The FA Cup Second Round 18-19 is here this weekend, and we have the predictions and preview you need as the League One and League Two sides and the Non League sides try to get into the draw for the third round when all the big names in English football join in.
Some call the FA Cup the greatest annual sporting competition, and at this stage – FA Cup Second Round 18-19 – it still is. The big EPL and Championship sides join in Round 3, when it will go up another level.
Our favourite thing of this stage of the FA Cup is that there are still many Non League sides left in the draw, some are fallen Football League sides, some have great names. Dreams of a potential third round clash against an EPL side is just a win away.
Here then is our FA Cup Second Round 18-19 Predictions and Preview, where we are looking for upsets, certainties and interesting bits and pieces.
FA Cup Second Round 18-19 Points of Interest
10 Non League teams remain after the first round of the FA Cup. With one all Non League tie in the FA Cup Second, at least one of Barnet or Stockport County are guaranteed progression to the big third round. Half of the Non League teams left are from the sixth tier.
The lowest ranked teams from National League South and North (the sixth tier) are:
- Southport
- Woking
- Stockport County
- Slough Town
- Guiseley
The average gap in League Positions between the teams is 28 places. The biggest three are listed below:
- Guiseley v Fleetwood – 75 places
- Slough Town v Gillingham – 67 places
- Tranmere v Luton – 58 places
The closest three matched fixtures are:
- Charlton v Doncaster – 1 place
- Plymouth v Oxford Utd – 3 places
- Shrewsbury Town v Newport County – 5 places
The games with the lowest combined league position in the Football pyramid are:
- Barnet v Stockport County – Avg Pyramid position 114.5
- Chesterfield v Grimsby Town – 99.5
- Swindon v Woking – 98.5
FA Cup Second Round 18-19 Predictions
Here are our bold predictions for the First Round of the FA Cup, split into nice little groups.
THE BIG CUPSETS
MAIDSTONE UTD to beat Oldham Athletic
CHESTERFIELD to beat Grimsby Town
WOKING to beat Swindon Town
STOCKPORT COUNTY to beat Barnet
THE MINI CUPSETS
WREXHAM to beat Newport County
BURY to beat Luton Town
THE HOME COMFORTS
PETERBOROUGH UTD to beat Bradford City
LINCOLN CITY to beat Carlisle
ACCRINGTON STANLEY to beat Cheltenham Town
TRANMERE ROVERS to beat Southport
SHREWSBURY TOWN to beat Scunthorpe Utd
THE AWAY PAYS
BARNSLEY to beat Southend
SUNDERLAND to beat Walsall
DONCASTER ROVERS to beat Charlton
PORTSMOUTH to beat Rochdale
GILLINGHAM to beat Slough Town
FLEETWODD TOWN to beat Guiseley
THE NO IDEA SO WE’LL GO FOR A DRAW
Woking v Swindon Town
Halifax v Wimbledon
Plymouth v Oxford
OUR BEST OF THE BEST
Here we take one from each category and put it into a Super Multi.
MAIDSTONE UTD to beat Oldham Athletic
BURY to beat Luton Town
LINCOLN CITY to beat Carlisle
SUNDERLAND to beat Walsall
PLYMOUTH to beat Oxford Utd.
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FA Cup Second Round 18-19 TV Games
Here are the TV Games in the UK across BBC and BT Sport.
Currently we have no idea how these games are being shown elsewhere. Sadly not on ESPN by the looks this year for those in Australia.
SOLIHULL MOORS v BLACKPOOL
HALIFAX TOWN v AFC WIMBLEDON
WREXHAM v NEWPORT COUNTY
GUISELEY v FLEETWOOD TOWN
FA Cup Second Round 18-19 Fixture List
| Solihull Moors (5) | v | Blackpool (3) |
| F.C. Halifax Town (5) | v | AFC Wimbledon (3) |
| Southend United (3) | v | Barnsley (3) |
| Peterborough United (3) | v | Bradford City (3) |
| Maidstone United (5) | v | Oldham Athletic (4) |
| Lincoln City (4) | v | Carlisle United (4) |
| Plymouth Argyle (3) | v | Oxford United (3) |
| Walsall (3) | v | Sunderland (3) |
| Accrington Stanley (3) | v | Cheltenham Town (4) |
| Charlton Athletic (3) | v | Doncaster Rovers (3) |
| Wrexham (5) | v | Newport County (4) |
| Bury (4) | v | Luton Town (3) |
| Tranmere Rovers (4) | v | Southport (6) |
| Shrewsbury Town (3) | v | Scunthorpe United (3) |
| Chesterfield (5) | v | Grimsby Town (4) |
| Swindon Town (4) | v | Woking (6) |
| Barnet (5) | v | Stockport County (6) |
| Rochdale (3) | v | Portsmouth (3) |
| Slough Town (6) | v | Gillingham (3) |
| Guiseley (6) | v | Fleetwood Town (3) |
