National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Marine or Southport 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 Marine and Southport.
Marine form and stats
It's back home for Marine, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Whitby Town away with the result 3-0.
Heartbreak before that as Marine lost 0-1 at Gainsborough Trinity's place.Southport form and stats
It's the second away game in a row for Southport, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Scarborough Athletic last time out.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Alfreton Town in the Vanarama National League North.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ashton Athletic in just two days.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Marine wins - draws - Southport wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Archer 9 goals |  N. Watson 7 goals | C. Doyle 4 goals |
Marine missing players
Southport missing players
| Marine | Southport | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 42 | 28 | Scored | S | 6 | 27 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 36% | ||
| 2.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 7.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 130% | 150% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 26% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 9.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4 | ||
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