National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Buxton or Morecambe that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Buxton form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Buxton, as the manager S. Cunningham led his troops to eliminate York City, City of Liverpool, Sherwood Colliery, Kettering Town and Rushall Olympic, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Buxton's FA Cup journey ended in the 2nd round qualifying.5W-2D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the FA Cup for Buxton. In general it's been a long time since Buxton tasted defeat here at The Silverlands, as they have taken at least one point from their last 16 home games in the league.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Buxton, who played 1-1 against Nantwich Town. That match was also played at this venue (The Silverlands).
Heartbreak before that as Buxton lost 0-1 at Lancaster City's place.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Buxton, as the Non League Premier: Northern home game vs Scarborough Athletic is only three days away.
Morecambe form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Newport County in order to reach 2nd round of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Morecambe so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Milton Keynes Dons with 0-4 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Milton Keynes Dons was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Attacker Arthur Gnahoua got a player rating of 6.83 in the game. "Man of the match" Gnahoua dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A draw for Morecambe before that, at their own venue hosting Charlton Athletic (2-2).The schedule is very tough for Morecambe now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Sunderland is waiting in only three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Morecambe's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. Morecambe have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Stockton 13 goals |  A. Phillips 5 goals | A. Gnahoua 2 goals |
Buxton missing players
Morecambe missing players
| Buxton | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 56 | 30 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 23 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 91% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 91% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 24% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.5 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 11.1 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 34% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| 7.4 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 14.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rotherham United | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 18 | 38 |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 35 |
| 6 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 33 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 32 |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Burton Albion | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Cheltenham Town | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 24 |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -13 | 24 |
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 23 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 19 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 17 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -4 | 15 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 26 | -23 | 13 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -18 | 12 |