Matlock Town and South Shields are both doing (very) nicely in the Non League Premier: Northern with their 1st and 2nd spots respectively. Expect a fun fixture!
- Matlock Town have the most scored goals (32) in Non League Premier: Northern
- South Shields have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
It's no vacation for neither Matlock nor South Shields as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Matlock Town form and stats
Matlock Town have been outstanding at home so far in the Non League Premier: Northern with 7 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses. Matlock has won so many consecutive home games (seven in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at The Proctor Cars Stadium. We remember; it was Basford United.
A good away victory last time out for Matlock, who won 3-1 against Grantham Town (placed 22nd).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Atherton Collieries (1-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Matlock Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Matlock Town as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Matlock Town has won three of these, drawn three and lost five.
Matlock are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at The Proctor Cars Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 20 goals in 7 matches. Matlock have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
South Shields form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Non League Premier: Northern.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-0 against Morpeth Town in their previous game.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Basford United.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by South Shields in our archives, and the results are: four wins for South Shields, one draw and zero defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy South Shields's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Shields as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Matlock Town one win, zero draws and South Shields four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Matlock Town missing players
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| Matlock Town | South Shields | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 32 | 20 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 28 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 73% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 80% |
| 53% | 71% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 53% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 47% |
| 47% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 57% | 40% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 20% |
| 3 | 1.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 2.4 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.7 | 4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.7 | 10.8 |
| 2.6 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 6.3 | 5.2 |
| 88% | 200% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 39% |
- Matlock Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Matlock Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Matlock Town have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Matlock Town have the most points (21) at home in Non League Premier: Northern
- Matlock Town have the most scored goals (20) at home in Non League Premier: Northern
- Matlock Town have the most scored goals (32) in Non League Premier: Northern
- Matlock Town have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Non League Premier: Northern
- Matlock Town have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in Non League Premier: Northern
- Matlock Town have the the best goal difference (+20) in Non League Premier: Northern
- Matlock Town have won all their matches at home so far.
- Matlock Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Matlock Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Matlock Town is in the best form (5-0-1)
- South Shields have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- South Shields have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- South Shields have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Matlock Town | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 36 |
| 2 | South Shields | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 33 |
| 3 | Buxton | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 29 |
| 4 | Bamber Bridge | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Whitby Town | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Warrington Town | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Lancaster City | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Basford United | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Stalybridge Celtic | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Stafford Rangers | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 11 | Atherton Collieries | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | Nantwich Town | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Scarborough Athletic | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 18 |
| 14 | Witton Albion | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 18 |
| 15 | United of Manchester | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 17 |
| 16 | Gainsborough Trinity | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 16 |
| 17 | Hyde United | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Mickleover Sports | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 19 | Morpeth Town | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 12 |
| 20 | Radcliffe Borough | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 21 | Ashton United | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 22 | Grantham Town | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -21 | 9 |