National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ashton United or Guiseley that keep their silverware dream alive.
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!
Ashton United form and stats
Ashton United have reached this Fa Trophy stage through battling and winning against Sutton Coldfield Town and Atherton Collieries. Ashton participated in Fa Trophy the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.There’s a good atmosphere here at Hurst Cross after three straight home wins.
The fans are hoping that Ashton will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Non League Premier: Northern game against Hyde United.
Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Sutton Coldfield Town.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as South Shields are coming to town in three days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Ashton United, who have participated in six training matches. Ashton have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 6 games.
Guiseley form and stats
Guiseley was sent out of Fa Trophy in the 3rd round last season.Guiseley play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Chester.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Blyth Spartans's place.A quick return to home after this game, as Guiseley are hosting York City in the Vanarama National League North only three days away.
Guiseley played five friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 4 defeats. In these five matches Guiseley scored 7 and conceded 12 goals.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ashton three wins, three draws and Guiseley four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Thewlis 3 goals | L. Hey 2 goals | H. Bencherif 1 goals |
Ashton United missing players
Guiseley missing players
| Ashton United | Guiseley | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Scored | S | 10 | 23 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.3 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 27% | ||
| 8 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||