Trafford vs Atherton Collieries Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form

Trafford's season record reads eight wins, two draws and ten defeats from twenty games, with 27 goals scored and 36 conceded. That's a middling return, but their form has picked up a notch heading into this competition: they won 2-1 away at Heaton Stannington and then 3-1 away at Bamber Bridge in the previous two rounds.

Trafford: 20 completed matches; Atherton Collieries: 20 completed matches.

Trafford

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

27

Conceded

36

Difference

-9

Atherton Collieries

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

27

Conceded

39

Difference

-12

Atherton Collieries have a fairly similar overall picture, with seven wins, three draws and ten losses in their last twenty matches, scoring 27 and conceding 39. They've also found some form in the cup itself, beating Northwich Victoria 3-2 away before following up with a 2-0 home win over Prescot Cables.

Both sides look sharper in the cup than their season numbers suggest.

Comparative Team Statistics: Trafford vs Atherton Collieries

Head-to-head record

These two have met five times since 2024, and the pattern is fairly clear: the home side has won four of those five games. Trafford won 4-1 at home back in January, while Atherton have taken care of business at their own ground too, including a 4-0 win last March.

The one exception came in November 2024, when Atherton won away at Trafford. Otherwise, home advantage has counted for a lot in this particular fixture.

Home advantage has mattered here more often than not.

How this one might play out

With Trafford hosting, the recent head-to-head trend would point towards them, especially given how home sides have fared in this fixture before. Both teams have also arrived here on the back of decent cup runs, which suggests neither side is short of confidence right now.

That said, their overall season form is close enough that calling a clear favourite isn't straightforward. Cup ties like this can easily go either way, and a lapse in defensive concentration, something both sides have shown at various points this season, could end up deciding it.