In the National League game on 22 August 2026, Yeovil Town beat Gateshead 3:0. Match numbers: shots on target 14:1, corners 7:2.
Match report
Yeovil Town put three goals past Gateshead at Huish Park on Saturday afternoon to move level on points with the league leaders. The visitors arrived with just one win from five matches and left with their hopes of a comeback further diminished. The result keeps Yeovil's unbeaten run intact at five games.
S. Walker opened the scoring after just two minutes, a swift strike that caught Gateshead off guard. The home side controlled the tempo from the outset, pinning the visitors back with sustained pressure. J. Robinson picked up a yellow card in the fifth minute, one of five bookings for the away side as the match grew increasingly physical.
By then Yeovil had established a rhythm that Gateshead could not disrupt. The hosts made four substitutions around the half-hour mark, bringing on fresh legs while the visitors struggled to create anything meaningful. The statistics told a stark story: fourteen shots on target for Yeovil against just one for Gateshead. The away goalkeeper was called into action eleven times, his only real save coming from a long-range effort that went wide.
L. McCormick brought the second goal in the eighty-first minute, finishing a move that had been building since the restart. He added a second from the penalty spot in the ninetieth minute to complete his brace. The home supporters had seen enough by then, and the match was effectively over. McCormick received a yellow card for his celebrations, but the result meant little to the visitors who had already accepted their fate.
Yeovil now sit fourth with eleven points from five games, three wins and two draws. Gateshead remain twenty-second with just three points, their single victory coming against Woking. The gap between them in the table has widened to eight points, and the visitors have not won since that early-season encounter.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %50–50
Shots on target14–1
Shots off target3–0
Attacks82–66
HT⚽2' S. Walker — Goal🟨5' J. Robinson — Yellow card🟨40' B. Radcliffe — Yellow card⇄46' H. Chapman — Substitution⇄46' J. Robinson — Substitution🟨56' A. Lankshear — Yellow card⇄59' L. Supyk — Substitution⇄60' K. Lewis-Burgess — Substitution⇄60' C. Lennon — Substitution⇄65' S. Walker — Substitution⇄66' B. Radcliffe — Substitution🟨69' M. Obeng — Yellow card🟨69' M. Spellman — Yellow card🟨80' D. Ferguson — Yellow card⚽81' L. McCormick — Goal⇄82' R. Jones — Substitution⇄82' B. McGavin — Substitution🟨83' K. Ferguson — Yellow card🟨85' L. McCormick — Yellow card⇄89' K. Ferguson — Substitution⚽90' L. McCormick — Goal
