It's the premier game of the new season for South Shields and Stalybridge Celtic. The leaf is empty, the opportunities infinite.
South Shields form and stats
The season before, South Shields's league stats were 23 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses, providing 2nd position in the Non League Premier: Northern. In these 42 matches they scored 71 goals and gave away 40. Appearing as the host team in the former season South Shields delivered 15-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 47 goals and 21 conceded.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for South Shields home games with this odds we find 13 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.
There will be little rest for Shields after this match as they are travelling to Ashton United for a Non League Premier: Northern game in only three days.
South Shields have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; South Shields scored 5 goals and let in 7 goals during these three games.
Stalybridge Celtic form and stats
Let's have a look at how Stalybridge Celtic performed last season in the Non League Premier: Northern: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 7 draws and 20 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded 59 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 11 with 22/30 goals scored/conceded.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Warrington Town in just three days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Stalybridge Celtic have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
South Shields have avoided defeat in the last 7 games (6-1-0) against Stalybridge Celtic.South Shields missing players
Stalybridge Celtic missing players
| South Shields | Stalybridge Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Shields | Last season | Stalybridge Celtic | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 21 | 42 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 20 | ||
| 71 | 47 | Scored | S | 22 | 51 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Conceded | C | 30 | 59 | ||
| 98% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 98% | ||
| 71% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 79% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 48% | 48% | ||
| 31% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 21% | ||
| 12% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 10% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 43% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 29% | ||
| 21% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | ||
| 3.1 | 2.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 5.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 54% | 92% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| 6.1 | 4.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.1 | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Buxton | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 80 | 38 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 42 | 81 |
| 2 | South Shields | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 71 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 31 | 78 |
| 3 | Scarborough Athletic | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 61 | 48 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 74 |
| 4 | Matlock Town | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 59 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 23 | 72 |
| 5 | Warrington Town | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 67 | 47 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 20 | 71 |
| 6 | Bamber Bridge | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 67 | 59 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 69 |
| 7 | Whitby Town | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 57 | 50 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 66 |
| 8 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 55 | 39 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 16 | 61 |
| 9 | United of Manchester | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 66 | 57 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 61 |
| 10 | Morpeth Town | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 67 | 59 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 8 | 61 |
| 11 | Lancaster City | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 44 | 51 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 35 | -7 | 56 |
| 12 | Mickleover Sports | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 54 | 65 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 35 | -11 | 55 |
| 13 | Nantwich Town | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 46 | 52 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 25 | -6 | 52 |
| 14 | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 51 | 59 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 30 | -8 | 52 |
| 15 | Ashton United | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 50 | 59 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 37 | -9 | 51 |
| 16 | Radcliffe Borough | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 56 | 73 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 38 | -17 | 51 |
| 17 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 40 | 52 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 35 | -12 | 50 |
| 18 | Hyde United | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 52 | 65 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 31 | -13 | 50 |
| 19 | Atherton Collieries | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 45 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 48 |
| 20 | Basford United | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 49 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 30 | -17 | 45 |
| 21 | Witton Albion | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 48 | 78 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 41 | -30 | 43 |
| 22 | Grantham Town | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 45 | 81 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 42 | -36 | 34 |