National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Blyth Spartans or Buxton that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Buxton played their last game only four days ago, a Vanarama National League North match.
Blyth Spartans form and stats
Blyth Spartans participated in Fa Trophy the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.In their previous game, the manager Fenton led his Spartans to a defeat away at Boston United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Croft Park.
Ahead of that match, Blyth Spartans won a home game hosting AFC Telford United (3-0).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Spartans have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Blyth Spartans as they are travelling to their away game against Curzon Ashton in the Vanarama National League North. That match is three days after this one.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Blyth Spartans friendly games in pre-season: Spartans played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Blyth Spartans scored {5 goals} and conceded 3 in these one game.
Buxton form and stats
Buxton was sent out of Fa Trophy in the 3rd round qualifying last season.This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Scarborough Athletic with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
A loss against Banbury United was the result prior to that, in a Vanarama National League North home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Buxton in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Buxton, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Buxton played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these two matches Buxton scored 3 and conceded {2 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Blyth Spartans have avoided a loss in the last 6 games (4-2-0) facing Buxton.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gilchrist 5 goals |   L. McNall 4 goals | N. Deverdics 3 goals |
Blyth Spartans missing players
Buxton missing players
| Blyth Spartans | Buxton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 32 | 21 | Scored | S | 11 | 29 | ||
| 38 | 14 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 28% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
