Another point on the board is never a bad thing, but Notts County will feel disappointed with their last two away games.
The Magpies have taken two points from their respective away trips to Boreham Wood and Gateshead, but it feels like four points dropped for Luke Williams' side as their defensive ghost continues to haunt them.
Following their two avoidable goals at Meadow Park last Saturday, it could have been seen as a one off. But again, a loose pass from Kyle Cameron gifted Gateshead the opening goal, with Tom Allan taking full advantage of the Notts mistake.
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And these mistakes could prove costly against the better sides in the National League, with Saturday's visitors Chesterfield beating Wrexham 2-0 yesterday, another tough test for Williams' side.
Reflecting upon last night's draw at the Gateshead International Stadium, here is five things we learned.
Aaron Nemane performance
All evening, Aaron Nemane looked to be the only player that could make something happen for Notts.
Every time the 24-year-old looked to go forward, he beat his man. In the first half, he didn't do it quite enough, but backed himself in the second half, and Gateshead simply could not handle him.
His driving runs and electric speed caused a number of problems, and his second half performance was merited with an assist for Notts' equaliser.
Many wondered about his absence from the matchday squad for the opening two games of the season, with Joel Taylor deputising well at right-back. This came following his suspension at the end of last season, with the ban coming in on May 10th, meaning he missed Maidenhead and the Grimsby play-off game last season, and then Maidenhead at home this season.
His appearance alone gives Notts another defensive option going forward, which is an area the Magpies are looking to strengthen going forward.
Defensive lapses strike once again
It seems inevitable for Notts that defensive mistakes will occur at least once during 90 minutes, and they were lucky that only one of those errors lead to a goal.
The unfortunate player was Notts skipper Kyle Cameron, but his back pass was not the only miscalculation of the night, with the Magpies making a number of errors under Gateshead's high press.
The hosts were quick to utilise their game plan of pressing Notts high and forcing them into making mistakes, and they did that on a number of occasions, most notably, Ed Francis giving the ball away cheaply with Sam Slocombe making a pivotal save to deny Adam Campbell at 0-0.
And that was the theme for the majority of the evening, with the Magpies forced to go long which Gateshead dealt with well. Going a goal down was the worst possible start for Williams' side, with the Head quite content on allowing Notts to dominate possession and try and break on the counter-attack.
Overall, it was another careless defensive display, something that needs addressing ahead of Saturday.
Set piece deliveries
One thing that really stood out to me was the lack of quality from set-piece deliveries, and cross from wide positions in general.
The normally ever reliable Adam Chicksen was remarkably poor with crosses from the left-hand side. Hitting the first man, overhitting the ball completely, or simply not finding anyone in a pink shirt. It was a striking contrast from his performance against Boreham Wood last Saturday. I can only remember one cross that was successful which Macaulay Langstaff headed wide.
Ed Francis was also gifted of continually wasting excellent opportunities in dangerous areas, through lack of quality on corner kicks and set-piece opportunities. James Montgomery must of thought it was his lucky day, gobbling up corner kicks like it was nothing on more than one occasion.
In a team that does not lack height with the likes of Cameron, Brindley, Bajrami, Baldwin and Mitchell when he is on the pitch, the Magpies need to make more of these opportunities going forward.
Aden Baldwin injury update
Following the game, Williams gave us an injury update on defender Aden Baldwin ahead of the visit of the Spirerites on Saturday.
The defender limped off against Boreham Wood last weekend, with the Notts manager confirming he had a sore Achilles tendon which had persisted during pre-season, with the 25-year-old not name in the matchday squad last night.
Speaking after the game, Williams said: "I hope so, we have to see when we get back to Meadow Lane to assess him, but I hope so yeah."
However, his replacement Geraldo Bajrami did his chances no harm of starting the National League encounter this weekend, putting on a strong performance and arguably was Notts' standout player that evening alongside Nemane.
The Magpies will be hoping Baldwin's injury lay-off is not too long, with only Joel Taylor named amongst the substitutes as the only recognised defender.
Right team to start?
Ahead of the fixture, Williams made three changes to the side that drew against Boreham Wood, with one enforced change seeing Bajrami replace Baldwin in the back three.
Joel Taylor and Sam Austin also dropped to the bench, with Nemane and Matty Palmer coming in. In a formation that played out as a 5-2-2-1, it saw the normally holding midfielder Jim O'Brien play alongside Ruben Rodrigues.
Whilst the 34-year-old played well in that advanced position, it was proved during the game at Meadow Park he was far more effective when running from deep.
His positional play is key in that number six position, and often Palmer was found too high up the pitch which left space in behind and created a two on one with Francis. If the positions had switched, it would have had a better balance with Palmer's energy and box-to-box style of play.
Kairo Mitchell was used as a substitute once again, showing some nice touches and creating opportunities, but he could count himself unlucky not to start.
His introduction against Boreham Wood was pivotal in Notts gaining a point, and Langstaff looked more creative and dangerous in that number ten position, and getting him on the ball will make things happen, and that's something he was unable to do up front on his own.
