Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Southport & Spennymoor Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Southport nor Spennymoor Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Southport form and stats
Southport was eliminated in the 3rd round qualifying last season in the FA Cup.This match is a FA Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition. All in all it has been a very rough period for Southport who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Bradford Park Avenue, 321 days ago.
Southport shared the glory with Spennymoor Town in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Chorley.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Southport as they are travelling to their away game against York City in the Vanarama National League North. That match is four days after this one.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Southport friendly games in pre-season: Southport played five friendlies, won 3, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Southport scored 6 goals and conceded 7 in these five games.
Spennymoor Town form and stats
Spennymoor was sent out of FA Cup in the 3rd round qualifying last season.Total FA Cup statistics for Spennymoor Town: 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses. Momentum is building for Spennymoor in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
There were no winners in Spennymoor Town's previous match, a FA Cup home game that ended 0-0 vs Southport.
Preceding that game was the away Vanarama National League North victory against Kettering Town with the score of 2-1.A new game in only four days for Spennymoor, the Vanarama National League North home match versus AFC Telford United. Busy days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Spennymoor have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Southport and Spennymoor Town have played each other already this season: Spennymoor Town - Southport 0-0. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's zero Southport victories, four draws and five Spennymoor Town wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Taylor 7 goals |  M. Carver 4 goals | R. Ramshaw 4 goals |
Southport missing players
Spennymoor Town missing players
| Southport | Spennymoor Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Scored | S | 14 | 46 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Conceded | C | 9 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.8 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 33% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 38% | ||