Buxton vs South Shields Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form for both sides

Buxton have been the busier winners lately, taking 13 of their last 20 matches with only five defeats. There's a run of five straight wins in there, including a 5-0 thumping of Brackley Town and a 4-0 win away at Morecambe, before a loss to Hebburn Town broke the sequence.

Buxton: 20 completed matches; South Shields: 20 completed matches.

Buxton

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

28

Difference

+11

South Shields

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

37

Conceded

22

Difference

+15

South Shields have also had some big scorelines recently, including a 7-0 FA Cup win over Witton Albion and a 6-0 away league win at Hereford. But their overall record is a bit more mixed, with 10 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses from 20, and three defeats in their last six outings.

Both teams have shown they can score heavily, but South Shields have also been more prone to dropping points than Buxton lately.

Comparative Team Statistics: Buxton vs South Shields

A tight recent history

These two have met 11 times since 2019, and it's been fairly even. The most recent meeting, back in May, saw Buxton win 1-0 at home. Before that came a 1-1 draw in January and a 2-2 draw at South Shields the previous August.

Across the wider record there's been very little to separate them, with plenty of draws and one-goal margins rather than one side dominating.

The head-to-head record points to a close contest rather than another high-scoring afternoon.

How this cup tie could play out

Both sides go into this off the back of cup wins, though Buxton's was a tighter 1-0 over Ashton United while South Shields ran up a 7-0 scoreline against Witton Albion. That gap doesn't tell us much on its own since we don't know how strong that opposition was.

Given the closeness of their head-to-head history and the goals both teams have shown they can score domestically, this looks like it could go either way. It wouldn't be a surprise to see goals, but it also wouldn't be a shock if it came down to a single moment.