2017/2018| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Shields | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12/15 | 14-4 |
| Prescot Cables | 15 | W1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7/15 | 8-7 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Shields | 1 | 42 | 103 | 75 | WWWWW | 1 | 0 |
| Prescot Cables | 5 | 42 | 72 | 23 | DWLLL | 17 | -12 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2018-03-31
On the table this was a mismatch: South Shields (1st, 103 pts) held a 31-point advantage over Prescot Cables (5th, 72 pts). Recent form told a different story for Prescot Cables: only 17th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Per game in the league, South Shields were scoring 2.67 and conceding 0.88, Prescot Cables 1.86 and 1.31, against a competition average of 1.61 goals per team per game.
Mariners Park in South Shields, capacity 2,500, hosted the game.
