel ended 1-1.
It was a Vanarama National League North defeat before that one as the away game against Bradford Park Avenue wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Curzon are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
Just as the home team, Curzon Ashton have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Curzon Ashton wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Nicholson 6 goals |  T. Peers 4 goals | J. Hancock 4 goals |
Peterborough Sports missing players
Curzon Ashton missing players
| Peterborough Sports | Curzon Ashton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 49 | 30 | Scored | S | 22 | 34 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 20 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 41% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | ||
| 10.2 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 10 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5 | ||
