National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Guisborough Town or Bishop Auckland 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.
Guisborough Town form and stats
Guisborough Town participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the preliminary round.Guisborough Town enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at West Auckland Town's place. The match ended 4-1.
Before that match, a Counties Leagues: Northern League One win away at Thornaby.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Newcastle Benfield FC are coming to town in four days.
Bishop Auckland form and stats
Auckland's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the extra preliminary round.It's the second away game in a row for Bishop Auckland, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Whitley Bay FC last time out. As mentioned above, Bishop Auckland was the only team on the pitch versus Whitley Bay FC in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
A home win before that, celebrating 6-0 vs Pickering Town CFC.After this away game Auckland return home for a Counties Leagues: Northern League One game against Carlisle City. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's a day of discovery for Bishop Auckland 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 Bishop Auckland have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Bishop Auckland has scored 0 goals and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the former four meetings): Guisborough Town won two games, one match ended with a draw and Bishop Auckland got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / three
Guisborough Town missing players
Bishop Auckland missing players
| Guisborough Town | Bishop Auckland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 12 | ||
| 44 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 33 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Conceded | C | 14 | 43 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
