- Head-to-head: Merthyr Town's head-to-head record against Truro City FC is 1-2-0 (W-D-L) in their last 3 meetings.
- Betting odds: Truro City FC are the odds-on pick in the outright market.
- Away form: Merthyr Town's away record is 1-2-2 (W-D-L) in their last 5 away games and have conceded just 5 goals in those 5 matches.
Truro are the Tinners, but Merthyr will need Foulston to bring fire
Truro form
Truro City FC come into the rematch of the Merthyr Town game off the back of a 0-1 home loss against Salisbury and a 1-1 away draw with Merthyr in the first leg. They really don't have momentum coming into this and it would be hard to tip them to run away with this one at the moment.
The Tinners are in decent enough form, though, with 5-3-2 across their last 10 games in all competitions. They've also won 3, tied 1 and lost 1 in their last 5 home games across all competitions, although they failed to win their most recent home game against Merthyr.
Tactics
John Askey's high-tempo 4-3-3 looks to press hard, win the second balls and flood the box with wide crosses and set-piece pressure, however, Merthyr will be a tough nut to crack on Tuesday.
Merthyr form
The Martyrs have won 2 and tied 2 of their last 5, with their latest two results being 0-0 away to Scarborough Athletic and 1-1 at home to Truro. That record of 3-5-2 across their last 10 in all competitions is just enough to have faith in their ability to hold Truro to a draw in this one.
Merthyr can match up to the in-form Tinners
With 13 goals across their last 5 combined, this doesn't look like a high-scoring game between two sides that are perhaps a little better than most at their respective levels. The Merthyr Town style of play is more patient, compact and structured, their 4-2-3-1 has the wide players cutting in to play through the half-spaces.
In the 1-1 draw in the opening leg, Merthyr looked more than capable of troubling a decent Truro City FC side and, with Jay Foulston scoring 2 of their 4 goals across the last 5, the Martyrs will need him to do the same again if they're to nick the result.
The odds are wrong… again
We're going to go against the grain a little on this game, with Truro coming in at 1.74, Merthyr 4.09 and the tie at 3.9.
- The 1-1 draw of the opening fixture between these sides keeps this game alive and, although Truro are rightly the favorites, it should be a tense matchup at Tinners.
- Truro should have the edge at home, but we don't think this will be a runaway game.
