Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Runcorn Linnets & Bamber Bridge face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Non League Premier: Northern game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at United of Manchester. 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.
Runcorn Linnets form and stats
Action has already taken place for Runcorn in FA Cup as they have defeated Liversedge and Avro to reach the 2nd Round Qualifying. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round qualifying.On the other hand, in the FA Cup, Runcorn Linnets has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
The Runcorn supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Liversedge in FA Cup and win 2-0.
Before that, Runcorn had a FA Cup home game versus Avro which ended with a victory 4-1.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Runcorn Linnets friendly games in pre-season: Runcorn Linnets played two friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Runcorn Linnets scored 7 goals and conceded 2 in these two games.
Bamber Bridge form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated West Allotment Celtic in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round qualifying.Bamber play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to United of Manchester.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Scarborough Athletic at their stadium, the result 4-2.Just as the home team, Bamber Bridge have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Bamber Bridge wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Runcorn Linnets missing players
Bamber Bridge missing players
| Runcorn Linnets | Bamber Bridge | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 46 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 42 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 24 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 48% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | ||