About Match
11 points and 19 places separate them: South Shields 3rd with 17, Darlington 22nd with 6. Scoring rates set the scale: South Shields 1.29 scored and 0.57 conceded per game, Darlington 1.25 and 2.25, with the league averaging 1.36. Victory would move South Shields to 20 points and up to 1st, with other results unchanged.
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; Darlington, 3.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 2 South Shields wins, 3 for Darlington, 2 draws, at 2.57 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 0% of the wins in this fixture.
Mariners Park in South Shields, capacity 2,500, hosts the game.