National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Cleethorpes Town or Alfreton Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Cleethorpes Town form and stats
Cleethorpes Town have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Stocksbridge Park Steels, Loughborough Dynamo and Leicester Road. Last season, Cleethorpes's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round qualifying.The followers are hoping that Cleethorpes Town will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the Fa Trophy fixture against Hanley Town.
Preceding that match, a home victory against Leicester Road in the FA Cup.
Cleethorpes Town have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Cleethorpes scored {1 goals} and let in {2 goals} during these one game.
Alfreton Town form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round qualifying.Alfreton Town are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the match against Boston United. As mentioned above, Alfreton was the only team on the pitch versus Boston United in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Ahead of that match was the Vanarama National League North away draw versus Banbury United that ended 0-0.Just as the home team, Alfreton Town have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Alfreton Town wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Salmon 5 goals | J. Thewlis 4 goals | D. Riley 2 goals |
Cleethorpes Town missing players
Alfreton Town missing players
| Cleethorpes Town | Alfreton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Scored | S | 9 | 32 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 45 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 2.4 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 0.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 7.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 48% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 34% | ||
| 4.8 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
