Gateshead vs King's Lynn Town match preview: Even contest expected at Gateshead International Stadium

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gateshead International Stadium (11800 seats)

Gateshead will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind King's Lynn Town.

King's Lynn Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Vanarama National League North game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Leamington. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Gateshead form and stats

Gateshead, who have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Vanarama National League North, have performed here at Gateshead International Stadium this season with 10 wins from 16 Vanarama National League North matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 3. Gateshead haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Blyth Spartans, 72 days ago.

A strong away win for Gateshead against Boston United the last match, as D. Tear, J. Preston and N. Deverdics were on target. 2-2 away at Guiseley before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gateshead have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost four.

A decent goal production from Gateshead in their home games so far, with 28 goals from 16 league matches. From these home matches, Gateshead have conceded only 13 goals.

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King's Lynn Town form and stats

As the visiting team in Vanarama National League North matches, King's Lynn Town, who have the most scored goals (61) in Vanarama National League North, have produced an overall stat of 7-4-3 so far.

King's Lynn Town are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Leamington (placed 16th). A 2-3 defeat away at Chester before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with King's Lynn Town playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were six King's Lynn Town wins, two draws and two defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as King's Lynn Town are hosting Bradford Park Avenue in the Vanarama National League North only three days away.

King's Lynn Town are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 27 times in 14 away games so far. In the opposite end, King's Lynn Town have conceded 21 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result King's Lynn Town - Gateshead 1-0 entered in the official records. Gateshead-King's Lynn Town H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Gateshead two wins, King's Lynn Town two wins, zero draws. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

King's Lynn Town
A. Marriott
29 goals
King's Lynn Town
M. Gash
12 goals
King's Lynn Town
C. Henderson
7 goals

Gateshead missing players

King's Lynn Town missing players

Gateshead King's Lynn Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 16 5 Played P 5 14 29
14 10 5 Won W 3 7 18
10 3 0 Drew D 1 4 7
6 3 0 Lost L 1 3 4
46 28 10 Scored S 9 27 61
29 13 0 Conceded C 8 21 36
87% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
73% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 86%
47% 44% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 86% 76%
23% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 43% 45%
13% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 21%
43% 31% 0% BTTS BTTS 80% 64% 59%
47% 62% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 31%
23% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 21% 14%
 
5.3 6.4 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.6 4.8
4.4 4.2 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.8 5
1.2 1 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
303 181 50 Total Shots T S 66 145 312
123 76 25 Shots on Target S O 32 63 143
34% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 37% 36%
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Gateshead has the most clean sheets (10) at home
  • Gateshead have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gateshead have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • King's Lynn Town has the most points from losing position (17)
  • King's Lynn Town has the most scored goals (27) away
  • King's Lynn Town has the most scored goals (61)
  • King's Lynn Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 York City 33 18 9 6 49 27 17 9 5 3 24 15 16 9 4 3 25 12 22 63
2 King's Lynn Town 29 18 7 4 61 36 15 11 3 1 34 15 14 7 4 3 27 21 25 61
3 Boston United 31 17 6 8 45 31 15 10 3 2 23 11 16 7 3 6 22 20 14 57
4 Brackley Town 32 14 12 6 52 21 16 7 8 1 28 7 16 7 4 5 24 14 31 54
5 Chester 31 15 9 7 57 36 16 10 3 3 36 16 15 5 6 4 21 20 21 54
6 Altrincham 32 15 9 8 58 39 15 10 4 1 39 15 17 5 5 7 19 24 19 54
7 Spennymoor Town 32 14 10 8 58 41 17 11 3 3 41 21 15 3 7 5 17 20 17 52
8 Gateshead 30 14 10 6 46 29 16 10 3 3 28 13 14 4 7 3 18 16 17 52
9 Farsley Celtic 31 13 6 12 44 39 16 7 4 5 25 20 15 6 2 7 19 19 5 45
10 Darlington 31 13 6 12 39 45 16 9 3 4 23 15 15 4 3 8 16 30 -6 45
11 Guiseley 31 12 8 11 48 41 16 6 3 7 23 20 15 6 5 4 25 21 7 44
12 Southport 31 12 7 12 39 39 15 7 3 5 23 19 16 5 4 7 16 20 0 43
13 Alfreton Town 30 12 4 14 45 48 14 7 3 4 28 17 16 5 1 10 17 31 -3 40
14 AFC Telford United 32 10 9 13 47 53 15 5 4 6 26 26 17 5 5 7 21 27 -6 39
15 Kidderminster Harriers 32 9 8 15 37 42 16 3 4 9 18 24 16 6 4 6 19 18 -5 35
16 Leamington 31 9 8 14 39 48 16 6 6 4 19 13 15 3 2 10 20 35 -9 35
17 Hereford 32 8 11 13 37 51 17 4 10 3 20 20 15 4 1 10 17 31 -14 35
18 Kettering Town 28 7 9 12 34 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 15 3 5 7 16 22 -8 30
19 Curzon Ashton 31 7 9 15 31 41 15 6 2 7 19 16 16 1 7 8 12 25 -10 30
20 Gloucester City 28 8 5 15 36 55 13 5 3 5 19 17 15 3 2 10 17 38 -19 29
21 Blyth Spartans 32 6 5 21 30 73 16 3 3 10 16 37 16 3 2 11 14 36 -43 23
22 Bradford Park Avenue 30 3 5 22 22 77 15 2 2 11 13 34 15 1 3 11 9 43 -55 14

Read more about Vanarama National League North

The National League North, formerly known as Conference North, is the sixth highest division in English football. It contains teams located in Northern England, Norfolk, the English Midlands and North Wales. The league table has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other (home and away).