National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Alfreton Town or Macclesfield that keep their silverware dream alive.
Macclesfield could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Non League Premier: Northern game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Radcliffe Borough, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Macclesfield.
Alfreton Town form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Alfreton Town, as the manager Heath led his troops to eliminate AFC Emley and Cleethorpes Town, and reach the 4th Round Qualifying.The spoils were shared in Alfreton Town's previous game, also at home. Visiting Warrington Town travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, a home win hosting AFC Emley in the FA Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Alfreton handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 12 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Alfreton Town friendly games in pre-season: Alfreton Town played six friendlies, won 0, drew 2 and lost 4. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Alfreton Town scored {5 goals} and conceded 21 in these six games.
Macclesfield form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Whickham, Buxton and Rylands in order to reach 4th round qualifying of FA Cup.It might be tough going out on the road again for Macclesfield, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 3-4 versus Radcliffe Borough. A huge disappointment for Macclesfield in their last match (vs Radcliffe Borough). Leading 3-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 3-4 defeat.
Before that match, the victory at home hosting Rylands in the FA Cup (2-1).
Macclesfield have another match that requires travelling in just three nights, a Non League Premier: Northern match versus Marine. A grim calendar for the guests!
It's a day of discovery for Macclesfield as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Macclesfield have played three with the results W2-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Macclesfield has scored {8 goals} and conceded 3 times.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Salmon 6 goals | J. Thewlis 4 goals | D. Riley 2 goals |
Alfreton Town missing players
Macclesfield missing players
| Alfreton Town | Macclesfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Scored | S | 28 | 60 | ||
| 44 | 29 | Conceded | C | 15 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.1 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 88% | ||
| 9.4 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 1.5 | ||
