Alfreton Town will battle it out with Darlington in this Vanarama National League North game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!
It's no vacation for neither Alfreton Town 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.
Alfreton Town form and stats
1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Alfreton Town have to build on here at The Impact Arena in the Vanarama National League North.
In their previous game, the manager B. Heath led his Alfreton to a defeat in the Vanarama National League North match away at Leamington. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Impact Arena. Before that, Alfreton had a home game versus Farsley Celtic which ended with a victory 3-1.
Did Alfreton get overconfident in their match against Leamington? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 3-0 lead to end up with a 3-4 defeat. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The defeat against Leamington was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by J. Edwards).
The manager B. Heath will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kidderminster Harriers in only three days.
Alfreton has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. On the other hand, Alfreton have conceded 5 goals.
Darlington form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Vanarama National League North away games so far for Darlington with six points collected from three matches. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Darlington, as they have won on their previous two travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Darlington, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Guiseley (placed 20th) in the Vanarama National League North last time out. A 1-2 loss hosting AFC Telford United before that.
A quick return to home after this game, as Darlington are hosting Bradford Park Avenue in the Vanarama National League North only three days away.
Darlington have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 7 goals from 3 away matches. Darlington are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: one win for Alfreton, two draws and three wins for Darlington. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Reeves 4 goals |   A. Campbell 2 goals | D. Maguire 2 goals |
Alfreton Town missing players
Darlington missing players
| Alfreton Town | Darlington | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 62% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | 41 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 37 | 65 |
| 38 | 21 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 13 | 25 |
| 26% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 54% | 36% |
- Alfreton Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Alfreton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Alfreton Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Darlington haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 2 | Fylde | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Southport | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Kidderminster Harriers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | Spennymoor Town | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | AFC Telford United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Curzon Ashton | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 8 | Boston United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | Chester | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Alfreton Town | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | York City | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | Bradford Park Avenue | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Hereford | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | Gateshead | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 15 | Darlington | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 16 | Brackley Town | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Farsley Celtic | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Leamington | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 19 | Blyth Spartans | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -14 | 5 |
| 20 | Guiseley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Chorley | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 22 | Kettering Town | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |