Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Stockport County & Swindon Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Stockport County saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League Two. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Tranmere Rovers.
Stockport County form and stats
Stockport was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the FA Cup.4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Stockport County so far this season.
The Stockport County goalkeeper Ben Hinchiffe is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 360 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.
An away draw last time out for Stockport, facing Tranmere Rovers in a game that ended 0-0. Midfielder Collar was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Collar hit three key passes.
Previous to that game, a League Two home match hosting Sutton United in a game that was won 3-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Stockport County's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 2 matches, drawn 5 and lost 1.
Stockport County are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. Stockport have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Swindon Town form and stats
Swindon Town was sent out of FA Cup in the 3rd round last season.As the visiting team in League Two matches, Swindon Town have produced an overall stat of 3-4-2 so far.
Swindon Town play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-2 victory visiting Mansfield Town. A bonkers fixture with an abundance of goals last time out for Swindon Town, as mentioned above. 7 goals in total, will this match be as refreshing? Goalkeeper Brynn was absolutely vital in the Swindon victory against Mansfield Town, making six saves. Attacker Williams got a player rating of 9.05 in the game. "Man of the match" Williams scored two goals, hit two key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 40 total).
Ahead of that match was the League Two away draw versus Bradford City that ended 1-1.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Swindon Town playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 1 home win.
Swindon Town have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Swindon Town have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Swindon Town have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (2-3-0) when facing Stockport.Top Goalscorers
  P. Madden 6 goals |   J. Williams 6 goals |  L. Jephcott 5 goals |
Stockport County missing players
Swindon Town missing players
| Stockport County | Swindon Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 13.6 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | ||
| 10 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Barrow | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Salford City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Walsall | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Stockport County | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 17 | Sutton United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 18 | Newport County | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 14 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 22 | Rochdale | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 12 |
| 24 | Colchester United | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
