Betting preview: Darlington vs Chester should be interesting

Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Wed 27.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Blackwell Meadows (3299 seats)

Darlington hope to sell all 3299 tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 40 points and a 17th position in the Vanarama National League North table. Visiting Chester holds 10th place with 49.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Vanarama National League North match only four days ago.

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Darlington form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Darlington are 5-5-7 (wins-draw-losses).

Darlington are returning here after visiting Nuneaton Town in a Vanarama National League North game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Darlington lost 2-4 at Hereford's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Darlington perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Darlington as a small favourite), we find four games. Darlington has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1. The Vanarama National League North match against Stockport County is next on the list for Darlington, coming up only two days after this. It is played on a neutral arena.

The Darlington fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 21 in 17 matches. On the other hand, Darlington have conceded 19 goals.

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Chester form and stats

Chester has only collected 14 points from their away games after 3-5-9 (17 played). four defeats in a row for Chester in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus United of Manchester.

Chester delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Leamington (placed 18th) in their previous match; a Vanarama National League North game. Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Altrincham's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by Chester in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Chester, 6 draws and 13 defeats.

The attacking power of Chester when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored in 17 matches. In the opposite end, Chester have conceded 33 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Chester - Darlington 3-1 played earlier this season. Darlington-Chester H2H statistics last one meeting regardless of arena: Darlington 0 wins, Chester 1 win, 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

A. Dudley
11 goals
J. Nicholson
9 goals
H. Saunders
8 goals

Darlington missing players

Chester missing players

Darlington Chester
Total Home Statistic Away Total
35 17 Played 17 34
89% 88% Over 0.5 82% 85%
77% 71% Over 1.5 76% 79%
66% 53% Over 2.5 59% 50%
40% 12% Over 3.5 41% 35%
17% 6% Over 4.5 29% 21%
63% 47% Both teams to score 65% 50%
23% 29% Clean Sheet 29% 29%
26% 35% Failed To Score 24% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Chorley 36 22 7 7 74 32 18 13 2 3 39 12 18 9 5 4 35 20 42 73
2 Stockport County 34 19 9 6 60 30 17 10 5 2 33 16 17 9 4 4 27 14 30 66
3 Spennymoor Town 35 17 10 8 64 38 17 8 6 3 32 20 18 9 4 5 32 18 26 61
4 Bradford Park Avenue 35 17 10 8 65 48 17 8 5 4 26 21 18 9 5 4 39 27 17 61
5 Brackley Town 34 17 9 8 62 37 18 11 5 2 39 19 16 6 4 6 23 18 25 60
6 Altrincham 34 16 8 10 65 47 17 7 5 5 30 19 17 9 3 5 35 28 18 56
7 AFC Telford United 34 15 9 10 55 48 17 10 4 3 28 18 17 5 5 7 27 30 7 54
8 Kidderminster Harriers 36 15 8 13 59 54 18 9 3 6 35 29 18 6 5 7 24 25 5 53
9 Boston United 36 14 7 15 54 51 18 6 3 9 23 27 18 8 4 6 31 24 3 49
10 Chester 34 13 10 11 49 50 17 10 5 2 35 17 17 3 5 9 14 33 -1 49
11 Curzon Ashton 34 13 9 12 40 49 17 5 4 8 17 29 17 8 5 4 23 20 -9 48
12 Blyth Spartans 34 13 8 13 56 57 17 7 3 7 32 29 17 6 5 6 24 28 -1 47
13 Alfreton Town 35 13 8 14 46 50 17 5 5 7 23 26 18 8 3 7 23 24 -4 47
14 York City 35 13 7 15 45 53 18 8 4 6 28 24 17 5 3 9 17 29 -8 46
15 Southport 36 11 12 13 51 50 18 5 7 6 28 27 18 6 5 7 23 23 1 45
16 Hereford 34 10 12 12 40 48 17 7 4 6 23 24 17 3 8 6 17 24 -8 42
17 Darlington 35 9 13 13 50 57 17 5 5 7 21 19 18 4 8 6 29 38 -7 40
18 Leamington 36 9 13 14 46 56 18 5 7 6 23 24 18 4 6 8 23 32 -10 40
19 Guiseley 34 6 15 13 38 50 17 3 8 6 21 27 17 3 7 7 17 23 -12 33
20 United of Manchester 35 7 9 19 42 67 17 1 6 10 21 36 18 6 3 9 21 31 -25 30
21 Ashton United 35 8 6 21 36 76 18 3 4 11 13 38 17 5 2 10 23 38 -40 30
22 Nuneaton Town 35 3 7 25 31 80 18 1 3 14 14 43 17 2 4 11 17 37 -49 16

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