Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Buxton & Alfreton Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Buxton nor Alfreton Town 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.
Buxton form and stats
Buxton participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Buxton lost their last game at Boston United after a 0-3 scoreline.
In the match before that, Buxton hosted Kettering Town and drew the Vanarama National League North game 2-2.Buxton have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 1 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Buxton have scored 3 goals and conceded 2 times.
Alfreton Town form and stats
Alfreton Town was sent out of FA Cup in the 2nd round qualifying last season.It might be tough going out on the road again for Alfreton Town, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus King's Lynn Town.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Hereford in the Vanarama National League North.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Alfreton Town have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Hobson 4 goals |   J. Gilchrist 3 goals |  D. Southwell 3 goals |
Buxton missing players
Alfreton Town missing players
| Buxton | Alfreton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Scored | S | 12 | 32 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 44% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| 7.5 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
