About Match
The table reads 3rd (South Shields, 17 pts) against 6th (Chester, 14 pts), 3 points apart. Chester have been under-performing their position — 19th on five-round form against 6th in the table. Per game in the league, South Shields score 1.29 and conceding 0.57, Chester 1 and 0.63, against a competition average of 1.36 goals per team per game. South Shields would climb to 20 points with a win and up to 1st (other results held equal).
Defeat has not touched South Shields in 8 games, having scored in 9 consecutive games. South Shields have banked 11 of the last 15 points on offer; Chester, 5.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for South Shields, 0 draws and 2 for Chester, at 2.17 goals per meeting. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Mariners Park in South Shields, capacity 2,500, hosts the game.