National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Darlington or Southport that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Vanarama National League North game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Chester. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Darlington form and stats
Darlington was eliminated in the 2nd round qualifying replays last season in the FA Cup.A strong away win for Darlington against Bradford Park Avenue the last match, as Beck (2) were on target.
Ahead of that match, Darlington won a home game hosting Boston United (3-2).Darlington have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Darlington scored 1 goal and let in 5 goals during these two games.
Southport form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round qualifying.It might be tough going out on the road again for Southport, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Chester.
Prior to that match, the Southport manager Watson faced defeat when travelling to Banbury United and losing 1-3.Just as the home team, Southport have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Southport win, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the former nine meetings): Darlington won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Southport got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / seven.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Beck 6 goals | J. Lambert 2 goals | J. Hazel 2 goals |
Darlington missing players
Southport missing players
| Darlington | Southport | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 15 | 25 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 28 | 44 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 48% | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 30% | ||
| 10.3 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.4 | ||
