National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Blyth Spartans or United of Manchester that keep their silverware dream alive.
United of Manchester could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Non League Premier: Northern game only four sleeps ago.
Blyth Spartans form and stats
Spartans participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round qualifying.The last three games played by Spartans, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
The spoils were shared in Spartans's previous game, also at home. Visiting Darlington travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. A disappointing finish for Blyth Spartans in their match versus Darlington as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.
In the match before that, Blyth Spartans hosted Brackley Town and drew the Vanarama National League North game 0-0.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Blyth Spartans friendly games in pre-season: Blyth Spartans played three friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Blyth Spartans scored 4 goals and conceded 5 in these three games.
United of Manchester form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Bootle FC in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.United of Manchester are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Non League Premier: Northern against Bamber Bridge.
Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Stafford Rangers.United of Manchester played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. In these two matches United of Manchester scored 2 and conceded 2 goals.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Spartans won two games, two matches ended with a tie and United of Manchester managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  J. O'Donnell 3 goals | R. Dale 2 goals | L. McNall 1 goals |
Blyth Spartans missing players
United of Manchester missing players
| Blyth Spartans | United of Manchester | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 7 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Scored | S | 8 | 41 | ||
| 50 | 19 | Conceded | C | 11 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 12% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.3 | ||
| 1 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 50% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||