National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Chester or Marske United that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Chester form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 4th round qualifying.On the other hand, in the FA Cup, Chester has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses. Chester has recorded two wins in a row here at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Chester drew their last game, 0-0 away at Marske United.
Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Blyth Spartans.There will be little rest for Chester after this match as they are travelling to Kettering Town for a Vanarama National League North game in only four days.
Chester have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and nine practice matches played. These training games have ended with 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Chester scored 20 goals and let in 13 goals during these nine games.
Marske United form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round qualifying.Total FA Cup statistics for Marske United: 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. In general it has been a productive period now for Marske as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
There were no winners in Marske United's previous match, a FA Cup home game that ended 0-0 vs Chester.
Before that, Marske secured a home win against South Shields with the score 3-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Marske are hosting Glossop North End in the Fa Trophy only four days away.
Head 2 Head
Marske United - Chester 0-0 was the outcome when these contenders last played each other, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  G. Waring 3 goals | D. Cowan 2 goals | D. Weeks 2 goals |
Chester missing players
Marske United missing players
| Chester | Marske United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Scored | S | 21 | 67 | ||
| 37 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 60% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 12% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.2 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 15.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 8.3 | ||
| 43% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | ||