National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Morpeth Town or Pickering Town CFC that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Morpeth Town form and stats
Morpeth participated in Fa Trophy the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.It's back home for Morpeth, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Nantwich Town away with the result 3-2.
Before that game, the home loss against York City with the scoreline 1-3.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.
Pickering Town CFC form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Ramsbottom United in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of Fa Trophy. Pickering Town CFC was sent out of Fa Trophy in the 3rd round qualifying last season.Three has not been a lucky number for Pickering as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Frickley Athletic match.
Home advantage was not enough for Pickering in their previous game, as they lost their Non League Div One: Northern East-match, hosting Cleethorpes Town, 0-4. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Cleethorpes Town was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Stockton Town's place.Pickering played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these one match Pickering Town CFC scored 0 and conceded 2 goals.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the previous two meetings): Morpeth won one game, one match ended with a tie and Pickering Town CFC have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneMorpeth Town missing players
Pickering Town CFC missing players
| Morpeth Town | Pickering Town CFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 17 | ||
| 46 | 26 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | ||
| 45 | 21 | Conceded | C | 42 | 66 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 76% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 36% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 6% | 13% | ||