Darlington will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Brackley Town.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Darlington form and stats
9-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League North numbers at home for Darlington so far this season.
Darlington travelled for their previous game, a trip to Hereford that ended 2-2. Preceding that game was the away draw at Kidderminster Harriers that finished 1-1.
The hometeam coach A. Armstrong made a successful contribution in the game against Hereford, bringing on O. Holness who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Darlington has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Darlington have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Brackley Town form and stats
The visitors, who have the the best goal difference (+31) in Vanarama National League North, are W7-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League North.
It's the second away game in a row for Brackley Town, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Chester (placed 4th) in the Vanarama National League North last time out. A draw for Brackley Town before that, at their own venue hosting Southport (1-1).
Brackley Town has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 15 games. It's not easy to score on Brackley Town as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Brackley Town - Darlington 5-1. Last five meetings between the teams: Darlington won one, Brackley Town won four and zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 L. Ndlovu 17 goals |   A. Campbell 13 goals | J. Armson 10 goals |
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| Darlington | Brackley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 13 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 38 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 23 | 51 |
| 44 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 20 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 90% |
| 87% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 67% | 67% |
| 60% | 53% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 20% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 20% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| 53% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 33% | 37% |
| 27% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 33% | 43% |
| 23% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 40% | 30% |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| 5.4 | 5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 313 | 177 | 45 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 175 | 372 |
| 122 | 67 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 72 | 153 |
| 30% | 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 31% | 33% |
- Brackley Town has the fewest conceded goals (20)
- Brackley Town has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9)
- Brackley Town has the fewest matches over the total-line (9)
- Brackley Town has the the best goal difference (+31)
- Brackley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brackley Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | York City | 31 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 47 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 25 | 62 |
| 2 | King's Lynn Town | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 60 |
| 3 | Boston United | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 56 |
| 4 | Chester | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 54 |
| 5 | Brackley Town | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 31 | 52 |
| 6 | Gateshead | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 52 |
| 7 | Altrincham | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 56 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 51 |
| 8 | Spennymoor Town | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 51 |
| 9 | Farsley Celtic | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 39 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 45 |
| 10 | Guiseley | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 44 |
| 11 | Darlington | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -6 | 44 |
| 12 | Southport | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 43 |
| 13 | Alfreton Town | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 48 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 31 | -3 | 40 |
| 14 | AFC Telford United | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -6 | 38 |
| 15 | Kidderminster Harriers | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -5 | 35 |
| 16 | Leamington | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 35 | -9 | 34 |
| 17 | Hereford | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 30 | -15 | 32 |
| 18 | Kettering Town | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -8 | 30 |
| 19 | Curzon Ashton | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -10 | 29 |
| 20 | Gloucester City | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 38 | -19 | 29 |
| 21 | Blyth Spartans | 32 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 73 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 36 | -43 | 23 |
| 22 | Bradford Park Avenue | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 77 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 43 | -55 | 14 |