National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Spennymoor Town or Southport that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Spennymoor Town form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Spennymoor Town, as the manager T. Miller led his troops to eliminate Fylde, and reach the 3rd Round Qualifying. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round qualifying.A strong away win for Spennymoor Town against Kettering Town the last match, as R. Hall and G. Taylor (2) were on target.
Before that, Spennymoor had a FA Cup home game versus Fylde which ended with a victory 1-0.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Spennymoor Town friendly games in pre-season: Spennymoor Town played two friendlies, won 0, drew 2 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Spennymoor scored 4 goals and conceded 4 in these two games.
Southport form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Chorley in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round qualifying.The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Southport, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Bradford Park Avenue game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Southport go into this game after a win, the home game against Chorley that ended 1-0.
Ahead of that match was the FA Cup away draw versus Chorley that ended 2-2.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Southport have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from five fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Previous eight meetings with these participants: Spennymoor won five, Southport were winners in zero and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Taylor 7 goals | R. Ramshaw 4 goals |  M. Carver 4 goals |
Spennymoor Town missing players
Southport missing players
| Spennymoor Town | Southport | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 47 | 32 | Scored | S | 19 | 33 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Conceded | C | 21 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 77% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 24% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.2 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 38% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 36% | ||