Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Widnes & Colne face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Widnes and Colne.
These teams have little in common geographically as Colne have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Widnes form and stats
Last season, Widnes's Fa Trophy journey ended in the extra preliminary round.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Prescot Cables are coming to town in four days.
Colne form and stats
Colne was sent out of Fa Trophy in the 3rd round qualifying last season.The away team travel with confidence. Not since the City of Liverpool game have they lost an away game, meaning Colne has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Colne are travelling after their nice 6-2 home win in the Non League Div One: Northern North against Pontefract Collieries.
As mentioned above, Colne was the only team on the pitch versus Pontefract Collieries in their previous game, winning 6-2. This could be a tougher task.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Colne have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Widnes two wins, one draw and Colne two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Widnes missing players
Colne missing players
| Widnes | Colne | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 39 | 24 | Scored | S | 18 | 28 | ||
| 43 | 26 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 74 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 30 | ||
| 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 30% | ||