About Match
4 points for Gateshead (22nd), 6 for Halifax Town (17th): a 2-point gap. Gateshead rank 18th in the league on five-round form, well above their 22nd table position. Per game in the league, Gateshead score 0.83 and conceding 1.5, Halifax Town 1.5 and 1.67, against a competition average of 1.53 goals per team per game. Gateshead would climb to 7 points with a win and up to 15th, overtaking Halifax Town (other results held equal).
7 meetings are on record — 1 won by Gateshead, 4 by Halifax Town, 2 drawn, at 2.14 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 14% of the meetings went to the host.
The match takes place at Gateshead International Stadium in Gateshead (capacity 11,800).