Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Buxton & Rushall Olympic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are hustling days for the team playing at home, as they had a game only four days ago in the Non League Premier: Northern. That game was an away game at Warrington Town, so at least Buxton are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Buxton form and stats
Buxton have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Sherwood Colliery. Last season, Buxton's FA Cup journey ended in the 2nd round qualifying.Buxton haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Nantwich Town, 353 days ago.
Buxton shared the glory with Warrington Town in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Ashton United that finished 1-1.It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Buxton, who have participated in one training match. Buxton have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Rushall Olympic form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Stafford Rangers in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. Rushall Olympic's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 1st round qualifying.Momentum is building for Rushall in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
It's the second away game in a row for Rushall Olympic, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Lowestoft Town in the Non League Premier: Southern Central last time out.
Prior to that result Rushall won their away game at Stafford Rangers in the FA Cup. The scoreline was 2-0.It's a day of discovery for Rushall Olympic as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Rushall Olympic have played four with the results W2-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Rushall Olympic has scored 9 goals and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Buxton victories, one draw and seven Rushall Olympic wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Buxton missing players
Rushall Olympic missing players
| Buxton | Rushall Olympic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 65 | 42 | Scored | S | 22 | 47 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 68% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 5.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 4 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15.4 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 8.7 | ||
| 7.4 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 63% | 45% | ||