National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Longridge Town or West Didsbury & Chorlton that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Counties Leagues: North West Counties League.
Longridge Town form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the extra preliminary round.The Longridge fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Congleton Town FC and win 2-1.
A Counties Leagues: North West Counties League defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Vauxhall Motors.The match schedule is unforgiving for Longridge Town as they have a new game in only three days, a Counties Leagues: North West Counties League match thankfully also at home. Barnoldswick Town are visiting.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Longridge Town, who have participated in one training match. Longridge Town have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
West Didsbury & Chorlton form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the extra preliminary round.Didsbury are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Prestwich Heys.
A 1-1 draw at Ashton Athletic's stadium before that.The schedule is very tough for West Didsbury & Chorlton now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Counties Leagues: North West Counties League game at Congleton Town FC is waiting in only three days.
It's a day of discovery for Didsbury 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 West Didsbury & Chorlton have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games West Didsbury & Chorlton has scored 2 goals and conceded 0 times.
Head 2 Head
Longridge Town missing players
West Didsbury & Chorlton missing players
| Longridge Town | West Didsbury & Chorlton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 7 | 19 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | ||
| 42 | 26 | Scored | S | 12 | 27 | ||
| 67 | 33 | Conceded | C | 8 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 89% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 79% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 63% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 37% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 26% | ||
| 76% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 47% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 37% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 26% | ||
| 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 | ||
