Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Leek Town & Grimsby Borough face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This has all the signs of an absorbing match with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Leek Town form and stats
Action has already taken place for Leek Town in FA Cup as they have defeated Belper Town to reach the 1st Round Qualifying. Leek Town was eliminated in the preliminary round last season in the FA Cup.Leek's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-4 versus Kidsgrove Athletic. A goal frenzy last time out for Leek Town, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Kidsgrove Athletic. Fun stuff to watch!
Before that, Leek played out a Non League Div One: Northern West draw 2-2 when visiting City of Liverpool.Grimsby Borough form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Barton Town Old Boys and Melton Town in order to reach 1st round qualifying of FA Cup. They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the extra preliminary round.The manager was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium. Grimsby Borough suffered a 0-3 loss to Carlton Town. Grimsby lost heavily in their last match (against Carlton Town as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations.
It was a Non League Div One: Northern East defeat before that one as the away game against Newton Aycliffe wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.It's a day of discovery for Grimsby Borough 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 Grimsby Borough have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Grimsby Borough has scored {1 goals} and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
Leek Town missing players
Grimsby Borough missing players
| Leek Town | Grimsby Borough | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 37 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Conceded | C | 11 | 46 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 32% | ||
| 0.6 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| 0 | 0.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.9 | 6 | ||
| 0.6 | 1.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| 277% | 146% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 54% | ||
| 0.3 | 0.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 8.7 | ||
| 0.1 | 0.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
