National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gainsborough Trinity or Matlock Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
This could be an entertaining fixture with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well renewed since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Gainsborough Trinity form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round qualifying.No payout for Gainsborough in their previous match, an away game at Worksop Town that ended in defeat 0-4. Gainsborough Trinity were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
In the match before that, Gainsborough hosted Bamber Bridge and drew the Non League Premier: Northern game 1-1.Matlock Town form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round qualifying.Two trips in a row for Matlock Town, whose coach Elliott could celebrate last time after the win against Stafford Rangers. As you can tell from the result, the match against Stafford Rangers was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
It was a Non League Premier: Northern defeat before that one as the away game against Marine wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Just as the home team, Matlock have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Matlock Town wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Gainsborough Trinity victories, one draw and three Matlock Town wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Gainsborough Trinity missing players
Matlock Town missing players
| Gainsborough Trinity | Matlock Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 23 | Scored | S | 18 | 30 | ||
| 33 | 11 | Conceded | C | 24 | 44 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 32% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.4 | 2 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.1 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 300% | 77% | ||
| 8 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0.8 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.2 | 2.5 | ||
