Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Lancaster City & Bamber Bridge face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Lancashire FA Challenge 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 Lancaster and Bamber Bridge.
Lancaster City form and stats
Lancaster City are returning here after visiting Whitby Town and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Before that match, a Non League Premier: Northern win away at Marske United.Lancaster City are traveling soon after this match as the Fa Trophy match at Chester awaits in four days.
Bamber Bridge form and stats
Bamber Bridge play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Atherton Collieries.
A 1-3 loss hosting Radcliffe Borough before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bamber manager Crowe as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Ashton United.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Bamber Bridge have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from five fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Bamber Bridge have avoided a loss in the last 5 matches (3-2-0) facing Lancaster.Lancaster City missing players
Bamber Bridge missing players
| Lancaster City | Bamber Bridge | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Scored | S | 13 | 33 | ||
| 34 | 12 | Conceded | C | 31 | 46 | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 1.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.6 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.4 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 50% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 43% | ||
| 6.1 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
