The South Shields manager L. Picton attacks this game with the team placed 4th so far. In the visitors dressing room Matlock Town are in 5th place before this match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
South Shields form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for South Shields's two home games in the Non League Premier: Northern so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Mariners Park.
Shields manager L. Picton and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Southport in the FA Cup. In the game before, an away victory in the Non League Premier: Northern match versus Bamber Bridge with a 3-1 scoreline.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Shields as they have a new game in only three days, a Non League Premier: Northern match thankfully also at home. Morpeth Town are visiting.
South Shields has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Matlock Town form and stats
Matlock Town have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Non League Premier: Northern were 4 victories, 1 draw and 9 defeats from 14 fixtures.
Matlock are travelling again after losing away to Guiseley in their previous match (0-2). That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Ashton United in the Non League Premier: Northern.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Matlock Town manager as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Grantham Town.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Matlock Town has managed 0 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Shields won four, Matlock Town won zero and zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.South Shields missing players
Matlock Town missing players
| South Shields | Matlock Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 34 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 46% |
| South Shields | Last season | Matlock Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 18 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 69 | 41 | Scored | S | 18 | 38 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Conceded | C | 27 | 48 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 85% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 62% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 59% | ||
| 26% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 31% | ||
| 18% | 28% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 14% | ||
| 65% | 61% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 66% | ||
| 29% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 17% | ||
| 9% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 17% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 215 | 105 | Total Shots | T S | 88 | 197 | ||
| 99 | 48 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 79 | ||
| 46% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Buxton | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | Witton Albion | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | South Shields | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Matlock Town | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Nantwich Town | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Scarborough Athletic | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Basford United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Whitby Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Gainsborough Trinity | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Mickleover Sports | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Atherton Collieries | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Radcliffe Borough | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Morpeth Town | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Hyde United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Ashton United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Bamber Bridge | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 18 | United of Manchester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Lancaster City | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 20 | Grantham Town | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 21 | Stafford Rangers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 22 | Stalybridge Celtic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 1 |