The game between Gateshead and Alfreton Town in the (Conference) Premier on 3rd September 2011 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.

History of the Gateshead v Alfreton Town fixture

Gateshead are ready to welcome Alfreton Town to International Stadium on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The Tynesiders won the only previous game contested between the two.

The only previous meeting between Gateshead and Alfreton Town at International Stadium was more than three years back, in August 2008, with Gateshead running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a (Conference) North match.

Recent encounters between the teams

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Recent respective form guides

Gateshead are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. While Tynesiders have scored 8, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.

Alfreton Town have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Reds's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.

Gateshead are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 16 points from 6 games.

Alfreton Town are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 5 points from their 6 games thus far.

Current overall team form

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Tynesiders's form is quite poor at the moment, but we see this as their ideal opportunity to register a morale-boosting win. Home Win

Sequence statistics

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