Gateshead
- Gateshead have won one, drawn two and lost ten of their 13 home matches in the National League 2025-2026 campaign.
- Rob Elliot’s return to the Gateshead dugout has seen the introduction of his high-tempo attacking philosophy back into the club’s play, which has always been based around fluid forward combinations and overloads on the wings.
- Gateshead’s three at the back with attacking wing-backs is very similar to what he did at Darlington, but their lack of cutting edge is causing frustration at the International Stadium, where the team has had two successive 0-0 home draws.
- Kain Adom is their biggest threat up front, netting ten National League goals in 23 appearances this term, but Brackley should provide a different test for him and his team-mates as they are a far more direct and physical side.
Brackley Town
- Brackley Town FC have won two, drawn five and lost seven of their 14 away matches in the same competition.
- Cowan’s pragmatic style has been the foundation of the team’s success and they have just started to miss his presence after he left for Shrewsbury Town recently.
- Brackley line up with a flat back four and a target-man up top, looking to win second balls and cause problems at set-pieces and in vertical transitions.
Head-to-Head
Another draw - like the 0-0 result when these sides last met at Brackley three months ago - is more than likely in a game between two sides that can’t quite win.
Key Players
- Kain Adom is their biggest threat up front, netting ten National League goals in 23 appearances this term.
- Ben Wodskou has four goals in his 16 appearances, including two in his last five.
- He has been directly involved in a third of Brackley’s last six goals and should be a threat again in this one.
Betting Insights
But with Gateshead’s odds at 2.75 and the in-form visitors at 2.32 , it looks more like the 3.28 draw market is where the value is.
Prediction
- The National League table suggests this Saturday’s clash between 24th-placed Gateshead (19 points from 27 games) and 17th-placed Brackley Town FC (32 points from 28 games) should be a tight affair, with the hosts likely to edge it.
- Another draw is more than likely in a game between two sides that can’t quite win.
