Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Colne & Brighouse Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Colne have less rest than Brighouse Town in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Counties Leagues: North West Counties League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Squires Gate, was also a home game here at Kinoru Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Colne form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the preliminary round.Colne's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Squires Gate. The home side are looking to build on that result. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Colne played a great game against Squires Gate and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Preceding that match was the home Counties Leagues: North West Counties League game against Wythenshawe Town that was lost 0-2.There will be little rest for Colne after this match as they are travelling to Burscough for a Counties Leagues: North West Counties League game in only three days.
Brighouse Town form and stats
Brighouse's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the preliminary round.Brighouse Town's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus North Ferriby that finished 3-3. A loony match with heaps of goals last time out for Brighouse Town, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fun game, will this game be as enjoying?
Preceding that game, the 4-4 draw paying a visit to Ashington AFC.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Brighouse manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Grimsby Borough.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Brighouse Town have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the prior five meetings): Colne won one game, two matches ended in a draw and Brighouse Town got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / one.
Colne missing players
Brighouse Town missing players
| Colne | Brighouse Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 23 | 45 | ||
| 44 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 46 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 0.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 0.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 0.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 0.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 0.1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 2200% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 188% | 86% | ||
| 0.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 0.1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
