Alfreton Town vs Darlington: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Impact Arena (3600 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and 17th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Alfreton Town have less rest than Darlington in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a FA Cup game only four days ago.

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Alfreton Town form and stats

Alfreton Town have played 5 Vanarama National League North games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). Alfreton Town has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at The Impact Arena. We remember; it was Boston United.

In their previous game, the manager B. Heath led his Alfreton Town to a defeat in the FA Cup match away at King's Lynn Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Impact Arena. Preceding that game was the home draw versus King's Lynn Town that ended 1-1.

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 Town as a small favourite), we find eight games. Alfreton Town has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.

Alfreton Town are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at The Impact Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 attempts. From these home matches, Alfreton Town have conceded only 3 goals.

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Darlington form and stats

As the visiting team in Vanarama National League North matches, Darlington have produced an overall stat of 0-1-4 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Darlington have lost on their last two travels.

Darlington play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Trafford. A loss against York City was the result prior to that, in a Vanarama National League North home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Darlington playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were 3 Darlington wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Darlington have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Alfreton Town-Darlington H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Alfreton Town 1 win, Darlington 1 win, 2 draws. 1 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

A. Morgan-Smith
12 goals
A. Campbell
6 goals
D. Clarke
4 goals

Alfreton Town missing players

Darlington missing players

Alfreton Town Darlington
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
11 5 3 Played P 2 5 11
6 4 3 Won W 0 0 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 0 0 Lost L 2 4 6
23 13 10 Scored S 1 4 12
14 3 2 Conceded C 5 11 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
64% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 45%
45% 40% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 18%
36% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 55%
36% 60% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 27%
 
4.3 4.8 4.3 Corners For (avg) C F 10.5 7 6.9
4.5 4.2 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 4.2 4.4
1.8 1.2 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 1.7
2 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Alfreton Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Alfreton Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Alfreton Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Darlington have scored away.
  • Alfreton Town have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Alfreton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Alfreton Town's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Darlington's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Darlington have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Darlington have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Darlington have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Darlington have yet to win a game away.
  • Darlington haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Alfreton Town
All Fa Trophy Club Friendlies Vanarama National League North FA Cup
All Home Away
03-09-19 Va King's Lynn Town 3 - 2 Alfreton Town
07-09-19 Va Alfreton Town 3 - 2 Curzon Ashton
14-09-19 Va Kettering Town 2 - 1 Alfreton Town
21-09-19 FAC Alfreton Town 1 - 1 King's Lynn Town
24-09-19 FAC King's Lynn Town 2 - 1 Alfreton Town
28-09-19 Va Alfreton Town 14:00 Darlington
12-10-19 Va Leamington 14:00 Alfreton Town
19-10-19 Va Alfreton Town 14:00 Farsley Celtic
26-10-19 Va Hereford 14:00 Alfreton Town
02-11-19 Va Alfreton Town 15:00 Spennymoor Town
Darlington
All Fa Trophy Club Friendlies Vanarama National League North FA Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 Va King's Lynn Town 2 - 0 Darlington
04-09-19 Va Darlington 2 - 1 Blyth Spartans
07-09-19 Va Gloucester City 2 - 1 Darlington
14-09-19 Va Darlington 0 - 2 York City
21-09-19 FAC Trafford 1 - 3 Darlington
28-09-19 Va Alfreton Town 14:00 Darlington
05-10-19 FAC Leamington 14:00 Darlington
12-10-19 Va Darlington 14:00 Boston United
19-10-19 Va Darlington 14:00 Kidderminster Harriers
26-10-19 Va Guiseley 14:00 Darlington

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

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