National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Darlington or Workington 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.
Darlington form and stats
Last season, Darlington's FA Cup journey ended in the 3rd round qualifying.Darlington are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Bishop's Stortford.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Boston United that ended 0-0.Darlington 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; Darlington scored {0 goals} and let in {2 goals} during these one game.
Workington form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Prestwich Heys in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round qualifying.Workington had fun at their own home (Blackwell Meadows) last time out, beating Basford United 5-3. As you can tell from the result, the match against Basford United was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today?
A home victory as predicted against Prestwich Heys preceding that, in the FA Cup.
It's a day of discovery for Workington as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Workington have played two with the results W0-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Workington has scored {0 goals} and conceded 7 times.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Nelson 2 goals | F. Barnes 2 goals |  M. Curry 1 goals |
Darlington missing players
Workington missing players
| Darlington | Workington | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Scored | S | 19 | 65 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Conceded | C | 24 | 43 | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 89% | 88% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 56% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 44% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 28% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.3 | 0.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.6 | 0.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.7 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 475% | 211% | ||
| 10.8 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 1.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.9 | 1.3 | ||
