National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's South Shields or Washington that keep their silverware dream alive.
There haven't been much to rest for the hosting team, as they performed in a Fa Trophy game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Stalybridge Celtic, so at least South Shields are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
South Shields form and stats
Shields are returning here after guesting Stalybridge Celtic in a Fa Trophy game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at United of Manchester in the Non League Premier: Northern.The match schedule is unforgiving for South Shields as they have a new game in only four days, a FA Cup match thankfully also at home. Scunthorpe United are visiting.
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 1 victories, 0 draws and 2 losses. In these games, South Shields have scored {5 goals} and conceded 7 times.
Washington form and stats
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a FA Cup home loss versus West Auckland Town with 0-4 on the scoreboard.
The fixture earlier was the FA Cup-duel against Dunston, a home defeat (0-3).
Head 2 Head
South Shields missing players
Washington missing players
| South Shields | Washington | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 6 | 15 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | ||
| 47 | 28 | Scored | S | 18 | 28 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 7 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 87% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.3 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 8.5 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
