National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Pontefract Collieries or Birtley Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
Birtley Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Counties Leagues: Northern League One game only four sleeps ago.
Pontefract Collieries form and stats
Pontefract participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round qualifying.A strong away win for Pontefract Collieries against Tadcaster Albion the last match. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Pontefract Collieries played a great game against Tadcaster Albion and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
In the match before that, Pontefract hosted Carlton Town and drew the Non League Div One: Northern East game 2-2.Birtley Town form and stats
Birtley Town was sent out of FA Cup in the preliminary round last season.Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Guisborough Town in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Redcar Athletic at their stadium, the result 4-1.A new game in only three days for Birtley Town, the Counties Leagues: Northern League One home match versus Boro Rangers. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Pontefract Collieries missing players
Birtley Town missing players
| Pontefract Collieries | Birtley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | ||
| 48 | 17 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 64% | 90% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | ||
| 32% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | ||
| 2.9 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.3 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 72% | 70% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
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