National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Newry City AFC or Tobermore United that keep their silverware dream alive.
Newry City AFC form and stats
Newry participated in Irish League Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.7-2-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Newry City AFC so far this season.
Newry are returning here after visiting Dergview in a Championship game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
In the game before, an away victory in the Championship match versus Dergview with a 2-1 scoreline.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (32 in 16 games), Newry City AFC's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Newry City AFC have conceded 23 goals.
Tobermore United form and stats
They also participated in Irish League Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tobermore United so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-10 (win-draw-lose).
Tobermore play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-6 to Dundela. Tobermore lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-6 beating and focus on this one.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Portadown (after extra-time)'s place.The attacking power of Tobermore when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Tobermore have conceded 27 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Newry City AFC missing players
Tobermore United missing players
| Newry City AFC | Tobermore United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Lost | L | 12 | 16 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Scored | S | 11 | 38 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Conceded | C | 36 | 63 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 36% | ||
| 3.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11.5 | 11.5 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 57% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portadown | 31 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 72 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 42 | 66 |
| 2 | Loughgall | 31 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 66 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 24 | 26 | 62 |
| 3 | Ballinamallard United | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 71 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 37 | 60 |
| 4 | Ards | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 65 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 21 | 52 |
| 5 | Newry City AFC | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 23 | 51 |
| 6 | Dundela | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 49 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -6 | 46 |
| 7 | Ballyclare Comrades | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 52 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 31 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | H&W Welders | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 63 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 38 | -11 | 35 |
| 9 | Queen's University | 31 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 59 | 69 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 21 | 37 | -10 | 34 |
| 10 | Dergview | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 54 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 33 | -16 | 29 |
| 11 | PSNI | 30 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 40 | 98 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 52 | -58 | 23 |
| 12 | Knockbreda | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 33 | 85 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 42 | -52 | 22 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ards | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 56 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 37 | 59 |
| 2 | Warrenpoint Town | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 23 | 50 |
| 3 | Institute | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 27 | 47 |
| 4 | Dundela | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 62 | 51 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 43 |
| 5 | Carrick Rangers | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 39 |
| 6 | H&W Welders | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 34 |
| 7 | Dergview | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -12 | 27 |
| 8 | Larne | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -16 | 24 |
| 9 | Coagh United | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 35 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -16 | 23 |
| 10 | Bangor | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -19 | 23 |
| 11 | Loughgall | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -21 | 23 |
| 12 | Limavady United | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 49 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 27 | -15 | 21 |
| 13 | Tobermore United | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 38 | 55 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -17 | 21 |