Grantham Town hope to fill the stadium for this fixture despite that the season has been rough so far with 17 points and a 18th spot in the Non League Div One: Northern East table. Visiting North Shields have 10th place with 22 pts.
- Grantham Town have the fewest points (5) at home in Non League Div One: Northern East
- North Shields have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
There have been little to rest for the host team, as they featured in a Non League Div One: Northern East match only four days ago. This match was also played here at South Kesteven Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, North Shields have had more rest.
Grantham Town form and stats
Grantham Town's struggle is real here at South Kesteven Stadium with only 5 points collected from 9 Non League Div One: Northern East games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-6. Grantham Town are slowly digging their own grave here at South Kesteven Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts.
The spoils were shared in Grantham Town's previous game, also at home. Visiting Dunston (placed 5th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Sheffield (2-3).It should be noted that a glance at the 10 most recent league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Grantham as they have a new game in only three days, a Lincolnshire Senior Cup match thankfully also at home. Gainsborough Trinity are visiting.
Grantham Town have scored {6 league goals} here from 9 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Grantham Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
North Shields form and stats
North Shields have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Non League Div One: Northern East, after 1-2-5 (8 played).
Shields has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Stocksbridge Park Steels for a 1-1 draw.
A draw for North Shields before that, at their own venue hosting Cleethorpes Town (0-0).Many goals are not expected from the visiting Shields as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also encountered each other earlier on this season: North Shields - Grantham Town 2-0.
Grantham Town missing players
North Shields missing players
| Grantham Town | North Shields | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| 23 | 15 | 10 | Conceded | C | 0 | 16 | 23 |
| 78% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 88% | 83% |
| 61% | 56% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 88% | 83% |
| 39% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 33% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 17% |
| 6% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 39% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 28% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 33% |
| 56% | 67% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 38% | 28% |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 5.8 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 8.7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 10.8 | 11.3 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
- Grantham Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Grantham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Grantham Town have the fewest points (5) at home in Non League Div One: Northern East
- Grantham Town have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Non League Div One: Northern East
- North Shields have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- North Shields have created more than twice as many corners as Grantham Town.
- North Shields have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- North Shields have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Worksop Town | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 44 | 49 |
| 2 | Stockton Town | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 23 | 41 |
| 3 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Hebburn Town | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | -1 | 31 |
| 5 | Dunston | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Cleethorpes Town | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Pontefract Collieries | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 27 |
| 8 | Long Eaton United FC | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 | Sheffield | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | North Shields | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Grimsby Borough | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -10 | 22 |
| 12 | Bridlington Town | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 22 |
| 13 | Ossett United | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 14 | Brighouse Town | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 21 |
| 15 | Lincoln United | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 24 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Consett AFC | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 19 |
| 17 | Carlton Town | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -11 | 18 |
| 18 | Grantham Town | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | -7 | 17 |
| 19 | Shildon AFC | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -15 | 13 |
| 20 | Tadcaster Albion | 20 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 26 | -27 | 8 |
