2017/2018| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighouse Town | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 10/15 | 12-9 |
| South Shields | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 12/15 | 11-4 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighouse Town | 17 | 42 | 46 | -34 | LWWWW | 3 | +14 |
| South Shields | 1 | 42 | 103 | 75 | WWWWW | 1 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2017-12-16
On paper the standings were lopsided — South Shields 1st with 103 points, Brighouse Town 17th with 46, 57 apart. Recent form flatters Brighouse Town's table spot — 3rd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 17th. Per game in the league, Brighouse Town were scoring 1.4 and conceding 2.21, South Shields 2.67 and 0.88, against a competition average of 1.61 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Dual Seal Stadium in Brighouse (capacity 800).
