Match details. FA Cup, 3rd Round Qualifying Replays. Kick-off is Tue 6 Oct, 19:45 Lagos time. It is played at Alder Street, Atherton.
What's at stake. It is one game, with penalties if it is level.
Form. Atherton Collieries have won three, drawn one and lost six of their last ten, 1.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D W W L L. Trafford FC have won four, drawn two and lost three of their last nine, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D W W L W.
The numbers. Atherton Collieries score 1.1 and concede 2.2 a game over their last ten, with two clean sheets and four games without a goal. Atherton Collieries average 6.0 corners and 3.0 cards a game. Trafford FC score 1.8 and concede 1.8 a game over their last nine, with no clean sheets. Trafford FC average 4.0 corners and 1.0 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last six meetings Atherton Collieries have won three, drawn one and lost two. Four of the six went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in three. In the last four, Atherton Collieries won two, one was drawn and Trafford FC won one. The last time they met, on 3 Oct 2026, it finished Atherton Collieries 2-2 Trafford FC.
The case against. A knockout game (3rd Round Qualifying Replays) with penalties if level, and Trafford FC are not clearly stronger. Atherton Collieries's record still gives them 36% to win.
The read. Trafford FC or the draw. An open game. Their goals for and against make Trafford FC the likelier winners; Trafford FC are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour Trafford FC. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 68%. Four of the last six meetings went over 2.5.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Under 4.5 Goals (no unders on an open read); Under 5.5 Goals (no unders on an open read). Predicted score: Atherton Collieries 1-2 Trafford FC (9% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call and an open game).