National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Mickleover Sports or Basford United that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Mickleover Sports nor Basford United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Mickleover Sports form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Mickleover Sports, as the manager J. McGrath led his troops to eliminate Leek Town, and reach the 2nd Round Qualifying. Last season, Mickleover's FA Cup journey ended in the 3rd round qualifying.A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Mickleover, who played 0-0 against Nantwich Town. That match was also played at this venue (Don Amott Leisure Group Arena).
Before that game, the home loss against Whitby Town with the scoreline 1-2.It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Mickleover Sports, who have participated in three training matches. Mickleover have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 3 games.
Basford United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Stourbridge in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. Basford United was sent out of FA Cup in the 1st round qualifying last season.The supporters enjoyed Basford United's previous game versus Gainsborough Trinity, a Non League Premier: Northern 2-0 win played at home.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Lancaster City in the Non League Premier: Northern.It's a day of discovery for Basford United 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 Basford have played five with the results W3-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Basford United has scored 11 goals and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - zero - five (Mickleover Sports wins - draws - Basford United wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Mickleover Sports missing players
Basford United missing players
| Mickleover Sports | Basford United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 44 | 30 | Scored | S | 14 | 45 | ||
| 37 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 57% | 74% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 42% | ||