National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Clitheroe or Spennymoor Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Clitheroe nor Spennymoor Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Clitheroe form and stats
Clitheroe have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Colne and Heaton Stannington. Last season, Clitheroe's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round qualifying.Clitheroe's previous fixture was a Fa Trophy game also played at their own arena, finishing 2-1 versus 1874 Northwich. The home team hope to to continue in that form.
Before that, a fine away victory at Heaton Stannington. A FA Cup match.
Clitheroe have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 2 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Clitheroe have scored 8 goals and conceded 3 times.
Spennymoor Town form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round qualifying replays.Spennymoor's last game was the home draw against Curzon Ashton (0-0).
Prior to that match, the Spennymoor Town manager Morley faced defeat when travelling to Kidderminster Harriers and losing 1-4.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Spennymoor Town have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Spennymoor Town have won all of the 4 latest duels versus this opponent. Something to take note of?Top Goalscorers
  J. Thewlis 3 goals |  M. Anderson 2 goals | J. Oyibo 2 goals |
Clitheroe missing players
Spennymoor Town missing players
| Clitheroe | Spennymoor Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 47 | 32 | Scored | S | 12 | 25 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 36% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 27% | ||
| 7.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
