Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ashton United & Atherton Collieries face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Non League Premier: Northern. That game, against Witton Albion, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Atherton Collieries.
Ashton United form and stats
Last season, Ashton's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 3rd round.Ashton United are returning here after visiting Bamber Bridge in a Non League Premier: Northern game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a Non League Premier: Northern home match hosting Nantwich Town in a game that was won 2-1.Ashton United have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and six practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Ashton United scored 7 goals and let in 19 goals during these six games.
Atherton Collieries form and stats
Collieries's mission in Fa Trophy last season failed in the 3rd round qualifying.Three has not been a lucky number for Collieries as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Bamber Bridge match.
Collieries are travelling again after losing away to Witton Albion in their previous match (0-2).
Prior to that match, the Collieries manager B. Cooke faced defeat when travelling to Gainsborough Trinity and losing 0-1.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Collieries have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats from three fixtures.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Ashton zero wins, one draw and Atherton Collieries one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Ashton United missing players
Atherton Collieries missing players
| Ashton United | Atherton Collieries | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 44 | 26 | Conceded | C | 15 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 40% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.1 | ||
| 1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 6.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 35% | ||