National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Guiseley or Blyth Spartans that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Guiseley form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Guiseley, as the manager R. O'Neill led his troops to eliminate Colne, and reach the 3rd Round Qualifying. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 4th round qualifying.Guiseley lost their last game at Boston United after a 1-2 scoreline.
In the game before, an away victory in the FA Cup match versus Colne with a 1-0 scoreline.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Guiseley friendly games in pre-season: Guiseley played five friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 4. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Guiseley scored 7 goals and conceded 12 in these five games.
Blyth Spartans form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated United of Manchester in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round qualifying.Blyth Spartans lost away at Chester (1-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Blyth Spartans lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
Prior to that result Spartans won their away game at United of Manchester in the FA Cup. The scoreline was 2-0.Just as the home team, Blyth Spartans have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Spartans win, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Head 2 Head
Guiseley-Blyth Spartans H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Guiseley five wins, Blyth Spartans three wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. O'Donnell 4 goals |  J. Thewlis 2 goals | R. Dale 2 goals |
Guiseley missing players
Blyth Spartans missing players
| Guiseley | Blyth Spartans | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | ||
| 41 | 26 | Conceded | C | 30 | 49 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7.7 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 38% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | ||