National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Marske United or South Shields that keep their silverware dream alive.
South Shields could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Non League Premier: Northern game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Radcliffe Borough. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Marske United form and stats
Marske United have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Pickering Town CFC and Seaham Red Star. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 4th round qualifying.Marske haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Mossley, 594 days ago.
Marske's last game was hosting Seaham Red Star and winning 6-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Marske played a great game against Seaham Red Star and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Ahead of that match, Marske won a home game hosting Pickering Town CFC (7-0).South Shields form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Shildon AFC in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.Things are running smoothly for South Shields who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Matlock Town.
Two travels in a row for Shields, whose manager L. Picton could celebrate last time after the Non League Premier: Northern win against Radcliffe Borough. As mentioned above, Shields was the only team on the pitch versus Radcliffe Borough in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hyde United at their stadium, the result 2-1.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Shields have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Marske United missing players
South Shields missing players
| Marske United | South Shields | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Won | W | 10 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 66 | 45 | Scored | S | 31 | 45 | ||
| 24 | 4 | Conceded | C | 14 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 71% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 12% | ||
| 6.8 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.8 | 20.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 7.4 | ||
| 8.3 | 10.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 46% | ||