Vanarama National League North preview: Can Kidderminster Harriers edge out victory against Darlington?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Aggborough Stadium (6238 seats)

Fasten your seatbelt before the show! The leading characters are Kidderminster Harriers and Darlington, a win is the objective and 1 1/2 hours the playing time.

Insights:
  • Kidderminster Harriers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Vanarama National League North
  • Darlington have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Vanarama National League North

It's no vacation for neither Kidderminster Harriers nor Darlington as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Kidderminster Harriers form and stats

Kidderminster Harriers have collected 11 points from their Vanarama National League North home games so far after 3-2-3.

In their previous game, the manager Penn led his Kidderminster to a defeat away at Scarborough Athletic. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Aggborough Stadium. A goal frenzy last time out for Kidderminster Harriers, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Scarborough Athletic. Fun stuff to watch!

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Banbury United.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kidderminster Harriers handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

It should be noted that a peek at the 12 latest league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The manager Penn will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Boston United in only three days.

From these home matches, Kidderminster have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Darlington form and stats

Playing away, Darlington have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Vanarama National League North this season.

Darlington play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting AFC Telford United (placed 24th). That win felt nice as this side had gone four league games without winning. Lambert certainly enjoyed Darlington's last game versus AFC Telford United, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-1 victory.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Leamington.

We have checked recent matches where Darlington have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Darlington, the Vanarama National League North home match versus Alfreton Town. Busy days.

Darlington are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Darlington have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Kidderminster have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Darlington.

Top Goalscorers

DarlingtonM. Beck
M. Beck
9 goals
Kidderminster HarriersE. Freemantle
E. Freemantle
5 goals
DarlingtonJ. Lambert
J. Lambert
5 goals

Kidderminster Harriers missing players

Darlington missing players

Kidderminster Harriers Darlington
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 8 1 Played P 1 8 16
7 3 0 Won W 0 3 8
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 4
5 3 0 Lost L 1 3 4
17 8 0 Scored S 0 11 25
14 7 0 Conceded C 3 10 18
87% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 62% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
27% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
13% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 31%
13% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
27% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 62%
53% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 25%
33% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 12%
 
4.9 5.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.4 4.4
4.1 4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.4 4.5
1.3 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 12.8 14 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10.1 10.1
4.5 4.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.2 4.5
25% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 35%
 
6.8 6.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 14 9.1 9.3
2.9 2.4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 3.9 3.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Darlington have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Vanarama National League North
  • Darlington haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kidderminster Harriers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Vanarama National League North
  • Kidderminster Harriers have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Vanarama National League North

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 King's Lynn Town 14 9 3 2 28 13 7 6 1 0 16 5 7 3 2 2 12 8 15 30
2 Brackley Town 16 9 3 4 19 13 8 6 1 1 12 5 8 3 2 3 7 8 6 30
3 Darlington 16 8 4 4 25 18 8 5 2 1 14 8 8 3 2 3 11 10 7 28
4 Scarborough Athletic 15 8 3 4 28 20 8 5 3 0 19 9 7 3 0 4 9 11 8 27
5 Gloucester City 16 8 2 6 27 23 8 6 0 2 18 9 8 2 2 4 9 14 4 26
6 Alfreton Town 16 6 6 4 24 18 8 3 3 2 13 9 8 3 3 2 11 9 6 24
7 Fylde 14 7 3 4 19 16 7 5 1 1 12 7 7 2 2 3 7 9 3 24
8 Kidderminster Harriers 15 7 3 5 17 14 8 3 2 3 8 7 7 4 1 2 9 7 3 24
9 Chester 15 6 5 4 25 17 8 3 2 3 11 7 7 3 3 1 14 10 8 23
10 Leamington 16 5 7 4 17 13 8 5 1 2 12 6 8 0 6 2 5 7 4 22
11 Banbury United 15 6 4 5 21 18 7 4 2 1 12 6 8 2 2 4 9 12 3 22
12 Southport 15 7 1 7 21 23 6 3 1 2 7 8 9 4 0 5 14 15 -2 22
13 Chorley 15 5 6 4 20 15 8 3 5 0 12 7 7 2 1 4 8 8 5 21
14 Hereford 14 6 3 5 22 18 6 3 2 1 11 7 8 3 1 4 11 11 4 21
15 Curzon Ashton 14 5 4 5 15 13 6 2 1 3 7 8 8 3 3 2 8 5 2 19
16 Peterborough Sports 15 5 4 6 21 21 8 4 3 1 15 9 7 1 1 5 6 12 0 19
17 Buxton 14 4 6 4 15 17 7 2 4 1 8 7 7 2 2 3 7 10 -2 18
18 Spennymoor Town 16 3 8 5 17 23 8 1 4 3 4 8 8 2 4 2 13 15 -6 17
19 Kettering Town 16 4 4 8 15 28 8 4 2 2 11 10 8 0 2 6 4 18 -13 16
20 Boston United 15 4 3 8 20 26 8 2 1 5 13 18 7 2 2 3 7 8 -6 15
21 Bradford Park Avenue 15 4 3 8 13 21 8 3 0 5 7 10 7 1 3 3 6 11 -8 15
22 Farsley Celtic 15 3 4 8 18 29 8 1 3 4 8 14 7 2 1 4 10 15 -11 13
23 Blyth Spartans 15 2 5 8 14 26 8 1 4 3 9 10 7 1 1 5 5 16 -12 11
24 AFC Telford United 15 1 4 10 11 29 7 1 1 5 5 14 8 0 3 5 6 15 -18 7

Read more about Vanarama National League North

The National League North, formerly known as Conference North, is the sixth highest division in English football. It contains teams located in Northern England, Norfolk, the English Midlands and North Wales. The league table has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other (home and away).