Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Atherton Collieries & Ashton United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. 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 Collieries and Ashton United.
Atherton Collieries form and stats
The Atherton Collieries boss Cooke and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Ashton United in the FA Cup.
Preceding that match was a Non League Premier: Northern defeat to Radcliffe Borough (0-4).This is expected to be a close game, with Atherton Collieries perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Collieries as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Atherton Collieries has won 4 of these, drawn 5 and lost 5.
The manager Cooke will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Gainsborough Trinity in only four days.
Ashton United form and stats
Ashton United delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Atherton Collieries in their previous match; a FA Cup fixture.
A 0-5 defeat away at Macclesfield before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ashton United playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 5 Ashton United wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ashton manager Clegg as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Guiseley.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Ashton United have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
The latest H2H encounter ended Ashton United - Collieries 2-2, played this season. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Atherton Collieries victories, three draws and three Ashton United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Atherton Collieries missing players
Ashton United missing players
| Atherton Collieries | Ashton United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 13 | 40 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Conceded | C | 23 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 20% | ||
| 2.8 | 2.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 53% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 42% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
