National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's St Ives Town or Stafford Rangers 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 Ives and Stafford Rangers.
St Ives Town form and stats
St Ives Town participated in Fa Trophy the last season, where they reached the 1st round qualifying replays.It’s been three wins in a row for Ives here at Westwood Road, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
A nice win for St Ives Town last time playing, versus Leiston. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0. A Non League Premier: Southern defeat was the result before that one, 2-6 away at Nuneaton Town.
A late climax in the match against Leiston as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Leo Bahia.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ives as they are travelling to their away game against Royston Town in the Non League Premier: Southern. That match is three days after this one.
Stafford Rangers form and stats
Stafford's mission in Fa Trophy last season failed in the 1st round qualifying.The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Non League Premier: Northern. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Stafford Rangers have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 14 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Stalybridge Celtic game. It's looking increasingly bleak for Stafford Rangers who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Grantham Town was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Stafford Rangers's previous game was their home loss versus Atherton Collieries (0-3). The game before that, in the FA Cup, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Skelmersdale United.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Non League Premier: Northern trip to Buxton.
Goals are few and far between in Stafford's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. Stafford have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
St Ives Town missing players
Stafford Rangers missing players
| St Ives Town | Stafford Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 13 | 25 | ||
| 65 | 21 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 90 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 90 | 128 | ||
| 42 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 36 | 54 | ||
| 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Basford United | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 2 | Warrington Town | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Mickleover Sports | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Witton Albion | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Buxton | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 6 | Matlock Town | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | Atherton Collieries | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | South Shields | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Gainsborough Trinity | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Whitby Town | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Scarborough Athletic | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Radcliffe Borough | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 13 | Nantwich Town | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 14 | Lancaster City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 15 | United of Manchester | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Morpeth Town | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 17 | Hyde United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Ashton United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 19 | Stalybridge Celtic | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 5 |
| 20 | Bamber Bridge | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 4 |
| 21 | Grantham Town | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 2 |
| 22 | Stafford Rangers | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 1 |