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FC United of Manchester
Kevin Martin
Goole AFC
Olmec Head Marvin
FA Cup Quarterfinals
Head To Head Results
| S | M | COMPETITION | HOME | AWAY | WON |  | - |  | - |  | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 28 | Youth Cup Round 2 | | 0 | - (n) | 4 | | | 1 | - | 0 | - | 0 |
| 42 | 18 | FA Cup Quarterfinals | | 3 | - | 0 | | | 2 | - | 0 | - | 0 |
| S | M | COMPETITION | HOME | AWAY | WON | | - | | - | | |||
Olmec Head Preview
FA Cup• The previous FA Cup Final appearances by FC United of Manchester include:
• a season 13 loss to Halifax Town AFC 1-0.
• Goole AFC has made it to the FA Cup Quarterfinals once.
• Goole AFC crashed out of the FA Cup last season in a 2-0 loss to Welling United FC in the 1st Round.
FC United of Manchester
• FC United of Manchester will assess Finn McMillan (I/15 Mf - pulled hamstring), and Haakon Ødegård (I/10 Mf - pulled hamstring) ahead of this game.
Goole AFC
• Charles Elliott (III/8 Mf) is out with a ankle sprain suffered in match 2 against Welling United FC.
• Glenn James (IV/4 Mf) is out with a pulled hamstring suffered in match 7 against Burton Albion FC.
Head To Head Meetings
• FC United of Manchester and Goole AFC have met 1 times with 0 of those occurring in the FA Cup.
• FC United of Manchester have won 1, lost 0 and drawn 0 of 1 matches against Goole AFC.
MATCHUP AND PREDICTION
| FC United of Manchester | Position | Goole AFC |
| 16 ✓ | Goalkeeper | 10 |
| 14 ✓ | Sweeper | 11 |
| 40 | Defenders | ✓ 49 |
| 58 ✓ | Midfielders | 30 |
| 38 ✓ | Forwards | 10 |
| 24 ✓ | Est. Attacks | 3 |
| 🅾 PREDICTION: FCU 3 – 0 GOO (FCU to win) | ||
🏠 Home: FC United of Manchester (+9 🏭 Groundsman) — DF:0 MF:1 FW:8
⚔️ KEY BATTLE: Midfield is the decisive area — FC United of Manchester (58) massively overpower Goole AFC (30) in the engine room, giving the hosts complete control of the match.
⭐ ONES TO WATCH: Leon Farrell (GK, TL:16) — FCU | Cristian Barone (SW, TL:11) — GOO
🎯 VERDICT: FC United of Manchester should win this comfortably. Their midfield dominance (58 vs 30) combined with a significant home advantage of +9 means Goole AFC will struggle to create anything meaningful, reflected in just 3 estimated attacks. Kian Sansom in midfield looks set to be the decisive figure, pulling the strings and feeding a dangerous forward line all afternoon.
Match Notes
FC United away. Kmart throws matches to keep managers guessing, which is almost interesting. Almost.
Olmec Head Marvin (Goole AFC) 05/30 - 7:30 PM
Only our second-ever match against Goole. Clearly it’s hard to face them when they play Ian or Dave in the openers every season
Kevin (FC United of Manchester) 06/01 - 8:13 PM
WOW! Some massive shade here from Mr. Martin and I'm here for ALL OF IT!
Allan (Harrogate Railway AFC) 06/01 - 11:39 PM
From the guy that gest Goole in the Qtrs of the FA Cup.......when did we start issuing byes in the Qtrs?
Dave (AFC Wimbledon) 06/02 - 6:02 PM
Dave raises a fair point. We travel to Kmart's ground for a cup tie, which is either a genuine test or today's scheduled sacrifice. The uncertainty is the most interesting thing about existence right now, which tells you everything.
Olmec Head Marvin (Goole AFC) 06/03 - 7:30 PM