Dartford expected to challenge Concord Rangers at their own home

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Impact Arena (3600 seats)

Both Concord Rangers and Dartford are hungry for points in this fixture, even with the visitors holding a 39 point edge in the standings.

Insights:
  • Concord Rangers have the fewest scored goals (32) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dartford have scored more than double the goals of Concord Rangers.

Only a few days to rest for the home team, as they performed in a Vanarama National League South match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Chelmsford City, was also a home game here at The Impact Arena. The away team is better rested.

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Concord Rangers form and stats

With 4 Vanarama National League South wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Concord Rangers, who have the fewest scored goals (32) in Vanarama National League South, are certainly not brimming with confidence. It's been an uphill battle for Concord Rangers in their home games for quite some time now, as five matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Cheshunt game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

The Concord crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Chelmsford City (after extra-time) here at The Impact Arena.

Before that match, a win away at Welling United (after extra-time).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Concord Rangers as they are travelling to their away game against Braintree Town in the Essex Senior Cup. That match is three days after this one.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Concord defense is not exactly impregnable. 29 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Concord Rangers hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Hampton & Richmond, Chippenham Town, Hungerford Town, Weymouth, Taunton Town, Dulwich Hamlet and Cheshunt), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.

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Dartford form and stats

8-5-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Dartford in their Vanarama National League South matches away.

Dartford had fun at their own home (The Impact Arena) last time out, beating Farnborough (after extra-time) 3-1. Bradbury, Statham and Coulson scored. That victory felt good as this team had gone three league fixtures without winning.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Hungerford Town (after extra-time).

Dartford are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 31 times in 19 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Dartford have seen the ball go into their own net 26 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other previously this season, with the final score Dartford - Concord Rangers 3-1 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Concord wins - draws - Dartford wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DartfordS. Carruthers
S. Carruthers
9 goals
DartfordP. Fonkeu
P. Fonkeu
9 goals
DartfordA. Wall
A. Wall
8 goals

Concord Rangers missing players

Dartford missing players

Concord Rangers Dartford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 17 6 Played P 6 19 37
8 4 0 Won W 2 8 21
7 4 1 Drew D 1 5 7
18 9 5 Lost L 3 6 9
32 17 5 Scored S 9 31 69
58 29 12 Conceded C 10 26 40
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
73% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 95% 89%
52% 47% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 63% 65%
30% 24% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 37% 35%
15% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 8%
52% 65% 83% BTTS BTTS 100% 79% 68%
18% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 27%
33% 24% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 11%
 
3.6 3.9 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4 4.5
6.2 5.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.5 5.1
2 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7 7.9 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 7.9 8.8
2.8 3.4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 4.4
34% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 42% 42%
 
12.5 10.6 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 9.6 8.9
5.5 5.1 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.7 3.9
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Concord Rangers have the fewest scored goals (32) in Vanarama National League South
  • Concord Rangers have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Vanarama National League South
  • Concord Rangers have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Vanarama National League South
  • Concord Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Dartford have scored more than double the goals of Concord Rangers.
  • Dartford 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 Ebbsfleet United 38 26 7 5 89 39 19 14 2 3 55 19 19 12 5 2 34 20 50 85
2 Dartford 37 21 7 9 69 40 18 13 2 3 38 14 19 8 5 6 31 26 29 70
3 Oxford City 38 17 13 8 66 46 19 10 6 3 44 26 19 7 7 5 22 20 20 64
4 Braintree Town 38 17 13 8 55 43 19 10 9 0 29 15 19 7 4 8 26 28 12 64
5 Chelmsford City 38 18 8 12 49 37 19 11 2 6 29 15 19 7 6 6 20 22 12 62
6 Havant & Waterlooville 37 18 7 12 68 53 19 10 3 6 38 26 18 8 4 6 30 27 15 61
7 Worthing 38 16 12 10 70 61 19 8 5 6 39 37 19 8 7 4 31 24 9 60
8 Bath City 38 16 10 12 54 46 19 8 3 8 26 23 19 8 7 4 28 23 8 58
9 Tonbridge Angels 38 17 7 14 57 56 19 7 6 6 31 29 19 10 1 8 26 27 1 58
10 St Albans City 36 16 7 13 56 43 17 6 4 7 23 20 19 10 3 6 33 23 13 55
11 Eastbourne Borough 38 17 4 17 63 60 19 8 2 9 32 29 19 9 2 8 31 31 3 55
12 Farnborough 35 15 9 11 45 37 17 6 6 5 23 18 18 9 3 6 22 19 8 54
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 38 13 11 14 40 47 19 7 6 6 21 22 19 6 5 8 19 25 -7 50
14 Dover Athletic 37 11 11 15 37 50 19 7 5 7 22 23 18 4 6 8 15 27 -13 44
15 Slough Town 37 11 10 16 46 64 19 5 5 9 25 36 18 6 5 7 21 28 -18 43
16 Welling United 36 10 13 13 43 52 18 4 5 9 23 29 18 6 8 4 20 23 -9 42
17 Hampton & Richmond 37 11 8 18 48 61 18 6 5 7 20 26 19 5 3 11 28 35 -13 41
18 Chippenham Town 35 9 13 13 39 49 16 6 6 4 20 18 19 3 7 9 19 31 -10 40
19 Dulwich Hamlet 37 11 5 21 52 76 18 7 1 10 24 31 19 4 4 11 28 45 -24 38
20 Taunton Town 32 9 10 13 33 37 16 5 6 5 17 15 16 4 4 8 16 22 -4 37
21 Cheshunt 37 9 9 19 43 62 19 6 4 9 24 32 18 3 5 10 19 30 -19 36
22 Hungerford Town 36 8 8 20 36 50 19 5 7 7 18 16 17 3 1 13 18 34 -14 32
23 Weymouth 36 9 5 22 44 67 19 4 3 12 16 32 17 5 2 10 28 35 -23 32
24 Concord Rangers 33 8 7 18 32 58 17 4 4 9 17 29 16 4 3 9 15 29 -26 31

Read more about Vanarama National League South

The National League South, formerly known as Conference South, is the sixth highest division in English football. It consists of teams located in the South West and South East of England, London and the southern parts of Wales, the Midlands and the East of England. 22 teams make up the league table.