Darlington warm up for Blyth Spartans with expectations of securing all three points. Will they? Open our match preview!
- Darlington have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Vanarama National League North
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Darlington and Blyth Spartans.
Darlington form and stats
Darlington have collected 12 points from their Vanarama National League North home games so far after 4-0-1.
Darlington's last game was hosting Peterborough Sports (placed 10th) and winning 2-0.
Before that result, a home win hosting Southport in the FA Cup.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Darlington as they are travelling to their away game against Hyde United in the FA Cup. That match is four days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Darlington at home in the league. 10 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 5 matches.
Blyth Spartans form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Blyth Spartans playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season.
Spartans play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Hereford (placed 16th).
Before that game, the win at home against Guiseley in the FA Cup (2-0).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Blyth Spartans manager Fenton as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Chorley.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Blyth Spartans as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. For Blyth Spartans, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Darlington have not lost in the last 8 matches (6-2-0) facing Blyth Spartans.Top Goalscorers
  M. Beck 8 goals |  L. McNall 4 goals | J. Lambert 2 goals |
Darlington missing players
Blyth Spartans missing players
| Darlington | Blyth Spartans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 44% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 44% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 11% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 44% |
| 22% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 44% |
| 4.1 | 4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| 1.6 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.6 | 9.8 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 |
| 4.3 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 38% | 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 20% | 21% |
| 9.4 | 9.8 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.6 | 10.5 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6 | 4.9 |
- All of Blyth Spartans's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Blyth Spartans have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Blyth Spartans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Vanarama National League North
- Blyth Spartans have the the worst goal difference (-8) away in Vanarama National League North
- Blyth Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Darlington have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Darlington have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Darlington have scored more than double the goals of Blyth Spartans.
- 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 | King's Lynn Town | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Banbury United | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Fylde | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Kidderminster Harriers | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Darlington | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Scarborough Athletic | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Leamington | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Chorley | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | Alfreton Town | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | Peterborough Sports | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Brackley Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Curzon Ashton | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | Chester | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 14 | Spennymoor Town | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 15 | Gloucester City | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | Hereford | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 17 | Southport | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 10 |
| 18 | Boston United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 19 | Buxton | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 20 | Blyth Spartans | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 21 | Farsley Celtic | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 22 | Kettering Town | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 23 | AFC Telford United | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 6 |
| 24 | Bradford Park Avenue | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
