Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Oldham Athletic & Chester face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Oldham Athletic form and stats
Last season, Oldham Athletic's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round replays.3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League numbers at home for Oldham Athletic so far this season.
Oldham Athletic travelled for their previous game, a trip to Maidenhead United that ended 1-1.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Vanarama National League home game that ended 2-2 versus Scunthorpe United.The Oldham fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. Oldham Athletic have conceded 13 from these games.
Chester form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Hanley Town and Pontefract Collieries in order to reach 4th round qualifying of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round qualifying replays.This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Darlington with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Ahead of that, the FA Cup victory away at Hanley Town. Chester are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Tollitt 4 goals |   K. Willoughby 4 goals |  H. Hope 3 goals |
Oldham Athletic missing players
Chester missing players
| Oldham Athletic | Chester | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 24 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 34 | ||
| 47 | 26 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 36% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 12.8 | 13.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 8.5 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 30 |
| 2 | Wrexham | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 29 |
| 3 | Boreham Wood | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Chesterfield | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Bromley | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Solihull Moors | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | York City | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Woking | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 9 | Wealdstone | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 10 | Eastleigh | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Southend United | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Maidenhead United | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Barnet | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 22 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Dorking Wanderers | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 | Altrincham | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 14 |
| 17 | Yeovil Town | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 13 |
| 19 | Gateshead | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 20 | Halifax Town | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -11 | 12 |
| 21 | Maidstone United | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 12 |
| 22 | Aldershot Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 24 | Torquay United | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -14 | 9 |
