National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bamber Bridge or Buxton that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Bamber Bridge nor Buxton as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Bamber Bridge form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Bamber Bridge, as the manager Crowe led his troops to eliminate Whickham and Prescot Cables, and reach the 3rd Round Qualifying. Bamber was eliminated in the 2nd round qualifying last season in the FA Cup.A nice win for Bamber Bridge last time playing, versus Warrington Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2.
Previous to that game, a Non League Premier: Northern home match hosting Belper Town in a game that was won 5-1.There will be little rest for Bamber Bridge after this match as they are travelling to Morpeth Town for a Non League Premier: Northern game in only three days.
Bamber Bridge have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Bamber scored 3 goals and let in 13 goals during these five games.
Buxton form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Alfreton Town in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Buxton played 1-1 against Kidderminster Harriers in their previous match.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Chester in the Vanarama National League North.Just as the home team, Buxton have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Buxton win, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Bamber Bridge victories, two draws and three Buxton wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Gilchrist 3 goals |  D. De Girolamo 1 goals | S. Newton 1 goals |
Bamber Bridge missing players
Buxton missing players
| Bamber Bridge | Buxton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 40 | 26 | Scored | S | 12 | 34 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.3 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 44% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 31% | ||
| 10.3 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 7.9 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
