National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Congleton Town FC or Newcastle Town 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.
Congleton Town FC form and stats
Last season, Congleton's FA Cup journey ended in the extra preliminary round.The Congleton Town FC manager and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Newcastle Town in the FA Cup.
Heartbreak before that as Congleton lost 0-2 at Vauxhall Motors's place.The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Winsford United in only four days.
Newcastle Town form and stats
Newcastle Town's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the preliminary round.Newcastle Town delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Congleton Town FC in their previous game; a FA Cup fixture.
The match before was the Fa Trophy-duel against Spalding United, a home loss (0-2).
Just as the home team, Newcastle have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Newcastle Town wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date registered meeting featuring both these sides is the Newcastle Town - Congleton Town FC 1-1 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Congleton Town FC one win, one draw and Newcastle Town zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Congleton Town FC missing players
Newcastle Town missing players
| Congleton Town FC | Newcastle Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Scored | S | 14 | 28 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 14 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | ||