National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ashton United or Sutton Coldfield Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ashton and Sutton Coldfield Town.
Ashton United form and stats
Ashton was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Fa Trophy.With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Ashton are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Ashton United's last game was hosting Radcliffe Borough and winning 3-1.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Basford United.Ashton United have prepared for this season with six friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these six matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 6 losses. In these games, Ashton have scored 7 goals and conceded 19 times.
Sutton Coldfield Town form and stats
Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 2nd round qualifying.Recent form does not give Coldfield much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Ashton United will be a tough nut to crack.
There might be some fixture complaints from Sutton Coldfield Town as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Non League Div One: Northern Midlands match against Corby Town (1-2).
Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Daventry Town.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Coldfield played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected zero times.
Just as the home team, Sutton Coldfield Town have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Sutton Coldfield Town wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Ashton five wins, one draw and Sutton Coldfield Town zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Ashton United missing players
Sutton Coldfield Town missing players
| Ashton United | Sutton Coldfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 32 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Conceded | C | 26 | 49 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 27% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 21% | ||
| 7.9 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 13.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.1 | ||