National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Birtley Town or Tow Law Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Birtley Town form and stats
Birtley participated in Durham County Challenge Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Birtley Town enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Tow Law Town's place. The match ended 5-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Birtley Town played a great game against Tow Law Town and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Penrith AFC.The match schedule is unforgiving for Birtley as they have a new game in only three days, a Counties Leagues: Northern League One match thankfully also at home. Whickham are visiting.
Tow Law Town form and stats
Tow Law Town was sent out of Durham County Challenge Cup in the 2nd round last season.This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Birtley Town with 0-5 on the scoreboard. Tow Law Town lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
Prior to that match, the Tow manager faced defeat when travelling to Boro Rangers and losing 2-3.After this away game Tow Law Town return home for a Counties Leagues: Northern League One game against Redcar Athletic. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings between these squads: Birtley Town won one, Tow Law Town were winners in one and we saw zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.
Birtley Town missing players
Tow Law Town missing players
| Birtley Town | Tow Law Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 8 | Played | P | 8 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 19 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Scored | S | 6 | 25 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 27 | 72 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 75% | 88% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 38% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 62% | 48% | ||
| 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 31% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 4% | ||
| 19% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
