National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's South Shields or Halifax Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Shields saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Non League Premier: Northern. This match was also played here at Mariners Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Halifax Town have had more rest.
South Shields form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Shields, as the manager L. Picton led his troops to eliminate Ashton United, Southport and Warrington Town, and reach the 4th Round Qualifying. Shields was eliminated in the 1st round qualifying replays last season in the FA Cup.South Shields have collected 4 points from their Non League Premier: Northern home games so far after 1-1-2. This match is a FA Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Stress levels are on the rise for Shields's attacking players as they have now played 209 minutes without scoring in a league game. J. Gilchrist was their last goal scorer.
The spoils were shared in Shields's previous game, also at home. Visiting Morpeth Town travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home Non League Premier: Northern game against Matlock Town that was lost 0-1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Non League Premier: Northern game versus United of Manchester in only three days. This game is also played here at Mariners Park.
Shields are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 games. Shields have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Halifax Town form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 4th round qualifying.The Vanarama National League season is young and Halifax Town have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far. With three draws in a row for Halifax Town the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment. Two points from the last two away games for Halifax, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Halifax are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Woking. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Yeovil Town in the Vanarama National League.
A new game in only three days for Halifax, the Vanarama National League home match versus Notts County. Busy days.
Halifax Town are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. Halifax are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Earing 2 goals | J. King 1 goals | L. Summerfield 1 goals |
South Shields missing players
Halifax Town missing players
| South Shields | Halifax Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 52 | 24 | Scored | S | 11 | 29 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 138 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 92 | 247 | ||
| 63 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 82 | ||
| 49% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Warrington Town | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Matlock Town | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Basford United | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Witton Albion | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Buxton | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | Scarborough Athletic | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Atherton Collieries | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Mickleover Sports | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Nantwich Town | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Gainsborough Trinity | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | South Shields | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | United of Manchester | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | Whitby Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Lancaster City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Morpeth Town | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Radcliffe Borough | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 17 | Hyde United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Ashton United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 19 | Bamber Bridge | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 4 |
| 20 | Grantham Town | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 2 |
| 21 | Stalybridge Celtic | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 2 |
| 22 | Stafford Rangers | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stockport County | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Torquay United | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Hartlepool United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Woking | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Solihull Moors | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Sutton United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Notts County | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Eastleigh | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Wealdstone | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Halifax Town | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Wrexham | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Barnet | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 13 | Maidenhead United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | Aldershot Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | Bromley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | Boreham Wood | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Yeovil Town | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 18 | Weymouth | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 19 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | King's Lynn Town | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 4 |
| 21 | Chesterfield | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Dover Athletic | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -12 | 3 |
| 23 | Altrincham | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |