It's the FA Cup: Newcastle United and Cambridge United face off

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Competition: England FA Cup
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. James' Park (52338 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Newcastle United or Cambridge United that keep their silverware dream alive.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last match. Let's hope for an enthusiastic game!

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Newcastle United form and stats

Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.

With 1 Premier League win, 5 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Newcastle United are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The spoils were shared in Newcastle's previous game, also at home. Visiting Manchester United travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Krafth was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The defender Krafth hit one key pass and won 8 of 11 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Manchester City with the scoreline 0-4.

Newcastle has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Newcastle have conceded 22 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Cambridge United form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Northampton Town and Exeter City in order to reach 3rd round of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.

Playing away, Cambridge United have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the League One this season. Total FA Cup statistics for Cambridge United: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

The attacking players of Cambridge have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 272 minutes.

Cambridge United's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Portsmouth that finished 0-0. Defender Williams was the best team player with a rating of 7.84. Williams hit one key pass and won 4 of 4 duels.

The game before that, in the League One, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Rotherham United.

Cambridge has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 11 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cambridge have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Cambridge UnitedJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
11 goals
Newcastle UnitedC. Wilson
C. Wilson
6 goals
Cambridge UnitedS. Smith
S. Smith
5 goals

Newcastle United missing players

Cambridge United missing players

Newcastle United Cambridge United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
4 2   Won W   3 8
10 6   Drew D   3 8
11 4   Lost L   5 9
28 16   Scored S   17 35
46 22   Conceded C   20 39
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
88% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 80%
48% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 56%
36% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   55% 44%
20% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 16%
60% 58%   BTTS BTTS   64% 60%
16% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 24%
28% 25%   Failed to Score F T   18% 20%
 
4.9 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.6
4 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 5
2.1 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
2 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11.1 13   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 10
3.4 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.6
35% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 39%
 
14.1 15.2   Shots against (avg) S A   12.4 12.6
4.6 5.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 21 17 2 2 53 13 10 8 1 1 31 6 11 9 1 1 22 7 40 53
2 Chelsea 21 12 7 2 45 16 11 5 5 1 25 10 10 7 2 1 20 6 29 43
3 Liverpool 20 12 6 2 52 18 9 6 3 0 22 6 11 6 3 2 30 12 34 42
4 Arsenal 20 11 2 7 33 25 10 7 1 2 18 8 10 4 1 5 15 17 8 35
5 West Ham United 20 10 4 6 37 27 9 4 2 3 18 15 11 6 2 3 19 12 10 34
6 Tottenham Hotspur 18 10 3 5 23 20 10 7 1 2 16 10 8 3 2 3 7 10 3 33
7 Manchester United 19 9 4 6 30 27 10 5 1 4 17 15 9 4 3 2 13 12 3 31
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 19 8 4 7 14 14 9 3 2 4 5 7 10 5 2 3 9 7 0 28
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 19 6 9 4 20 20 9 3 3 3 8 9 10 3 6 1 12 11 0 27
10 Leicester City 18 7 4 7 31 33 9 5 1 3 16 12 9 2 3 4 15 21 -2 25
11 Crystal Palace 20 5 8 7 29 30 11 4 5 2 20 12 9 1 3 5 9 18 -1 23
12 Brentford 19 6 5 8 23 26 10 4 1 5 12 12 9 2 4 3 11 14 -3 23
13 Aston Villa 19 7 1 11 25 30 9 4 1 4 15 14 10 3 0 7 10 16 -5 22
14 Southampton 19 4 9 6 20 29 9 2 6 1 9 8 10 2 3 5 11 21 -9 21
15 Everton 18 5 4 9 23 32 9 4 1 4 15 16 9 1 3 5 8 16 -9 19
16 Leeds United 19 4 7 8 21 37 10 3 4 3 13 16 9 1 3 5 8 21 -16 19
17 Watford 18 4 1 13 22 36 10 2 1 7 11 22 8 2 0 6 11 14 -14 13
18 Burnley 17 1 8 8 16 27 7 1 4 2 8 8 10 0 4 6 8 19 -11 11
19 Newcastle United 19 1 8 10 19 42 10 1 5 4 13 22 9 0 3 6 6 20 -23 11
20 Norwich City 19 2 4 13 8 42 10 1 2 7 5 19 9 1 2 6 3 23 -34 10
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 24 15 5 4 45 17 13 9 2 2 32 13 11 6 3 2 13 4 28 50
2 Sunderland 24 15 4 5 47 26 12 10 1 1 29 6 12 5 3 4 18 20 21 49
3 Wigan Athletic 21 14 3 4 40 20 11 6 2 3 15 10 10 8 1 1 25 10 20 45
4 Wycombe Wanderers 24 13 6 5 37 27 11 8 1 2 19 14 13 5 5 3 18 13 10 45
5 Oxford United 24 12 7 5 40 25 14 8 4 2 27 13 10 4 3 3 13 12 15 43
6 Plymouth Argyle 24 12 7 5 38 25 12 7 3 2 18 11 12 5 4 3 20 14 13 43
7 Milton Keynes Dons 23 11 6 6 42 29 12 6 3 3 17 13 11 5 3 3 25 16 13 39
8 Portsmouth 23 10 7 6 28 22 11 6 3 2 16 10 12 4 4 4 12 12 6 37
9 Sheffield Wednesday 24 9 10 5 30 27 10 5 4 1 15 8 14 4 6 4 15 19 3 37
10 Accrington Stanley 24 10 4 10 30 39 12 7 1 4 19 18 12 3 3 6 11 21 -9 34
11 Ipswich Town 24 8 8 8 39 34 13 5 6 2 23 18 11 3 2 6 16 16 5 32
12 Burton Albion 23 9 4 10 28 29 12 7 2 3 22 13 11 2 2 7 6 16 -1 31
13 Charlton Athletic 24 8 5 11 30 29 13 5 3 5 19 15 11 3 2 6 11 14 1 29
14 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 5 12 26 29 13 7 3 3 17 12 12 1 2 9 9 17 -3 29
15 Cheltenham Town 24 7 8 9 30 43 12 5 3 4 15 20 12 2 5 5 15 23 -13 29
16 Cambridge United 24 6 9 9 32 38 13 3 6 4 15 18 11 3 3 5 17 20 -6 27
17 Bolton Wanderers 23 7 5 11 30 35 10 4 4 2 16 15 13 3 1 9 14 20 -5 26
18 AFC Wimbledon 21 6 7 8 30 35 9 2 5 2 15 15 12 4 2 6 15 20 -5 25
19 Morecambe 24 6 5 13 34 49 13 4 4 5 19 22 11 2 1 8 15 27 -15 23
20 Fleetwood Town 23 5 7 11 36 43 12 4 2 6 20 20 11 1 5 5 16 23 -7 22
21 Lincoln City 22 5 7 10 24 31 11 2 3 6 10 16 11 3 4 4 14 15 -7 22
22 Gillingham 23 3 9 11 18 34 10 2 3 5 7 14 13 1 6 6 11 20 -16 18
23 Crewe Alexandra 24 4 6 14 22 43 11 3 3 5 12 18 13 1 3 9 10 25 -21 18
24 Doncaster Rovers 23 4 4 15 16 43 11 4 3 4 10 13 12 0 1 11 6 30 -27 16

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