Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Buxton & Hyde United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both squads have had ample time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an active game!
Buxton form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Buxton, as the manager Vermiglio led his troops to eliminate Bamber Bridge and Alfreton Town, and reach the 4th Round Qualifying. Last season, Buxton's FA Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.A good away victory last time out for Buxton, who won 1-0 against Spennymoor Town.
In the game before, a nice away victory at Bamber Bridge. A FA Cup match. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Buxton's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 1 match, drawn 3 and lost 1.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Buxton friendly games in pre-season: Buxton played two friendlies, won 1, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Buxton scored {3 goals} and conceded 2 in these two games.
Hyde United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Warrington Town, Rylands and Darlington in order to reach 4th round qualifying of FA Cup. Hyde United's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 1st round qualifying.This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Fa Trophy home defeat versus Colne with 2-3 on the scoreboard.
A defeat, in the Manchester Premier Cup away at Trafford, before that. Looking at the earlier recent performances of Hyde when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Hyde United manager Spooner as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bamber Bridge.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Hyde United have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: five - one - three (Buxton wins - draws - Hyde United wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Gilchrist 3 goals |  C. Kirby 2 goals |  D. De Girolamo 1 goals |
Buxton missing players
Hyde United missing players
| Buxton | Hyde United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 34 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.2 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 40% | ||
| 7.9 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.8 | ||
