Struggling Morpeth Town hope to pull off an upset when they welcome top team Gainsborough Trinity in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 2nd and the home regulars will have so-so expectations.
- Morpeth Town is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Gainsborough Trinity have the most scored goals (47) in Non League Premier: Northern
Morpeth Town and Gainsborough Trinity should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Morpeth Town form and stats
When playing at home in the Non League Premier: Northern, Morpeth Town have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games. It's been an uphill battle for Morpeth Town in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Stafford Rangers game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
The home team returns to Craik Park after drawing with Matlock Town (placed 10th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2.
Ahead of that match, Morpeth Town lost 0-1 at home to South Shields.Not much happening? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have seen zero, one or two goals.
There will be little rest for Morpeth after this match as they are travelling to Newcastle Benfield FC for a Northumberland Senior Cup game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Morpeth Town in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Morpeth's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Gainsborough Trinity form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Non League Premier: Northern.
Two trips in a row for Gainsborough Trinity, whose manager Sinnott could celebrate last time after the win against Stafford Rangers. As you can tell from the result, the match against Stafford Rangers was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Matlock Town.The schedule is very tough for Gainsborough Trinity now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Lincolnshire Senior Cup game at Grantham Town is waiting in only three days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Gainsborough Trinity are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Gainsborough as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Gainsborough Trinity - Morpeth Town 1-1 registered in the official records. Previous four meetings involving these teams: Morpeth won two, Gainsborough Trinity triumphed in one and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Morpeth Town missing players
Gainsborough Trinity missing players
| Morpeth Town | Gainsborough Trinity | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 32 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | 47 |
| 36 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 83% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 48% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 48% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 30% |
| 13% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 13% |
| 48% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 13% | 18% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 42% | 39% |
| 39% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 13% |
| 4.4 | 6.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
| 1.4 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 9.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 9.3 | 9.7 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 39% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | 40% |
| 10.2 | 10 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 12 | 8.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
- Gainsborough Trinity have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gainsborough Trinity have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Gainsborough Trinity have the most points (27) away in Non League Premier: Northern
- Gainsborough Trinity have the most scored goals (30) away in Non League Premier: Northern
- Gainsborough Trinity have the most scored goals (47) in Non League Premier: Northern
- Gainsborough Trinity have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Non League Premier: Northern
- Gainsborough Trinity have the the best goal difference (+21) away in Non League Premier: Northern
- Gainsborough Trinity have the the best goal difference (+27) in Non League Premier: Northern
- Gainsborough Trinity haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Morpeth Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Morpeth Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Morpeth Town 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 | South Shields | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 47 |
| 2 | Gainsborough Trinity | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 47 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 27 | 42 |
| 3 | Hyde United | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 42 |
| 4 | Bamber Bridge | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 43 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 29 | -6 | 38 |
| 5 | Warrington Town | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 37 |
| 6 | Rylands | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 36 |
| 7 | United of Manchester | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 35 |
| 8 | Marine | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 35 |
| 9 | Radcliffe Borough | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 35 |
| 10 | Matlock Town | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 35 |
| 11 | Stafford Rangers | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | Ashton United | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 13 | Guiseley | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 31 |
| 14 | Atherton Collieries | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 29 |
| 15 | Lancaster City | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | -4 | 28 |
| 16 | Stalybridge Celtic | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 27 |
| 17 | Whitby Town | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -8 | 26 |
| 18 | Morpeth Town | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -4 | 25 |
| 19 | Nantwich Town | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 24 |
| 20 | Marske United | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -6 | 23 |
| 21 | Liversedge | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -29 | 17 |
| 22 | Belper Town | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -31 | 17 |
