National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's North Shields or Runcorn Linnets that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
North Shields form and stats
North Shields have reached this Fa Trophy stage through battling and winning against Pontefract Collieries.A nice win for North Shields last time playing, versus Grantham Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0.
Preceding that game, a home win hosting Pontefract Collieries in the Fa Trophy.
Runcorn Linnets form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Workington in order to reach 2nd round qualifying of Fa Trophy. They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 3rd round qualifying.Two travels in a row for Runcorn Linnets, whose boss could celebrate last time after the Fa Trophy win against Workington.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Skelmersdale United at their stadium, the result 4-1.After this away game Runcorn return home for a Non League Div One: Northern West game against Bootle FC. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's a day of discovery for Runcorn Linnets as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Runcorn Linnets have played two with the results W1-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Runcorn Linnets has scored 1 goal and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
North Shields missing players
Runcorn Linnets missing players
| North Shields | Runcorn Linnets | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 10 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 48 | 32 | Scored | S | 22 | 37 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 28% | ||
| 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 83% | 55% | ||
| 14 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 10.2 | ||
| 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.5 | ||
