National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Southport or Runcorn Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are hustling days for the hosts, as they were in action only four days ago in the Vanarama National League North. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Kettering Town.
Southport form and stats
An away draw last time out for Southport, facing Kettering Town in a game that ended 0-0.
A 1-1 result against Squires Gate before that one, played at their own home stadium in the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Vanarama National League North game versus Scarborough Athletic in only three days. This game is also played here at Haig Avenue.
Southport have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Southport have scored {3 goals} and conceded 6 times.
Runcorn Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Widnes in order to reach 2nd round of Liverpool Senior Cup.This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Cheshire Senior Cup home defeat versus Hyde United with 1-4 on the scoreboard.
Ahead of that, 1-1 at home vs Widnes in the Liverpool Senior Cup.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Archer 7 goals |  N. Watson 5 goals | J. Bainbridge 3 goals |
Southport missing players
Runcorn Town missing players
| Southport | Runcorn Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 43 | 27 | Scored | S | 16 | 27 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 37 | 60 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 69% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 4% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
