Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Stockport County & Walsall face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This looks to be an action-packed match with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well rested since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Stockport County form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Stockport, as the manager Challinor led his troops to eliminate Charlton Athletic and Swindon Town, and reach the 3rd Round. Stockport County was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the FA Cup.When playing at home in the League Two, Stockport County have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.
Stockport County are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Grimsby Town. MacDonald was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.44 out of 10. The defender MacDonald hit one key pass and won 12 of 18 duels.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Walsall.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stockport County handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Stockport has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. From these home matches, Stockport County have conceded only 10 goals.
Walsall form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Wycombe Wanderers and Carlisle United in order to reach 3rd round of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Walsall playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
The supporters enjoyed Walsall's previous match versus Mansfield Town, a 2-1 win played at home. Midfield player Kinsella was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.15/10. Kinsella scored one goal.
A 0-2 loss hosting Stockport County before that.Walsall are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Walsall as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Stockport County victories, two draws and four Walsall wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Madden 9 goals | K. Wootton 7 goals |  W. Collar 4 goals |
Stockport County missing players
Walsall missing players
| Stockport County | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 40% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 32% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 37% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 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 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 22 | 53 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 51 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 46 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 39 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 38 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 38 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 37 |
| 9 | Walsall | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 36 |
| 10 | Barrow | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 36 |
| 11 | Salford City | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 35 |
| 12 | Sutton United | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -6 | 35 |
| 13 | Stockport County | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 34 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 34 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 33 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 28 |
| 18 | Newport County | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 25 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 23 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -13 | 22 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 20 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -21 | 19 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -17 | 16 |
| 24 | Gillingham | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 16 | -21 | 14 |
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