Stockport County vs Aldershot Town Prediction and Betting Tips: Best bets for Wednesday's FA Cup second round replay

An away tie with Championship side West Brom awaits the winner of Stockport County and Aldershot Town in this FA Cup second round replay, live through BBC Two on Wednesday night.

County are without a win in their last four matches, including the initial second round tie against Aldershot Town, where both teams cancelled each other out in a 2-2 draw at the Electrical Services Stadium. Wednesday's visitors have been inseparable from their opponents in back-to-back games and were last handed an L by Rochdale not too short of a month ago.

As expected, the League Two hosts are the odds-on favourites (2/5) to beat their National League counterparts, who represent a 15/2 shot to pull off a second round upset this week. For those who believe the two will require extra-time and/or penalties, 43/10 is available for a draw inside 90 minutes.

Despite a relative lull over the last month or so, County remain top of the League Two table, boasting 13 wins from 21 matches heading into the second half of the campaign. Dave Challinor's side look the business in their sophomore campaign back in the Football League and will treat this game very seriously having experienced what Aldershot Town are about 10 days ago.

Although The Hatters sit atop the L2 throne for now, that hasn't come with absolute ease. They've been made to work for their victories in many games, conceding 21 goals in the league, which is more than 3rd placed Barrow, 4th placed Mansfield Town and only one more than AFC Wimbledon in 7th. Their 1-1 draw last weekend marked the 16th match in which County have conceded, including both previous 2023/24 FA Cup fixtures.

The Shots put two past their opponents in their initial meeting and though they did have home advantage in that tie, the account they gave of themselves was very much geared towards proving that there is very little quality difference between League Two and the National League. Wednesday's visitors have netted 38 times in 22 league games, and after attempting 11 efforts to Stockport's 19 in Hampshire, they'll feel confident of bring something to the party in Greater Manchester.

With us expecting Aldershot Town to give Stockport County a game at Edgeley Park, it should pay to side with a shout from the anytime goalscorer market for the visitors. Josh Stokes is where we've landed - The Shots' top scorer with 12 goals in 23 games. The 19-year-old CAM signed from AFC Sudbury over the summer has had an immediate impact for the National League club, netting nine in England's fifth tier and a further three in Town's FA Cup run; registering a brace to earn his team this very replay.

Boasting five total goal involvements across the two previous rounds of this competition, the attacking midfielder should get a number of opportunities to help forge counter-attacks for his team, and after the showing they gave at home less than two weeks ago, Aldershot Town will be well up for this challenge as underdogs once again.