Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Witton Albion & United of Manchester face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Witton Albion form and stats
Action has already taken place for Witton in FA Cup as they have defeated Tividale to reach the 1st Round Qualifying. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round qualifying.Witton Albion faced defeat in their previous match, away at Runcorn Linnets (0-1).
Before that, Witton had a Non League Div One: Northern West home game versus Workington which ended with a victory 3-2.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Macclesfield are coming to town in three days.
Witton Albion have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Witton Albion have scored 1 goal and conceded 4 times.
United of Manchester form and stats
United of Manchester was sent out of FA Cup in the 2nd round qualifying replays last season.Home advantage was not enough for United of Manchester in their previous game as they lost hosting Radcliffe Borough, 1-2.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Bamber Bridge's place.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Manchester manager Reynolds as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Hyde United.
United of Manchester played six friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. In these six matches United of Manchester scored 12 and conceded 9 goals.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Witton Albion one win, three draws and United of Manchester six victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Witton Albion missing players
United of Manchester missing players
| Witton Albion | United of Manchester | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 29 | 19 | Scored | S | 25 | 38 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 32% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.9 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 27% | ||
| 9.8 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.4 | ||