Darlington will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Gateshead.
- Darlington have lost all their home matches so far.
- Gateshead have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Darlington form and stats
Darlington have played three Vanarama National League North home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Game days at Blackwell Meadows have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Darlington as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Darlington lost their last game at Bristol Rovers after a 0-6 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home Vanarama National League North game against Bradford Park Avenue that was lost 0-1.
Darlington were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
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 two, drawn two and lost two.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Darlington, as the Vanarama National League North home game vs Hereford is only three days away.
Darlington aren't scoring a lot here at Blackwell Meadows in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Darlington are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (6 from 3 played).
Gateshead form and stats
2-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gateshead in their Vanarama National League North matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Gateshead, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Chester (placed 10th) in the Vanarama National League North last time out. Before that, Gateshead secured a home win against Gloucester City with the score 1-0.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager M. Williamson when M. Langstaff scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gateshead playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Gateshead wins, zero draws and seven defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Gateshead now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Vanarama National League North game at Leamington is waiting in only three days.
Gateshead have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. 4 goals have been conceded by Gateshead in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Campbell 3 goals |  D. Maguire 2 goals |  M. Langstaff 2 goals |
Darlington missing players
Gateshead missing players
| Darlington | Gateshead | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | 6 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 44% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 44% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 44% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.4 | 12.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11 | 9.1 |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| 32% | 12% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 22% | 36% |
- Darlington have lost all their home matches so far.
- Darlington haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Gateshead have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Gateshead have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gateshead 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 | Gloucester City | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Kidderminster Harriers | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Fylde | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | AFC Telford United | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Gateshead | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Southport | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Spennymoor Town | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Leamington | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Bradford Park Avenue | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Chester | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Farsley Celtic | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Curzon Ashton | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 11 |
| 13 | Boston United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 14 | Darlington | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 15 | Hereford | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 16 | Alfreton Town | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | York City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 18 | Brackley Town | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Kettering Town | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 5 |
| 20 | Guiseley | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 21 | Chorley | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 22 | Blyth Spartans | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -14 | 5 |