National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bradford Park Avenue or Spennymoor Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
Bradford Park Avenue form and stats
Bradford Park Avenue participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round qualifying.Bradford Park Avenue's struggle is real here at Horsfall Stadium with only 11 points collected from 17 Vanarama National League North games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-12.
Bradford's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Curzon Ashton. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting King's Lynn Town.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Gateshead are coming to town in two days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Bradford here at Horsfall Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (15 from 17 games). Bradford have conceded 37 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Spennymoor Town form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round qualifying.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Spennymoor Town so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 3-7-6 (win-draw-lose).
Spennymoor won their last game, 4-0 versus Hereford played at home. Prior to that match, the Spennymoor manager J. Ainsley faced defeat when travelling to Altrincham and losing 1-4.
As mentioned above, Spennymoor was the only team on the pitch versus Hereford in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
After this away game Spennymoor return home for a Vanarama National League North game against Farsley Celtic. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Spennymoor have scored 18 goals in 16 league games away. As for defending, Spennymoor rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Bradford two wins, one draw and Spennymoor Town four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Bradford Park Avenue missing players
Spennymoor Town missing players
| Bradford Park Avenue | Spennymoor Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 47 | ||
| 57 | 24 | Conceded | C | 19 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 212 | 110 | Total Shots | T S | 133 | 283 | ||
| 85 | 46 | Shots on Target | S O | 54 | 116 | ||
| 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | York City | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 52 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 24 | 66 |
| 2 | King's Lynn Town | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 63 | 39 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 22 | 24 | 64 |
| 3 | Brackley Town | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 61 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 36 | 60 |
| 4 | Boston United | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 58 |
| 5 | Altrincham | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 62 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 57 |
| 6 | Spennymoor Town | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 63 | 45 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 55 |
| 7 | Chester | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 54 |
| 8 | Gateshead | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 47 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 52 |
| 9 | Guiseley | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 50 |
| 10 | Farsley Celtic | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 48 |
| 11 | Darlington | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -7 | 48 |
| 12 | Southport | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -1 | 43 |
| 13 | AFC Telford United | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 51 | 56 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -5 | 42 |
| 14 | Alfreton Town | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 48 | 55 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 31 | -7 | 40 |
| 15 | Hereford | 35 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 56 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 36 | -17 | 39 |
| 16 | Kidderminster Harriers | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | -4 | 38 |
| 17 | Leamington | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 38 | -12 | 35 |
| 18 | Curzon Ashton | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -8 | 34 |
| 19 | Gloucester City | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 57 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 39 | -18 | 33 |
| 20 | Kettering Town | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -10 | 32 |
| 21 | Blyth Spartans | 33 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 32 | 78 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 41 | -46 | 23 |
| 22 | Bradford Park Avenue | 33 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 80 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 43 | -55 | 20 |