Darlington are receiving Gloucester City for another very important match following their 3-1 result against Workington.
- Darlington have the most conceded goals (19) in Vanarama National League North
- Gloucester City have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Vanarama National League North
Darlington and Gloucester City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Darlington form and stats
When playing at home in the Vanarama National League North, Darlington have managed 0 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Blackwell Meadows, but a victory now would be sweet for Darlington.
Stress levels are on the rise for Darlington's attacking players as they have now played 313 minutes without scoring in a league game. Nelson was their last goal scorer.
Darlington's previous match was a FA Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 3-1 vs Workington. The home team hope to to continue in that form.
Heartbreak before that as Darlington lost 0-1 at Bishop's Stortford's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Darlington have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Darlington have conceded 6 from these games.
Gloucester City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League North travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Gloucester City aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 245 league minutes without a goal. Smalley was the last player to find the net.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a FA Cup home loss versus AFC Totton with 0-3 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Farsley Celtic.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gloucester City playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 3 Gloucester City wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
The Gloucester manager Flowers has some worries about the defense as 9 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Darlington have managed a streak of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when playing Gloucester City.Top Goalscorers
  B. Smalley 3 goals |   A. Nelson 2 goals | F. Barnes 2 goals |
Darlington missing players
Gloucester City missing players
| Darlington | Gloucester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 89% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 22% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 44% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 44% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 56% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 5.1 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.5 | 4.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.7 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.5 | 10.3 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 25% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 21% | 15% |
| 12.3 | 10.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 14.8 | 11.7 |
| 5.6 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 9.2 | 6.1 |
- All of Gloucester City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Darlington have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Darlington have the most conceded goals (19) in Vanarama National League North
- Darlington have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Vanarama National League North
- Darlington have yet to win a game at home.
- Gloucester City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Gloucester City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Gloucester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gloucester City have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Vanarama National League North
- Gloucester City have yet to win a game away.
- Gloucester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tamworth | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | South Shields | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Spennymoor Town | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Brackley Town | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Blyth Spartans | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Chorley | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Alfreton Town | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | Boston United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Curzon Ashton | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 | Scarborough Athletic | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Farsley Celtic | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Buxton | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 14 | Chester | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 15 | Banbury United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Bishop's Stortford | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Warrington Town | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 18 | Hereford | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 19 | Southport | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 20 | Rushall Olympic | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 21 | King's Lynn Town | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 22 | Peterborough Sports | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 | Gloucester City | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 24 | Darlington | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 6 |
