Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Fylde & Colne face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are hectic days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only four days ago in the FA Cup. That game was an away game at Gillingham, so at least Fylde are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Fylde form and stats
Last season, Fylde's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 3rd round.The supporters are hoping that Fylde will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the FA Cup fixture against Gillingham.
In the game before, an away victory in the Vanarama National League North match versus Darlington with a 2-1 scoreline.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Fylde home games with this odds we find 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Fylde as they have a new game in only three days, a Vanarama National League North match thankfully also at home. Boston United are visiting.
Fylde have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 3 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Fylde have scored {5 goals} and conceded 2 times.
Colne form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Rylands, Consett AFC, Bridlington Town and Hyde United in order to reach 2nd round of Fa Trophy. They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 1st round.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Ramsbottom United in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Bootle FC.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Colne have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Haughton 11 goals | C. Barrett 2 goals | T. Walker 2 goals |
Fylde missing players
Colne missing players
| Fylde | Colne | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 38 | 23 | Scored | S | 8 | 29 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 11 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.7 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 55% | ||
| 9.1 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.7 | ||
