Match Preview

Eccleshill United travel to Yorkshire Amateurs on Wednesday evening, to play in the first round of the West Riding County Cup.

The game was initially meant to be played at the Mitton Group Stadium, but has since been rearranged to be played at The Bracken Edge, which is the Leeds based side's home stadium.

Last season The Eagles found themselves exiting this cup competition at this stage, after being convincingly defeated 5-1 at home by Ossett Town.

They will want to improve on that cup outing on Wednesday night, but as the manager Sean Regan and skipper Sam Bradley have already stated, the league is the side's main priority this season.

Yorkshire Amateurs, or The Ammers, made it further in the competition last season, getting to the third round before Tadcaster Albion halted their progress in a 5-1 defeat.

These sides have already met this season, providing a thrilling opening day of the league season when they played out a 3-3 draw.

Both sides have a history in the competition, The Ammers have won the cup three times, with the last one coming in 1972. The Eagles have only won it once, but claimed the trophy much more recently, lifting it in 2014 after defeating Harrogate Town in the final.

Eccleshill go into the game off the back of an extremely disappointing 3-0 defeat at home, at the hands of Winterton Rangers. Everyone in the squad will be eager to put that result right and get back to winning ways.

Yorkshire Amateurs on the other hand, will be slightly more confident due to their last result being an assured 2-0 home win over Swallownest.

Recent statistics show that the two sides are amongst some of the highest goalscoring teams in the league this season, so the game promises action and goals.

The Eagles will be hoping to edge it on Wednesday night, but with Yorkshire Amateurs goalscoring prowess, the game is very evenly balanced.