Match Report
The table gap was wide: 29 points between Gateshead (6th, 75 pts) and Kidderminster Harriers (22nd, 46 pts). Gateshead had been under-performing their position — 15th on five-round form against 6th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Kidderminster Harriers 0.87 scored and 1.28 conceded per game, Gateshead 1.91 and 1.39, with the league averaging 1.47.
Defeat had not touched Gateshead in 5 games.
Across 5 recorded meetings, Kidderminster Harriers have 2 wins to Gateshead's 2, with 1 draw, at 2.8 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
New Bucks Head Ground in Telford, capacity 6,300, hosted the game. With 100 matches recorded and 2.1 yellow cards per game, F. Hallam was the man in the middle. Gateshead led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-2 full-time score.