- Home form: Bury Town have not lost in their last 3 home games (Won 3, Conceded 3).
- Recent form: Spalding Utd have won 5, drawn 2 and lost 3 of their last 10 in all competitions.
- Home run: Bury are unbeaten in 3 at home.
Blues can make it 13 in 10
Form
The Blues are on a roll, winning 8 of their last 10 in all competitions and this makes them the strong home favorites against Spalding Utd. Bury have won 3 and lost 2 of their last 5 with their most recent results being a 1-2 away victory at Bishop's Stortford and a 4-1 defeat to St. Albans City.
Tactics & key player
The hosts play an expansive 4-2-3-1 under Cole Skuse, where the full-backs provide width, the central midfielders press in waves, and the No.10 runs into the penalty box in the final third. Jamie McGrath has 2 of Bury's 3 goals in their last 5 games so he looks to be the Blues' sharpest striker.
Opposition
The Tulips have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last 5 away games in all competitions, so they should be able to get something from this game, but they'll still leave plenty of space in behind their backline. Spalding have had a mixed bag of a start to the season, but it's a positive one with 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats in their last 10 in all competitions.
The Tulips beat Bedford Town 2-1 before losing by the same scoreline away at Chorley last time out. They play a more direct 4-4-2 under Jimmy Dean, who will look to exploit high lines with early crosses and balls into the box where big target man Bartosz Cybulski can do his damage.
Spalding can score
Bury haven't won the last 2 head-to-head meetings and lost the last one 2-1 away from home in the Southern League Premier Division Central. This makes the home side favourites to scrape through what should be a tight cup game, but with a home victory at 2.97 the main selection here, we're siding with the hosts to edge it on their home field.
- Over 2.5 goals looks a bit short at 1.65, but both teams will want to come out on top and they won't play defensively so we're getting the goals in elsewhere.
- Both Teams to Score – Yes looks a perfect fit for this matchup considering the attacking profiles of both clubs.
- Spalding are direct, Bury like to have the ball and Spalding's target man will cause plenty of problems for the home defence, so we're expecting both to score in an exciting cup game.
