Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Darlington & AFC Telford United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Darlington and AFC Telford United.
Darlington form and stats
Darlington have not come this way in the Fa Trophy without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating City of Liverpool. Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 2nd round.Three Vanarama National League North home games done for Darlington, who are not happy collecting 0 points from these matches. It's been an uphill battle for Darlington in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Brackley Town game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
Heartbreak before that as Darlington lost 0-6 at Bristol Rovers's place.
Darlington aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Darlington are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (6 from 3 played).
AFC Telford United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Coleshill Town in order to reach 3rd Round of Fa Trophy. Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 1st round.The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League North.
The attacking players of Telford have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 197 minutes.
Telford play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 10-1 victory visiting Coleshill Town. Before that, Telford travelled to Kettering Town and returned home with a draw after the Vanarama National League North game finished 0-0.
As you can tell from the results above, Telford was very dominant against Coleshill Town, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 10-1 (!) with L. Vaughan, E. Jones, A. Williams (3), J. Byrne, D. McHale (3) and J. Hardy providing the goals. It's hard not to mention D. McHale's lethal finishing against Coleshill Town. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Telford have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Telford struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Darlington victories, one draw and five AFC Telford United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Oswell 4 goals |   A. Campbell 3 goals | A. Williams 3 goals |
Darlington missing players
AFC Telford United missing players
| Darlington | AFC Telford United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 32 | 44 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Conceded | C | 25 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.2 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gloucester City | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 2 | Kidderminster Harriers | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Fylde | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | York City | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Chester | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | AFC Telford United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Gateshead | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Leamington | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Brackley Town | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Farsley Celtic | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | Spennymoor Town | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 12 | Boston United | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | Southport | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Chorley | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 15 | Bradford Park Avenue | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Hereford | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 17 | Kettering Town | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 18 | Curzon Ashton | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 12 |
| 19 | Guiseley | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 20 | Alfreton Town | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 11 |
| 21 | Darlington | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 22 | Blyth Spartans | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -20 | 5 |