National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Stocksbridge Park Steels or Atherton Collieries that keep their silverware dream alive.
Stocksbridge Park Steels and Atherton Collieries should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Stocksbridge Park Steels form and stats
Stocksbridge have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Golcar United and Prestwich Heys. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the preliminary round.Stocksbridge Park Steels travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sheffield that ended 1-1.
Preceding that match was a Non League Div One: Northern East defeat to Stockton Town (1-2).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Non League Div One: Northern East game versus Long Eaton United FC in only three days. This game is also played here at Bracken Moor.
Atherton Collieries form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round qualifying replays.Atherton Collieries has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Lancaster City for a 0-0 draw.
The game before that, in the Non League Premier: Northern, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Matlock Town.Collieries have another match away from home in just three sleeps, a Non League Premier: Northern game against Liversedge. A strenuous programme for them!
It's a day of discovery for Atherton Collieries as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Atherton Collieries have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Atherton Collieries has scored 2 goals and conceded 1 time.
Head 2 Head
Stocksbridge Park Steels missing players
Atherton Collieries missing players
| Stocksbridge Park Steels | Atherton Collieries | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 12 | ||
| 38 | 26 | Scored | S | 11 | 20 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 44% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 8.3 | 8.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.8 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 23% | ||
| 12.6 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.6 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
