Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gateshead & Farsley Celtic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
Gateshead have less rest than Farsley Celtic in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Vanarama National League North game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Kidderminster Harriers, was also a home game here at Gateshead International Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Gateshead form and stats
Gateshead participated in Fa Trophy the last season, where they reached the 3rd round qualifying.Gateshead have collected 10 points from their Vanarama National League North home games so far after 3-1-2.
Gateshead's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Kidderminster Harriers. 1-1 away at Leamington before that.
Gateshead are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Gateshead have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Farsley Celtic form and stats
Farsley's mission in Fa Trophy last season failed in the 2nd round replays.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Farsley Celtic so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose). Momentum is building for Farsley in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Farsley goalkeeper Elliot Wynne is eager to challenge this, with his 239 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Farsley won their last game, 2-0 versus AFC Telford United played at home. Preceding that game was the away Vanarama National League North victory against Southport with the score of 1-0.
Farsley Celtic have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. As for defending, Farsley rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Gateshead two wins, zero draws and Farsley Celtic four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Spencer 4 goals |  G. Olley 2 goals | M. Langstaff 2 goals |
Gateshead missing players
Farsley Celtic missing players
| Gateshead | Farsley Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Conceded | C | 21 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.8 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gloucester City | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 2 | Kidderminster Harriers | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Fylde | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | York City | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Chester | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | AFC Telford United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Gateshead | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Leamington | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Brackley Town | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Farsley Celtic | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | Spennymoor Town | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 12 | Boston United | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | Southport | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Chorley | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 15 | Bradford Park Avenue | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Hereford | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 17 | Kettering Town | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 18 | Curzon Ashton | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 12 |
| 19 | Guiseley | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 20 | Alfreton Town | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 11 |
| 21 | Darlington | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 22 | Blyth Spartans | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -20 | 5 |