With the volatile opening fixture out of the way it’s time for the second Counties Leagues: Northern League One battle of the season. Birtley Town eagerly anticipate Guisborough Town in front of their stadium regulars.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Birtley and Guisborough Town.
Birtley Town form and stats
A strong away win for Birtley Town against Redcar Athletic the last match.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Tow Law Town in the Durham County Challenge Cup.
There will be little rest for Birtley after this match as they are travelling to Pontefract Collieries for a FA Cup game in only four days.
Guisborough Town form and stats
Let's have a look at how Guisborough Town performed last season in the Counties Leagues: Northern League One: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 9 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 69 and conceded {54 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 35/24 goals scored/conceded. Guisborough Town have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Counties Leagues: Northern League One were 9 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 19 fixtures.
Guisborough Town are travelling again after losing away to West Auckland Town in their previous match (0-2).
Prior to that result Guisborough Town won their away game at Sunderland RCA. The scoreline was 2-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Guisborough are hosting Newton Aycliffe in the FA Cup only four days away.
{0 goals} so far away for Guisborough Town, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Birtley Town missing players
Guisborough Town missing players
| Birtley Town | Guisborough Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
