National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Scarborough Athletic or Thornaby that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are full days for the hometeam, as they played only three days ago in the Vanarama National League North. Thankfully the previous game, versus Fylde, was also a home game here at Flamingo Land Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Scarborough Athletic form and stats
The Scarborough Athletic crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Fylde here at Flamingo Land Stadium.
Ahead of that match, Scarborough won a home game hosting Blyth Spartans (3-2).Scarborough Athletic are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League North match at Boston United awaits in four days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Scarborough Athletic friendly games in pre-season: Scarborough Athletic played three friendlies, won 0, drew 1 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Scarborough Athletic scored {3 goals} and conceded 6 in these three games.
Thornaby form and stats
Thornaby lost away at Guisborough Town (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Prior to that match, the Thornaby manager faced defeat when travelling to Redcar Athletic and losing 2-9.After this away game Thornaby return home for a Counties Leagues: Northern League One game against West Auckland Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Scarborough Athletic missing players
Thornaby missing players
| Scarborough Athletic | Thornaby | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 18 | ||
| 48 | 36 | Scored | S | 17 | 30 | ||
| 45 | 27 | Conceded | C | 35 | 57 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 93% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 79% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 72% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 13.6 | 14.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
