Perhaps a welcome break from league football as North Shields & Blyth Spartans face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Northumberland Senior Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
North Shields form and stats
Shields lost their last game at Bridlington Town after a 1-2 scoreline.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ossett United that ended 1-1.The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Worksop Town in only three days.
Blyth Spartans form and stats
Blyth Spartans play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Boston United.
Before that, Blyth Spartans secured a home win against AFC Telford United with the score 3-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Spartans are hosting Buxton in the Fa Trophy only three days away.
Just as the home team, Blyth Spartans have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Blyth Spartans win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. McNall 4 goals | N. Deverdics 3 goals | A. Nicholson 2 goals |
North Shields missing players
Blyth Spartans missing players
| North Shields | Blyth Spartans | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 11 | 32 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Conceded | C | 24 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 6.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.7 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | ||
| 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| 12.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
