National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Atherton Collieries or Chorley that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Atherton Collieries form and stats
Collieries have reached this Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy stage through battling and winning against Atherton Laburnum Rovers.A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Atherton Collieries, who played 1-1 against Stalybridge Celtic. That match was also played at this venue (The Skuna Stadium).
Preceding that match was a Non League Premier: Northern defeat to Bamber Bridge (0-3).There will be little rest for Atherton Collieries after this match as they are travelling to Whitby Town for a Non League Premier: Northern game in only four days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Atherton Collieries friendly games in pre-season: Collieries played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Atherton Collieries scored {2 goals} and conceded 1 in these one game.
Chorley form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Fylde in order to reach 2nd round of Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy.The supporters enjoyed Chorley's previous fixture versus Leek Town, a Fa Trophy win (1-0) played at home.
Before that, Chorley secured a home win against Kettering Town with the score 2-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Vanarama National League North trip to Banbury United.
Chorley played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these three matches Chorley scored 4 and conceded {8 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Hall 9 goals | B. Ustabaşı 6 goals | J. Sampson 4 goals |
Atherton Collieries missing players
Chorley missing players
| Atherton Collieries | Chorley | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 14 | 43 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 32% | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6.3 | 5.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 12.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 36% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 30% | ||
| 7.5 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 7.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||
