There has been no shortage of boom and bust for these squads this season, sitting in positions near the midpoint of the Vanarama National League North table. Here's the Boston United - Darlington latest:
- Boston United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Darlington have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Vanarama National League North
It's no vacation for neither Boston 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.
Boston United form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 7 Vanarama National League North games here at The Jakemans Stadium for Boston United. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Chorley in the Vanarama National League North last time out and are looking for a win here.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Southport (1-4).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Boston matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, zero draws and zero defeats (from three games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Boston United as they are travelling to their away game against Brackley Town in the Fa Trophy. That match is four days after this one.
The Boston manager C. Elliott has got the team scoring with 15 from 7 home games in the league. On the other hand, Boston United have conceded 8 goals.
Darlington form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League North travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Darlington's last game was the home draw against Gloucester City (2-2).
Before that, Darlington travelled to Chester and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Darlington playing away, we found four games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and three home wins.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Fa Trophy trip to Southport.
Darlington has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. In the opposite end, Darlington have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one Boston victory, one draw and five Darlington wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Charman 7 goals |   D. Elliott 6 goals | W. Hatfield 5 goals |
Boston United missing players
Darlington missing players
| Boston United | Darlington | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 20 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 23 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 71% | 86% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 57% | 47% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 64% | 86% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 14% | 14% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5 | 4.1 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.3 | 12.6 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.7 | 11.1 |
| 3.5 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 41% | 50% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 40% | 43% |
| 8.1 | 9 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.9 | 10.2 |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.9 | 4 |
- All of Boston United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Darlington's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Boston United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Boston United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Boston United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Vanarama National League North
- Darlington have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Vanarama National League North
- 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 | Fylde | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Brackley Town | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Chorley | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 29 |
| 4 | Kidderminster Harriers | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 24 |
| 5 | Gateshead | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Curzon Ashton | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 7 | Leamington | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Boston United | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Alfreton Town | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 10 | Spennymoor Town | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Darlington | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 19 |
| 12 | York City | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Hereford | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Kettering Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 15 | Chester | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 16 |
| 16 | Farsley Celtic | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -14 | 16 |
| 17 | Southport | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| 18 | Bradford Park Avenue | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 13 |
| 19 | Blyth Spartans | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
| 20 | Gloucester City | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | -13 | 10 |
| 21 | Guiseley | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 9 |
| 22 | AFC Telford United | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -13 | 9 |