Perhaps a welcome break from league football as York City & Whitby Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
York City form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for York, as the manager S. Watson led his troops to eliminate Hebburn Town, and reach the 3rd Round Qualifying. York was eliminated in the 3rd round qualifying last season in the FA Cup.The York fans got no joy from their last match, a Vanarama National League North game also here: A 0-1 defeat against Hereford.
Before that match, a Vanarama National League North win away at Darlington.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the York friendly games in pre-season: York City played four friendlies, won 3, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that York City scored 7 goals and conceded 4 in these four games.
Whitby Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Prescot Cables and Rylands in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round qualifying.Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Whitby are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
The manager C. Hardy was unhappy after their last game, a Non League Premier: Northern match played at their home ground Turnbull Ground. Whitby suffered a 0-1 loss to Stalybridge Celtic.
Before that, Whitby secured a home win against Hyde United with the score 1-0.It's a day of discovery for Whitby Town 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 Whitby Town have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Whitby Town has scored 3 goals and conceded 1 time.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Donaldson 4 goals | M. Beck 2 goals |  K. Willoughby 2 goals |
York City missing players
Whitby Town missing players
| York City | Whitby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Scored | S | 29 | 41 | ||
| 36 | 14 | Conceded | C | 22 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.3 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.4 | ||
| 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 65% | ||