Vanarama National League North preview and data: Darlington - AFC Telford United at Blackwell Meadows

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blackwell Meadows (25000 seats)

Welcome to Blackwell Meadows and the fixture between Darlington & AFC Telford United in the Vanarama National League North. Tipsway has everything you must know!

Insights:
  • Darlington have the most scored goals (53) in Vanarama National League North
  • AFC Telford United have the fewest scored goals (20) in Vanarama National League North

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Darlington form and stats

The story so far in the Vanarama National League North for Darlington at their home stadium (Blackwell Meadows) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

The spoils were shared in Darlington's previous game, also at home. Visiting Southport (placed 12th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

Before that, Darlington had a home game versus Spennymoor Town which ended with a victory 3-2.

Sports bettors should know that 12 of the most recent 15 league matches from this club have seen goals scored by both sides.

Darlington have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Blackwell Meadows with 25 goals in 15 league matches. Darlington have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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AFC Telford United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for AFC Telford United so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-9 (win-draw-lose).

AFC Telford United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Chorley (placed 7th). Until that defeat this club had taken at least a draw from six league games in a row.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Southport.

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 Telford playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 3 draws and 1 home win.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this club's most recent 10 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

After this away game AFC Telford United return home for a Vanarama National League North game against Farsley Celtic. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as AFC Telford United have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

AFC Telford United - Darlington 1-4 was the result in these participants' last h2h game, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Darlington victories, one draw and five AFC Telford United wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

DarlingtonJ. Lambert
J. Lambert
12 goals
DarlingtonJ. Hazel
J. Hazel
12 goals
AFC Telford UnitedB. Daniels
B. Daniels
6 goals

Darlington missing players

AFC Telford United missing players

Darlington AFC Telford United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 15 5 Played P 4 14 28
15 7 3 Won W 0 1 3
6 4 2 Drew D 1 4 9
7 4 0 Lost L 3 9 16
53 25 8 Scored S 2 9 20
37 21 5 Conceded C 6 24 45
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
82% 80% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 71%
64% 67% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 43%
39% 47% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 18%
21% 20% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
68% 67% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 50%
21% 27% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 14%
14% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 57% 43%
 
4.6 5 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 4.1
4.4 4.7 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 4.9 4.6
1.5 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 5
 
10.6 10.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 9.2 9.7
4.5 4.4 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 3.2 3.5
42% 38% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 17% 19%
 
9.5 10 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 10.2 10.6
4 4.1 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 4.9 4.2
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • AFC Telford United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • AFC Telford United have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Vanarama National League North
  • AFC Telford United have the fewest points (7) away in Vanarama National League North
  • AFC Telford United have the fewest scored goals (20) in Vanarama National League North
  • AFC Telford United have the the worst goal difference (-25) in Vanarama National League North
  • Darlington have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Darlington have scored more than double the goals of AFC Telford United.
  • Darlington have the most scored goals (53) in Vanarama National League North
  • Darlington have the most scored goals in the second half (31) 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 25 16 6 3 48 23 12 11 1 0 27 9 13 5 5 3 21 14 25 54
2 Fylde 25 16 4 5 42 24 13 9 2 2 26 11 12 7 2 3 16 13 18 52
3 Brackley Town 27 14 9 4 35 19 14 10 3 1 24 8 13 4 6 3 11 11 16 51
4 Darlington 28 15 6 7 53 37 15 7 4 4 25 21 13 8 2 3 28 16 16 51
5 Scarborough Athletic 29 13 8 8 51 46 15 7 5 3 31 25 14 6 3 5 20 21 5 47
6 Chester 28 11 13 4 43 27 14 5 6 3 18 12 14 6 7 1 25 15 16 46
7 Chorley 28 11 10 7 37 25 14 7 6 1 20 8 14 4 4 6 17 17 12 43
8 Kidderminster Harriers 29 12 7 10 31 30 14 4 4 6 14 15 15 8 3 4 17 15 1 43
9 Banbury United 26 11 6 9 38 34 11 6 3 2 18 9 15 5 3 7 20 25 4 39
10 Gloucester City 29 11 6 12 42 48 15 7 2 6 28 24 14 4 4 6 14 24 -6 39
11 Alfreton Town 26 9 11 6 33 25 13 6 5 2 20 10 13 3 6 4 13 15 8 38
12 Southport 28 10 8 10 37 36 13 6 4 3 20 16 15 4 4 7 17 20 1 38
13 Spennymoor Town 27 9 10 8 37 38 13 6 4 3 16 13 14 3 6 5 21 25 -1 37
14 Peterborough Sports 27 10 6 11 35 36 14 6 5 3 22 16 13 4 1 8 13 20 -1 36
15 Hereford 28 10 5 13 34 34 13 5 3 5 19 15 15 5 2 8 15 19 0 35
16 Curzon Ashton 26 8 7 11 29 30 14 5 3 6 18 17 12 3 4 5 11 13 -1 31
17 Bradford Park Avenue 29 7 9 13 28 38 14 5 3 6 13 15 15 2 6 7 15 23 -10 30
18 Leamington 26 5 14 7 21 25 14 5 5 4 14 13 12 0 9 3 7 12 -4 29
19 Buxton 28 7 8 13 28 38 15 3 6 6 15 20 13 4 2 7 13 18 -10 29
20 Kettering Town 27 7 8 12 26 43 12 6 3 3 16 13 15 1 5 9 10 30 -17 29
21 Boston United 28 7 6 15 40 49 15 5 3 7 25 26 13 2 3 8 15 23 -9 27
22 Farsley Celtic 26 6 6 14 30 49 13 4 4 5 17 20 13 2 2 9 13 29 -19 24
23 Blyth Spartans 28 5 8 15 28 47 14 3 6 5 15 17 14 2 2 10 13 30 -19 23
24 AFC Telford United 28 3 9 16 20 45 14 2 5 7 11 21 14 1 4 9 9 24 -25 18

Read more about Vanarama National League North

The National League North, formerly known as Conference North, is the sixth highest division in English football. It contains teams located in Northern England, Norfolk, the English Midlands and North Wales. The league table has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other (home and away).