National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Pickering Town CFC or Ramsbottom United that keep their silverware dream alive.
Pickering Town CFC form and stats
Pickering participated in Fa Trophy the last season, where they reached the 3rd round qualifying.No payout for Pickering in their previous match, an away game at Marske United that ended in defeat 0-7. Pickering were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Preceding that match was a Fa Trophy defeat to Runcorn Linnets (1-4).Pickering Town CFC have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Pickering Town CFC have scored 0 goals and conceded 2 times.
Ramsbottom United form and stats
They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 2nd round qualifying.It might be tough going out on the road again for Ramsbottom, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 4-5 versus Barnoldswick Town. As you can tell from the result, the match against Barnoldswick Town was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 9 goals, will the fun continue today?
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Prescot Cables.It's a day of discovery for Ramsbottom United 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 Ramsbottom have played four with the results W2-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Ramsbottom United has scored 6 goals and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding five meetings): Pickering won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Ramsbottom United managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / onePickering Town CFC missing players
Ramsbottom United missing players
| Pickering Town CFC | Ramsbottom United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Scored | S | 31 | 55 | ||
| 62 | 27 | Conceded | C | 27 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 64% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 4.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 6.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 15.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 26% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 38% | ||