The season has been a struggle for Gateshead so far, and you could say the same about Torquay United. These struggling sides have a chance to get some important points here.
- Gateshead have the most dropped points from leading position (29) in National League
- Torquay United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Gateshead form and stats
With 3 National League wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Gateshead are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus Farsley Celtic in the Fa Trophy last time out and are looking for a win here.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a National League home game that ended 0-0 versus Halifax Town (after extra-time).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Gateshead matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats (from 5 games).
The Gateshead fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 16 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Gateshead defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Torquay United form and stats
There's been little loot from Torquay United's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 17 away games in the National League. Torquay United only have 3 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 3 draws.
Torquay's previous game was their home loss versus Wealdstone (after extra-time) (1-2). Torquay United were so close to getting something from the game against Wealdstone, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime.
Prior to that match, the Torquay manager Johnson faced defeat when travelling to Solihull Moors (after extra-time) and losing 2-3.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Torquay United playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 3 home wins.
Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored in 9 of this club's latest 10 league games.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Torquay United rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 30 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other already this season, with the final score Torquay United - Gateshead 1-1 registered in the official records. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three Gateshead victories, four draws and two Torquay United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Jarvis 10 goals |   A. Campbell 7 goals | D. Ward 5 goals |
Gateshead missing players
Torquay United missing players
| Gateshead | Torquay United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 16 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 41 | 20 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 42 |
| 52 | 25 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 30 | 66 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 59% | 69% |
| 53% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 35% | 50% |
| 32% | 38% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 29% | 33% |
| 3% | 6% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | 28% |
| 71% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 41% | 61% |
| 12% | 6% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 14% |
| 21% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 47% | 28% |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 6.9 | 6.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10.9 | 12.2 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.1 | 8.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4 |
| 25% | 25% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 26% | 29% |
| 9.9 | 10.1 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 17.1 | 13.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6 |
- Gateshead have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gateshead have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in National League
- Gateshead have the most dropped points from leading position (29) in National League
- Torquay United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Torquay United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Torquay United is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wrexham | 37 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 95 | 34 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 61 | 91 |
| 2 | Notts County | 38 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 96 | 35 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 24 | 61 | 90 |
| 3 | Woking | 37 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 62 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 24 | 68 |
| 4 | Chesterfield | 37 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 64 | 44 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 20 | 65 |
| 5 | Barnet | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 68 | 60 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 34 | 8 | 62 |
| 6 | Boreham Wood | 36 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 44 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 61 |
| 7 | Eastleigh | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 41 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 60 |
| 8 | Wealdstone | 37 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 55 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 30 | -7 | 55 |
| 9 | Southend United | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 53 |
| 10 | Bromley | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 50 | 45 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 5 | 52 |
| 11 | Solihull Moors | 37 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 56 | 53 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 3 | 51 |
| 12 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 53 | 60 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 30 | -7 | 51 |
| 13 | Altrincham | 37 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 56 | 66 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 42 | -10 | 49 |
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 47 | 52 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 26 | -5 | 44 |
| 15 | Maidenhead United | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 52 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 31 | -11 | 44 |
| 16 | Halifax Town | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 23 | -8 | 42 |
| 17 | Aldershot Town | 37 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 50 | 62 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 32 | -12 | 40 |
| 18 | York City | 37 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 49 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 23 | -5 | 39 |
| 19 | Yeovil Town | 36 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 31 | 41 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 37 |
| 20 | Dorking Wanderers | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 51 | 81 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 45 | -30 | 37 |
| 21 | Gateshead | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 41 | 52 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 27 | -11 | 33 |
| 22 | Torquay United | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 42 | 66 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -24 | 30 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 37 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 42 | 70 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 34 | -28 | 30 |
| 24 | Maidstone United | 37 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 39 | 79 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 49 | -40 | 24 |
