National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Southport or Curzon Ashton that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Southport and Curzon Ashton.
Southport form and stats
Last season, Southport's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 4th round.A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Southport, who played 1-1 against King's Lynn Town. That match was also played at this venue (Haig Avenue).
Ahead of that match, Southport won a home game hosting Farsley Celtic (4-0).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Southport handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Southport as they have a new game in only three days, a Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy match thankfully also at home. Squires Gate are visiting.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Southport friendly games in pre-season: Southport played three friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Southport scored {3 goals} and conceded 6 in these three games.
Curzon Ashton form and stats
They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 3rd round.It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Cambridge United in their previous outing. The FA Cup fixture ended 0-0.
A 0-1 defeat away at Brackley Town before that.Curzon Ashton are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
After this away game Curzon Ashton return home for a Vanarama National League North game against Blyth Spartans. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Curzon played four friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these four matches Curzon Ashton scored 5 and conceded {6 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Southport have avoided a loss in the last 9 matches (3-6-0) against Curzon Ashton.Top Goalscorers
  J. Archer 7 goals |  N. Watson 5 goals |  T. Peers 5 goals |
Southport missing players
Curzon Ashton missing players
| Southport | Curzon Ashton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 47 | 26 | Scored | S | 17 | 27 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.3 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 41% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | ||
| 9.5 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
