National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Morpeth Town or Lancaster City that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both participants have had plentiful rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated fixture!
Morpeth Town form and stats
Action has already taken place for Morpeth Town in Fa Trophy as they have defeated Pickering Town CFC, Bromsgrove Sporting and Warrington Town to reach the 3rd Round. Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 3rd round.This match is a Fa Trophy match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Craik Park.
Morpeth's previous game was a Non League Premier: Northern match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Gainsborough Trinity. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Basford United.Morpeth have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Morpeth Town scored 1 goal and let in 3 goals during these one game.
Lancaster City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Liversedge, Gainsborough Trinity and Witton Albion in order to reach 3rd round of Fa Trophy. Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 3rd round qualifying.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Fa Trophy stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Lancaster City's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Lancaster had fun at their own home (Craik Park) last time out, beating Basford United 1-0.
Prior to that match, the Lancaster City manager Fell faced defeat when travelling to Warrington Town and losing 1-5.Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding five meetings): Morpeth won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Lancaster City managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / zeroMorpeth Town missing players
Lancaster City missing players
| Morpeth Town | Lancaster City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 48 | 30 | Scored | S | 24 | 36 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 28 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 72% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 28% | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6.4 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 51% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 59% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 4.9 | ||
| 2 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 2.2 | ||