Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Fylde & Chorley face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fylde and Chorley.
Fylde form and stats
An away draw last time out for Fylde, facing Brackley Town in a game that ended 1-1.
A win at home before that, as expected. The team were solid favourites against Congleton Town FC and won 5-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fylde as they are travelling to their away game against Kidderminster Harriers in the FA Cup. That match is four days after this one.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Fylde friendly games in pre-season: Fylde played three friendlies, won 3, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Fylde scored {5 goals} and conceded 2 in these three games.
Chorley form and stats
There might be some fixture complaints from Chorley as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-2 against King's Lynn Town.
A disappointing loss as clear favourites in the match before that, the FA Cup fixture home vs Blyth Spartans.
A quick return to home after this game, as Chorley are hosting Leamington in the Vanarama National League North only four days away.
Just as the home team, Chorley have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Chorley win, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the former ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: three wins for Fylde, three draws and four wins for Chorley. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Haughton 9 goals |  C. Hall 6 goals | B. Ustabaşı 4 goals |
Fylde missing players
Chorley missing players
| Fylde | Chorley | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 41 | 26 | Scored | S | 10 | 36 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 12 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.2 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 39% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 29% | ||
| 9.7 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
