Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Matlock Town & York City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
Matlock Town and York City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Matlock Town form and stats
Matlock Town have not come this way in the Fa Trophy without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating AFC Rushden & Diamonds, Marske United and Rushall Olympic. Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 1st round.This match is a Fa Trophy match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. Game days at The Proctor Cars Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Matlock as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Happy days for Matlock Town in their previous game, a Non League Premier: Northern match away at Stalybridge Celtic that ended with a 2-0 victory.
Preceding that match was a Non League Premier: Northern defeat to Stafford Rangers (2-3).Matlock Town have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 4 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Matlock have scored 16 goals and conceded 6 times.
York City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Blyth Spartans in order to reach 3rd round of Fa Trophy. Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 2nd round.York's last game was the home draw against Chorley (1-1).
It was a Vanarama National League North defeat before that one as the away game against Gateshead wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Just as the home team, York City have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 3 York City wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Donaldson 4 goals |  K. Willoughby 4 goals | A. Wright 3 goals |
Matlock Town missing players
York City missing players
| Matlock Town | York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 49 | 29 | Scored | S | 13 | 38 | ||
| 25 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 24% | ||
| 3.2 | 1.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 1.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 0.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.2 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 71% | 131% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 30% | ||
| 6 | 3.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 11.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||