National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Lancaster City or Stalybridge Celtic 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.
Lancaster City form and stats
Last season, Lancaster City's FA Cup journey ended in the 2nd round qualifying.The Lancaster coach Fell and his players return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Stalybridge Celtic in the FA Cup.
Before that, Lancaster City drew at home versus Atherton Collieries.Stalybridge Celtic form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round qualifying.Stalybridge Celtic delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Lancaster City in their previous match; a FA Cup fixture.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Liversedge at their stadium, the result 1-0.A new game in only four days for Stalybridge, the Non League Premier: Northern home match versus Nantwich Town. Busy days.
Stalybridge Celtic played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these one match Stalybridge Celtic scored 1 and conceded 2 goals.
Head 2 Head
These sides encountered each other before this season: Stalybridge Celtic - Lancaster City 0-0. Lancaster-Stalybridge Celtic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lancaster City four wins, Stalybridge Celtic three wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Lancaster City missing players
Stalybridge Celtic missing players
| Lancaster City | Stalybridge Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 11 | 21 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 14 | 30 | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 24% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5.1 | 3.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 40% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 25% | ||
| 3.7 | 2.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 11.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 0.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.5 | ||
