Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sutton Coldfield Town & Newcastle Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Coldfield nor Newcastle Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sutton Coldfield Town form and stats
Coldfield have not come this way in the Fa Trophy without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Lincoln United. Last season, Coldfield's Fa Trophy journey ended in the 2nd round qualifying.Coldfield lost their last game at Bedworth United after a 0-1 scoreline.
2-2 away at Wisbech Town before that.Sutton Coldfield Town have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Sutton Coldfield Town have scored 1 goal and conceded 5 times.
Newcastle Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated AFC Kempston Rovers and Coleshill Town in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of Fa Trophy. Newcastle Town was sent out of Fa Trophy in the 3rd round qualifying last season.With two straight losses from their last two away games, Newcastle Town are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The supporters enjoyed Newcastle's previous game versus Colne, a Non League Div One: Northern West 5-1 win played at home. As mentioned above, Newcastle was the only team on the pitch versus Colne in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
It was a Non League Div One: Northern West defeat before that one as the away game against Ramsbottom United wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.Newcastle played six friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats. In these six matches Newcastle Town scored 9 and conceded 14 goals.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Coldfield seven wins, one draw and Newcastle Town two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Sutton Coldfield Town missing players
Newcastle Town missing players
| Sutton Coldfield Town | Newcastle Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Scored | S | 15 | 33 | ||
| 48 | 21 | Conceded | C | 24 | 50 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 28% | ||
| 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.3 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 7.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 20% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | ||