Vanarama National League North match preview and statistics: Alfreton Town fight Darlington

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Impact Arena (3600 seats)

Vanarama National League North: Two participants in reasonable shape get together for this match. Darlington could have a wee edge with their 6th position in the table?

Insights:
  • Alfreton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Darlington have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Alfreton Town form and stats

8 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Alfreton Town have to build on here at The Impact Arena in the Vanarama National League North.

It's back home for Alfreton, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Curzon Ashton away with the result 1-0. Rhead found the net in that victory.

Heartbreak before that as Alfreton Town lost 0-2 at Scarborough Athletic's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Alfreton Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Alfreton as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Alfreton Town has won 5 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 12 latest league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Banbury United are coming to town in three days.

A decent goal production from Alfreton Town in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. From these home matches, Alfreton have conceded only 13 goals.

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Darlington form and stats

Playing away, Darlington have won 8 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Vanarama National League North this season. Darlington seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

There were no winners in Darlington's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Kidderminster Harriers (placed 10th).

A draw for Darlington before that, at their own venue hosting Buxton (1-1).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Darlington in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Darlington, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 14 of this team's 18 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.

After this away game Darlington return home for a Vanarama National League North game against Curzon Ashton. That game is only three sleeps after this.

21 goals have been conceded by Darlington in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played previously this season: Darlington - Alfreton 3-1. Alfreton Town-Darlington H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Alfreton Town two wins, Darlington five wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

DarlingtonJ. Hazel
J. Hazel
16 goals
DarlingtonJ. Lambert
J. Lambert
12 goals
Alfreton TownM. Rhead
M. Rhead
8 goals

Alfreton Town missing players

Darlington missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Alfreton Town Darlington
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 6 15 33
12 8 2 Won W 3 8 16
12 5 1 Drew D 1 2 8
8 3 2 Lost L 2 5 9
39 25 6 Scored S 8 30 59
30 13 6 Conceded C 6 21 44
81% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
66% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 87% 82%
41% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 64%
25% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 39%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 18%
44% 44% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 73% 70%
44% 50% 40% Clean Sheets C S 17% 13% 21%
31% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 13% 15%
 
3.9 4.1 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.3 4.9
4.3 4.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 3.7 4.2
1.8 1.9 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.3 1.4
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 11.4 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 9.7 10.6
4.1 4.8 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.4 4.4
30% 33% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 45% 41%
 
8.8 7.4 8.6 Shots against (avg) S A 7.8 9.3 9.8
3.5 2.9 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.2 4.2
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Alfreton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Darlington have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Darlington 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 Fylde 32 20 6 6 57 32 17 11 3 3 36 19 15 9 3 3 21 13 25 66
2 King's Lynn Town 33 18 10 5 59 32 16 12 3 1 32 12 17 6 7 4 27 20 27 64
3 Chester 34 15 14 5 51 32 16 6 6 4 20 14 18 9 8 1 31 18 19 59
4 Brackley Town 33 16 10 7 42 26 16 11 4 1 29 10 17 5 6 6 13 16 16 58
5 Scarborough Athletic 35 16 10 9 61 51 18 9 5 4 38 28 17 7 5 5 23 23 10 58
6 Darlington 33 16 8 9 59 44 18 8 6 4 29 23 15 8 2 5 30 21 15 56
7 Chorley 35 13 13 9 46 34 18 8 7 3 26 15 17 5 6 6 20 19 12 52
8 Gloucester City 35 14 8 13 56 56 18 9 3 6 36 26 17 5 5 7 20 30 0 50
9 Alfreton Town 32 12 12 8 39 30 16 8 5 3 25 13 16 4 7 5 14 17 9 48
10 Kidderminster Harriers 35 13 8 14 34 37 17 4 4 9 15 20 18 9 4 5 19 17 -3 47
11 Hereford 35 13 6 16 41 40 17 6 4 7 22 19 18 7 2 9 19 21 1 45
12 Banbury United 31 12 8 11 44 42 15 6 5 4 22 17 16 6 3 7 22 25 2 44
13 Curzon Ashton 33 12 7 14 41 39 17 7 3 7 25 21 16 5 4 7 16 18 2 43
14 Spennymoor Town 32 10 12 10 44 47 16 6 6 4 21 19 16 4 6 6 23 28 -3 42
15 Buxton 35 10 12 13 35 42 17 5 6 6 17 20 18 5 6 7 18 22 -7 42
16 Southport 32 11 8 13 39 41 14 6 4 4 20 17 18 5 4 9 19 24 -2 41
17 Peterborough Sports 33 11 8 14 39 44 17 7 5 5 25 20 16 4 3 9 14 24 -5 41
18 Kettering Town 34 10 11 13 31 44 17 8 6 3 18 13 17 2 5 10 13 31 -13 41
19 Boston United 34 10 7 17 48 56 18 7 4 7 29 27 16 3 3 10 19 29 -8 37
20 Blyth Spartans 34 9 9 16 34 50 17 4 7 6 18 20 17 5 2 10 16 30 -16 36
21 Leamington 33 6 16 11 28 38 17 6 5 6 16 16 16 0 11 5 12 22 -10 34
22 Bradford Park Avenue 35 8 10 17 34 51 18 6 4 8 17 19 17 2 6 9 17 32 -17 34
23 Farsley Celtic 33 8 10 15 37 56 15 5 5 5 18 20 18 3 5 10 19 36 -19 34
24 AFC Telford United 35 3 11 21 23 58 18 2 7 9 13 27 17 1 4 12 10 31 -35 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fylde 32 20 6 6 57 32 17 11 3 3 36 19 15 9 3 3 21 13 25 66
2 King's Lynn Town 33 18 10 5 59 32 16 12 3 1 32 12 17 6 7 4 27 20 27 64
3 Chester 34 15 14 5 51 32 16 6 6 4 20 14 18 9 8 1 31 18 19 59
4 Brackley Town 33 16 10 7 42 26 16 11 4 1 29 10 17 5 6 6 13 16 16 58
5 Scarborough Athletic 35 16 10 9 61 51 18 9 5 4 38 28 17 7 5 5 23 23 10 58
6 Darlington 33 16 8 9 59 44 18 8 6 4 29 23 15 8 2 5 30 21 15 56
7 Chorley 35 13 13 9 46 34 18 8 7 3 26 15 17 5 6 6 20 19 12 52
8 Gloucester City 35 14 8 13 56 56 18 9 3 6 36 26 17 5 5 7 20 30 0 50
9 Alfreton Town 32 12 12 8 39 30 16 8 5 3 25 13 16 4 7 5 14 17 9 48
10 Kidderminster Harriers 35 13 8 14 34 37 17 4 4 9 15 20 18 9 4 5 19 17 -3 47
11 Hereford 35 13 6 16 41 40 17 6 4 7 22 19 18 7 2 9 19 21 1 45
12 Banbury United 31 12 8 11 44 42 15 6 5 4 22 17 16 6 3 7 22 25 2 44
13 Curzon Ashton 33 12 7 14 41 39 17 7 3 7 25 21 16 5 4 7 16 18 2 43
14 Spennymoor Town 32 10 12 10 44 47 16 6 6 4 21 19 16 4 6 6 23 28 -3 42
15 Buxton 35 10 12 13 35 42 17 5 6 6 17 20 18 5 6 7 18 22 -7 42
16 Southport 32 11 8 13 39 41 14 6 4 4 20 17 18 5 4 9 19 24 -2 41
17 Peterborough Sports 33 11 8 14 39 44 17 7 5 5 25 20 16 4 3 9 14 24 -5 41
18 Kettering Town 34 10 11 13 31 44 17 8 6 3 18 13 17 2 5 10 13 31 -13 41
19 Boston United 34 10 7 17 48 56 18 7 4 7 29 27 16 3 3 10 19 29 -8 37
20 Blyth Spartans 34 9 9 16 34 50 17 4 7 6 18 20 17 5 2 10 16 30 -16 36
21 Leamington 33 6 16 11 28 38 17 6 5 6 16 16 16 0 11 5 12 22 -10 34
22 Bradford Park Avenue 35 8 10 17 34 51 18 6 4 8 17 19 17 2 6 9 17 32 -17 34
23 Farsley Celtic 33 8 10 15 37 56 15 5 5 5 18 20 18 3 5 10 19 36 -19 34
24 AFC Telford United 35 3 11 21 23 58 18 2 7 9 13 27 17 1 4 12 10 31 -35 20

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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).