National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gateshead or Charlton Athletic that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the EFL Trophy.
Gateshead form and stats
Gateshead have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Runcorn Linnets, Altrincham, Bradford Park Avenue and Marske United. Gateshead participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round qualifying.On the other hand, in the FA Cup, Gateshead has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Ever since the Spennymoor Town game Gateshead has been unbeatable here at Gateshead International Stadium producing six straight wins.
The fans are hoping that Gateshead will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Fa Trophy game against Fylde.
Before that match, a Vanarama National League North win away at Curzon Ashton.The match schedule is unforgiving for Gateshead as they have a new game in only one day, a Vanarama National League North match thankfully also at home. AFC Telford United are visiting.
Charlton Athletic form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Havant & Waterlooville in order to reach 2nd round of FA Cup. Charlton's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 1st round.As the visiting team in League One matches, Charlton Athletic have produced an overall stat of 3-2-5 so far.
The supporters enjoyed Charlton's previous game versus Aston Villa U21, a EFL Trophy 2-1 win played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Shrewsbury Town's place.After this away game Charlton return home for a League One game against Ipswich Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Charlton Athletic have scored 11 goals in 10 league games away. As opposed to that, Charlton have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
|     M. Langstaff   8 goals  |     C. Scott   7 goals  |     J. Stockley   6 goals  | 
Gateshead missing players
Charlton Athletic missing players
| Gateshead | Charlton Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 51 | 28 | Scored | S | 11 | 42 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 14 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 72% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 6.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.7 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 41% | ||
| 9 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P | 
| 1 | Rotherham United | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 38 | 
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 18 | 38 | 
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 
| 5 | Sunderland | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 35 | 
| 6 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 34 | 
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 33 | 
| 8 | Oxford United | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 
| 9 | Portsmouth | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 32 | 
| 10 | Burton Albion | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -1 | 28 | 
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 27 | 
| 12 | Cheltenham Town | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 27 | 
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -13 | 24 | 
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 23 | 
| 16 | Cambridge United | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 23 | 
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 21 | 
| 18 | Lincoln City | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 21 | 
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 19 | 
| 20 | Morecambe | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 19 | 
| 21 | Gillingham | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 17 | 
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -4 | 15 | 
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 26 | -23 | 13 | 
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 12 | 
