Altrincham vs Gateshead Predictions

• The main selection would have landed in five of Altrincham’s last six games.
• Five of Gateshead’s last seven games also saw BTTS and over 2.5 goals.
• Gateshead’s last league victory away to Altrincham ended 3-2.

Goals galore in Greater Manchester

A home tie with Charlton awaits the winner of this FA Cup first round replay and whichever way it goes, I am backing an exciting high-scoring affair. The evidence is there to suggest exactly that, not only did the first encounter end 2-2, only two sides’ National League games produced more goals per match on average than Altrincham’s 3.2. What’s more is the fact that Altrincham kept just two clean sheets from their seven games here at Moss Lane in this campaign.

Although Gateshead ply their trade a league below Altrincham in the football pyramid, they are always up for a scrap as shown in their latest league game when overcoming a 1-0 half time deficit to win 2-1. Furthermore, the Tynesiders are fighting for promotion and head into this in high spirits, knowing that progression can only equal greater funding for their much loved club. It is for these reasons and the fact that Gateshead are unbeaten in three of the last four H2Hs that I am backing the underdogs on the day to edge out a high scoring encounter.