Vanarama National League North: Two squads in pretty good shape get together for this game. Darlington could have a small upper hand with their 3rd position in the standings?
- Chester haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Darlington is in the best form (5-1-0) in Vanarama National League North
There haven't been much to rest for the home side, as they performed in a FA Cup fixture only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Hanley Town.
Chester form and stats
When playing at home in the Vanarama National League North, Chester have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.
Chester are returning here after visiting Hanley Town in a FA Cup fixture and winning with a 4-0 scoreline.
A 0-0 result against Hanley Town before that one, played at their own home stadium in the FA Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Chester have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Chester has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches.
Darlington form and stats
1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Darlington playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Darlington goalkeeper Thomas Taylor is eager to challenge this, with his 266 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two away matches in a row for Darlington, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Hyde United in the FA Cup.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Blyth Spartans in the Vanarama National League North.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Darlington in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Darlington, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Darlington have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last eight meetings involving these two teams are: four wins for Chester, two draws and two wins for Darlington. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Beck 8 goals |   K. Willoughby 4 goals | K. Hall 2 goals |
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| Chester | Darlington | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 6 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 13 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 40% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 70% |
| 50% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 40% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 20% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 20% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 60% |
| 30% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 30% | 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 10% |
| 5.1 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 5.3 | 6 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 9.2 | 9.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 34% | 33% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 42% | 39% |
| 8.1 | 6.4 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 9 | 9.6 |
| 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
- Chester haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Darlington have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Darlington haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Darlington is in the best form (5-1-0) in Vanarama National League North
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | King's Lynn Town | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | Banbury United | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Darlington | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Fylde | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Kidderminster Harriers | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | Leamington | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Scarborough Athletic | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Brackley Town | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Curzon Ashton | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | Chorley | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 11 | Alfreton Town | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | Peterborough Sports | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 13 | Chester | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 14 | Spennymoor Town | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Gloucester City | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Southport | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Hereford | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 18 | Boston United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 19 | Kettering Town | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 20 | Buxton | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 21 | Blyth Spartans | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 8 |
| 22 | Farsley Celtic | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 7 |
| 23 | AFC Telford United | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 7 |
| 24 | Bradford Park Avenue | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -11 | 3 |
