National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's York City or Buxton 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.
York City form and stats
York was eliminated in the 3rd round qualifying last season in the FA Cup.On the other hand, in the FA Cup, York City has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. York City are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
A nice win for York City last time playing, versus Blyth Spartans. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with P. McLaughlin, K. Willoughby, M. Brown and M. Heaney scoring for the victors. As mentioned above, York "killed" Blyth Spartans in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
A Vanarama National League North defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Boston United.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does York handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, zero draws and three defeats.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for York, who have participated in four training matches. York City have won 3 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.
Buxton form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round qualifying.When we have look at the FA Cup statistics, we find 4W-2D-0L. This is both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Buxton as they haven't lost any of their last 19 games.
Buxton failed to get anything from their last game, a Fa Trophy home match vs Colne that ended with defeat 1-2.
Preceding that game was the away Non League Premier: Northern victory against South Shields with the score of 1-0.We have checked recent matches where Buxton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were three victories, two draws and five defeats.
A new game in only three days for Buxton, the Non League Premier: Northern home match versus Atherton Collieries. Busy days.
Just as the home team, Buxton have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Buxton win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Donaldson 4 goals | M. Beck 3 goals |  K. Willoughby 3 goals |
York City missing players
Buxton missing players
| York City | Buxton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 31 | 62 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 4% | ||
| 6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 15.7 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 7.4 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | ||
| 9.7 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||