Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Chester & Lancaster City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both contenders have had time to rest since their last match. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face match!
Chester form and stats
Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 2nd round.The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Leamington last time out and are looking for a win here.
2-2 away at Banbury United before that.The manager McIntyre will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Farsley Celtic in only three days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Chester, who have participated in two training matches. Chester have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.
Lancaster City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Morpeth Town and Gainsborough Trinity in order to reach 2nd round of Fa Trophy. Lancaster City was sent out of Fa Trophy in the 3rd round last season.It's the second away game in a row for Lancaster, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Whitby Town last time out.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Marske United.Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Chester victory, zero draws and one Lancaster City win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Willoughby 8 goals |  A. Dudley 5 goals | D. Weeks 3 goals |
Chester missing players
Lancaster City missing players
| Chester | Lancaster City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 28 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 22 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.6 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 82% | 50% | ||
| 8.4 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.4 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
