Betting preview: Darlington vs Boston United should be interesting

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 26.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blackwell Meadows (25000 seats)

Classic home win, the away team with a heroic away win or an exciting draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table inhabitants Darlington and Boston United battle at Blackwell Meadows.

Insights:
  • Darlington haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It's no vacation for neither Darlington nor Boston United 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.

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Darlington form and stats

Darlington have played 17 Vanarama National League North games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-3-6 (wins-draws-losses). Darlington has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Blackwell Meadows. We remember; it was Kettering Town.

The Darlington fans enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Southport and win 1-0.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Hereford the opponent.

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 Darlington have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost two.

The Darlington fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 17 league matches. 18 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Boston United form and stats

Playing away, Boston United have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 7 defeats in the Vanarama National League North this season.

Two away matches in a row for Boston United, whose manager Cox could celebrate last time after the win against York City.

A loss against Gateshead was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Boston United playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were four Boston United wins, three draws and six defeats.

The attacking power of Boston when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 15 league matches away. Boston United struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have played each other previously this season, with the match result Boston United - Darlington 2-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Darlington five wins, one draw and Boston United two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Boston UnitedD. Elliott
D. Elliott
14 goals
Boston UnitedF. Preston
F. Preston
7 goals

Darlington missing players

Boston United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Darlington Boston United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 4 15 32
12 8 1 Won W 1 5 14
8 3 2 Drew D 1 3 6
13 6 1 Lost L 2 7 12
51 26 3 Scored S 5 14 48
47 18 3 Conceded C 7 24 46
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
79% 65% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 84%
64% 53% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 62%
36% 24% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 34%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 16%
61% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 53% 66%
21% 35% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 25%
18% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 12%
 
5.3 5.1 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.6 5.2
4.7 4.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.7 4.7
1.6 1.4 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.6
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
10 10.2 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.5 10.5
3.8 3.6 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.2 4.1
41% 42% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 36%
 
9.8 8.9 5.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.9 8.9
3.8 3.5 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.2 4.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • 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 Gateshead 33 24 4 5 77 36 16 14 0 2 40 12 17 10 4 3 37 24 41 76
2 Brackley Town 32 22 7 3 46 18 16 13 2 1 21 7 16 9 5 2 25 11 28 73
3 Fylde 33 19 6 8 55 30 16 10 2 4 27 15 17 9 4 4 28 15 25 63
4 Kidderminster Harriers 32 17 7 8 54 29 15 10 2 3 35 11 17 7 5 5 19 18 25 58
5 Chorley 31 14 10 7 50 36 15 9 3 3 34 18 16 5 7 4 16 18 14 52
6 Southport 32 13 10 9 49 38 16 8 7 1 32 16 16 5 3 8 17 22 11 49
7 York City 31 14 6 11 47 39 17 8 3 6 27 18 14 6 3 5 20 21 8 48
8 Boston United 32 14 6 12 48 46 17 9 3 5 34 22 15 5 3 7 14 24 2 48
9 Hereford 33 12 9 12 38 39 17 8 4 5 21 17 16 4 5 7 17 22 -1 45
10 Darlington 33 12 8 13 51 47 17 8 3 6 26 18 16 4 5 7 25 29 4 44
11 Curzon Ashton 31 11 10 10 42 41 15 6 5 4 21 17 16 5 5 6 21 24 1 43
12 Spennymoor Town 32 12 7 13 43 45 15 6 5 4 24 18 17 6 2 9 19 27 -2 43
13 Kettering Town 31 11 8 12 44 42 15 5 6 4 23 17 16 6 2 8 21 25 2 41
14 Leamington 33 10 10 13 33 39 17 9 4 4 22 17 16 1 6 9 11 22 -6 40
15 Alfreton Town 31 10 7 14 40 50 15 4 6 5 19 21 16 6 1 9 21 29 -10 37
16 Bradford Park Avenue 32 10 6 16 41 56 16 7 2 7 26 27 16 3 4 9 15 29 -15 36
17 Chester 33 9 8 16 57 61 17 7 5 5 36 24 16 2 3 11 21 37 -4 35
18 Gloucester City 33 7 12 14 35 51 16 3 7 6 19 20 17 4 5 8 16 31 -16 33
19 Blyth Spartans 33 9 3 21 30 62 17 6 2 9 18 24 16 3 1 12 12 38 -32 30
20 AFC Telford United 34 6 11 17 40 56 17 6 4 7 25 20 17 0 7 10 15 36 -16 29
21 Farsley Celtic 32 7 7 18 29 65 15 5 4 6 18 28 17 2 3 12 11 37 -36 28
22 Guiseley 31 7 6 18 24 47 17 5 5 7 15 23 14 2 1 11 9 24 -23 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gateshead 33 24 4 5 77 36 16 14 0 2 40 12 17 10 4 3 37 24 41 76
2 Brackley Town 32 22 7 3 46 18 16 13 2 1 21 7 16 9 5 2 25 11 28 73
3 Fylde 33 19 6 8 55 30 16 10 2 4 27 15 17 9 4 4 28 15 25 63
4 Kidderminster Harriers 32 17 7 8 54 29 15 10 2 3 35 11 17 7 5 5 19 18 25 58
5 Chorley 31 14 10 7 50 36 15 9 3 3 34 18 16 5 7 4 16 18 14 52
6 Southport 32 13 10 9 49 38 16 8 7 1 32 16 16 5 3 8 17 22 11 49
7 York City 31 14 6 11 47 39 17 8 3 6 27 18 14 6 3 5 20 21 8 48
8 Boston United 32 14 6 12 48 46 17 9 3 5 34 22 15 5 3 7 14 24 2 48
9 Hereford 33 12 9 12 38 39 17 8 4 5 21 17 16 4 5 7 17 22 -1 45
10 Darlington 33 12 8 13 51 47 17 8 3 6 26 18 16 4 5 7 25 29 4 44
11 Curzon Ashton 31 11 10 10 42 41 15 6 5 4 21 17 16 5 5 6 21 24 1 43
12 Spennymoor Town 32 12 7 13 43 45 15 6 5 4 24 18 17 6 2 9 19 27 -2 43
13 Kettering Town 31 11 8 12 44 42 15 5 6 4 23 17 16 6 2 8 21 25 2 41
14 Leamington 33 10 10 13 33 39 17 9 4 4 22 17 16 1 6 9 11 22 -6 40
15 Alfreton Town 31 10 7 14 40 50 15 4 6 5 19 21 16 6 1 9 21 29 -10 37
16 Bradford Park Avenue 32 10 6 16 41 56 16 7 2 7 26 27 16 3 4 9 15 29 -15 36
17 Chester 33 9 8 16 57 61 17 7 5 5 36 24 16 2 3 11 21 37 -4 35
18 Gloucester City 33 7 12 14 35 51 16 3 7 6 19 20 17 4 5 8 16 31 -16 33
19 Blyth Spartans 33 9 3 21 30 62 17 6 2 9 18 24 16 3 1 12 12 38 -32 30
20 AFC Telford United 34 6 11 17 40 56 17 6 4 7 25 20 17 0 7 10 15 36 -16 29
21 Farsley Celtic 32 7 7 18 29 65 15 5 4 6 18 28 17 2 3 12 11 37 -36 28
22 Guiseley 31 7 6 18 24 47 17 5 5 7 15 23 14 2 1 11 9 24 -23 27

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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).