The football year has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, boom and bust giving mid-table places so far. Get ready for Chester - Darlington!
- Chester have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Vanarama National League North
- Darlington have the most scored goals (24) in Vanarama National League North
This looks to be an intriguing match with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!
Chester form and stats
Chester have performed here at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium this season with 4 wins from 6 Vanarama National League North matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. After failing to beat Gateshead here at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium, Chester has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Chester's last game was hosting Boston United (placed 5th) and winning 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Chester played a great game against Boston United and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Southport.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 eleven matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost three.
Chester are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 16 goals in 6 matches. Chester have conceded 9 from these games.
Darlington form and stats
As the visiting team in Vanarama National League North matches, Darlington, who have the most scored goals (24) in Vanarama National League North, have produced an overall stat of 2-1-3 so far.
Darlington play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Kettering Town (placed 15th).
Before that, Darlington secured a home win against Guiseley with the score 5-1.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: eight wins for Darlington, one draw and six defeats.
Darlington has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. Darlington's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's four Chester victories, one draw and one Darlington win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Charman 7 goals |  W. Hatfield 5 goals | J. Cassidy 4 goals |
Chester missing players
Darlington missing players
| Chester | Darlington | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 22 | 16 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| 22 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 20 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 83% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 85% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 83% | 77% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 6.2 | 5.5 | 12 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.2 | 7.2 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.3 | 11 |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 42% | 55% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| 12 | 9.8 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 9.8 |
| 4.6 | 2.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
- All of Chester's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Darlington's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Chester have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chester have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Vanarama National League North
- 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 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 (11) in Vanarama National League North
- Darlington have the most scored goals (24) in Vanarama National League North
- Darlington have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Brackley Town | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Chorley | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 4 | Leamington | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Boston United | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | Alfreton Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 7 | Curzon Ashton | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 8 | Spennymoor Town | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Kidderminster Harriers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 10 | York City | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Gateshead | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 17 |
| 12 | Darlington | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | Chester | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Farsley Celtic | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
| 15 | Kettering Town | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 16 | Bradford Park Avenue | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 17 | Southport | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 10 |
| 18 | Hereford | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 10 |
| 19 | Guiseley | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 20 | AFC Telford United | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -9 | 9 |
| 21 | Blyth Spartans | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -13 | 9 |
| 22 | Gloucester City | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -15 | 6 |