National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's South Shields or Forest Green Rovers that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
South Shields form and stats
Last season, South Shields's FA Cup journey ended in the 2nd round qualifying.The fans hope that Shields will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away defeat in the Fa Trophy fixture against Warrington Town.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Rylands.The match schedule is unforgiving for South Shields as they have a new game in only three days, a Non League Premier: Northern match thankfully also at home. Hyde United are visiting.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.There's been little loot from Forest Green Rovers's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the League One. Forest Green Rovers only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.
Two away games in a row for Rovers, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Barnsley.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Fleetwood Town.Forest Green Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Rovers have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Wickham 5 goals |  J. March 3 goals |  R. Brown 2 goals |
South Shields missing players
Forest Green Rovers missing players
| South Shields | Forest Green Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 46 | 26 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 25 | 46 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 28% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 41 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 37 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Derby County | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 23 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 18 | Cambridge United | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 19 |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 18 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -7 | 14 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 23 | Forest Green Rovers | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -20 | 13 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 12 |
