Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Spalding United & Belper Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
Spalding United form and stats
Spalding United was eliminated in the 2nd round qualifying last season in the Fa Trophy.The story so far in the Non League Div One: Northern South for Spalding United at their home stadium (Sir Halley Stewart Field) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. The Spalding manager might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Spalding United lost their last game at Kettering Town after a 0-2 scoreline.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Kettering Town that ended 1-1.Spalding United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sir Halley Stewart Field with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Spalding have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Belper Town form and stats
Belper's mission in Fa Trophy last season failed in the 2nd round qualifying.The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Div One: Northern South travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Belper seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a FA Cup home defeat versus Tamworth with 0-5 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Tamworth was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Preceding that game was the away FA Cup victory against Matlock Town with the score of 3-0.The Belper manager G. Black has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 league matches. For Belper, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Spalding victories, four draws and three Belper Town wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Spalding United missing players
Belper Town missing players
| Spalding United | Belper Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Scored | S | 25 | 51 | ||
| 50 | 21 | Conceded | C | 23 | 46 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 7.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10 | ||
| 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 25% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leek Town | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 |
| 2 | Loughborough Dynamo | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Newcastle Town | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Chasetown | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Worksop Town | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 14 |
| 7 | Belper Town | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 14 |
| 8 | Stamford | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 |
| 9 | Lincoln United | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 13 |
| 10 | Ilkeston Town | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | Carlton Town | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 11 |
| 13 | Frickley Athletic | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 9 |
| 15 | Cleethorpes Town | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Glossop North End | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -14 | 8 |
| 17 | Spalding United | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 18 | Sheffield | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 4 |
| 19 | Wisbech Town | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | -21 | 3 |
| 20 | Market Drayton Town | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | -28 | 0 |