National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Darlington or Alfreton Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
This promises to be an engaging match with lots of fun and energy as both squads are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Darlington form and stats
Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 2nd round.The Darlington crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Fylde here at Blackwell Meadows.
Ahead of that match, Darlington won a home game hosting Alfreton Town (3-1).It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Darlington, who have participated in two training matches. Darlington have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 2 games.
Alfreton Town form and stats
They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 4th round.Alfreton Town's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Bradford Park Avenue that finished 0-0.
Prior to that match, the Alfreton Town manager Heath faced defeat when travelling to Darlington and losing 1-3.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Alfreton when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 3 games.
Just as the home team, Alfreton Town have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Alfreton Town win, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these sides: Darlington won five, Alfreton Town triumphed in two and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Beck 11 goals |  B. Hobson 6 goals | J. Lambert 5 goals |
Darlington missing players
Alfreton Town missing players
| Darlington | Alfreton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 36 | 23 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.3 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 31% | ||
| 10.2 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
