About Match
2 points and 2 places separate them: South Shields 3rd with 17, Hereford 1st with 19. In league terms the two rates read 1.29/0.57 for South Shields and 1.88/0.5 for Hereford (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.36. Three points here take South Shields to 20 and up to 1st, overtaking Hereford, assuming other results stand.
Defeat has not touched South Shields in 8 games, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Momentum sits with Hereford, winners of their last three, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
6 meetings are on record — 2 won by South Shields, 3 by Hereford, 1 drawn, at 2.17 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 67% of the meetings.
Mariners Park in South Shields, capacity 2,500, hosts the game.