Match Report
The table read 6th (South Shields, 14 pts) against 14th (Merthyr Town, 9 pts), 5 points apart. Per game in the league, South Shields were scoring 1.17 and conceding 0.5, Merthyr Town 1.43 and 1.29, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with South Shields, winners of their last four.
Mariners Park, capacity 2,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
South Shields: Cain Sykes (47') · Merthyr Town: Ben Margetson (81')
Key stats
Possession: South Shields 39% · Merthyr Town 61% · Total shots: 10-17 · On target: 7-7 · Corners: 1-7