National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Salford City or Hartlepool United that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Two. That game was an away game at Cambridge United, so at least Salford City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Salford City form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round replays.Salford City have collected 10 points from their League Two home games so far after 2-4-0.
Salford are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Cambridge United. Ahead of that match, Salford City won a home game hosting Oldham Athletic (2-0).
Salford are traveling soon after this match as the EFL Trophy match at Rochdale awaits in three days.
Salford have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Peninsula Stadium with 10 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Salford City have conceded only 5 goals.
Hartlepool United form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Hartlepool United are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Vanarama National League. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Hartlepool are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Vanarama National League home defeat versus Torquay United with 0-5 on the scoreboard. A draw for Hartlepool before that, at their own venue hosting Altrincham (1-1).
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Torquay United was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
It's early days yet, but Hartlepool United has scored 6 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: one win for Salford, one draw and two wins for Hartlepool United. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Henderson 6 goals |  J. Wilson 4 goals | A. Hunter 3 goals |
Salford City missing players
Hartlepool United missing players
| Salford City | Hartlepool United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Scored | S | 31 | 44 | ||
| 28 | 20 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 282 | 167 | Total Shots | T S | 114 | 228 | ||
| 103 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 74 | ||
| 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 23 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | Salford City | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | Walsall | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Barrow | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -20 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Torquay United | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | Stockport County | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Maidenhead United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 5 | Eastleigh | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Hartlepool United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Solihull Moors | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Wealdstone | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Woking | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Notts County | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | Bromley | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Boreham Wood | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Wrexham | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Weymouth | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Barnet | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | King's Lynn Town | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 17 | Chesterfield | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | Halifax Town | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 19 | Altrincham | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 20 | Dover Athletic | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -12 | 6 |
| 21 | Aldershot Town | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 | Yeovil Town | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 23 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 4 |