South Shields and Alfreton Town are ready to let people see their new people and skills: It's the premier match of the Vanarama National League North season.
South Shields form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for South Shields as they were promoted from Non League Premier: Northern last season. Happy days that were secured through 25 wins, 10 draws and 7 losses from 42 games. The team scored 43 goals at home last season and conceded 20. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
South Shields have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 3 losses. In these games, South Shields have scored {5 goals} and conceded 13 times.
Alfreton Town form and stats
Let's have a look at how Alfreton Town performed last season in the Vanarama National League North: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 18 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded {44 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 12 and lost 6 with 19/24 goals scored/conceded.
Alfreton played six friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. In these six matches Alfreton Town scored 5 and conceded {21 goals}.
Head 2 Head
South Shields missing players
Alfreton Town missing players
| South Shields | Alfreton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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% | 0% | 0% |
| 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 |
| South Shields | Last season | Alfreton Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 23 | 47 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Won | W | 5 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 12 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 71 | 43 | Scored | S | 19 | 54 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Conceded | C | 24 | 45 | ||
| 93% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 70% | 83% | ||
| 67% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 66% | ||
| 45% | 52% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 21% | ||
| 19% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 4% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 48% | 43% | ||
| 45% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 40% | ||
| 14% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 48% | 34% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| 51% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | ||
| 5.4 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 8.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alfreton Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Banbury United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bishop's Stortford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Blyth Spartans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Boston United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Brackley Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Buxton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Chester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Chorley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Curzon Ashton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Darlington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Farsley Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Gloucester City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Hereford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | King's Lynn Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Peterborough Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Rushall Olympic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Scarborough Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Southport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | South Shields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Spennymoor Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Tamworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Warrington Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | South Shields | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 71 | 39 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 32 | 85 |
| 2 | Warrington Town | 42 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 70 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 31 | 77 |
| 3 | Bamber Bridge | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 62 | 63 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 41 | -1 | 73 |
| 4 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 74 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 33 | 69 |
| 5 | Matlock Town | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 56 | 49 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 7 | 68 |
| 6 | Hyde United | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 64 | 42 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 22 | 66 |
| 7 | Radcliffe Borough | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 55 | 49 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 66 |
| 8 | United of Manchester | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 68 | 48 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 18 | 20 | 63 |
| 9 | Marine | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 56 | 45 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 61 |
| 10 | Rylands | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 64 | 55 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 9 | 60 |
| 11 | Lancaster City | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 51 | 51 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 0 | 58 |
| 12 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 53 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | -1 | 57 |
| 13 | Guiseley | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 54 | 54 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 55 |
| 14 | Ashton United | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 58 | 64 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 30 | -6 | 53 |
| 15 | Whitby Town | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 45 | 54 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 24 | -9 | 52 |
| 16 | Marske United | 42 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 57 | 79 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 40 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 39 | -22 | 50 |
| 17 | Morpeth Town | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 55 | 63 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 33 | -8 | 49 |
| 18 | Atherton Collieries | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 38 | 57 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 32 | -19 | 47 |
| 19 | Nantwich Town | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 44 | 55 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 27 | -11 | 46 |
| 20 | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 50 | 64 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 36 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 28 | -14 | 42 |
| 21 | Liversedge | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 48 | 86 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 44 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 42 | -38 | 40 |
| 22 | Belper Town | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 44 | 86 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 42 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 44 | -42 | 30 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fylde | 46 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 80 | 44 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 36 | 95 |
| 2 | King's Lynn Town | 46 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 84 | 43 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 41 | 93 |
| 3 | Chester | 46 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 72 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 20 | 31 | 84 |
| 4 | Brackley Town | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 57 | 47 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 69 |
| 5 | Alfreton Town | 46 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 54 | 44 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 69 |
| 6 | Kidderminster Harriers | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 49 | 42 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 69 |
| 7 | Gloucester City | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 75 | 68 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 36 | 7 | 68 |
| 8 | Scarborough Athletic | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 74 | 69 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 5 | 68 |
| 9 | Spennymoor Town | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 68 | 67 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 1 | 68 |
| 10 | Darlington | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 72 | 64 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 8 | 67 |
| 11 | Buxton | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 55 | 54 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 1 | 67 |
| 12 | Chorley | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 62 | 50 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 12 | 66 |
| 13 | Curzon Ashton | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 58 | 55 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 65 |
| 14 | Peterborough Sports | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 50 | 55 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 29 | -5 | 57 |
| 15 | Boston United | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 68 | 66 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 2 | 56 |
| 16 | Hereford | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 47 | 56 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 33 | -9 | 55 |
| 17 | Banbury United | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 55 | 62 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 38 | -7 | 54 |
| 18 | Southport | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 62 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 32 | -12 | 50 |
| 19 | Blyth Spartans | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 49 | 62 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 34 | -13 | 50 |
| 20 | Farsley Celtic | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 51 | 75 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 47 | -24 | 50 |
| 21 | Kettering Town | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 41 | 63 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 45 | -22 | 49 |
| 22 | Leamington | 46 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 41 | 60 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 38 | -19 | 48 |
| 23 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 40 | -22 | 46 |
| 24 | AFC Telford United | 46 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 35 | 76 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 40 | -41 | 32 |