Darlington scrimmages with Gloucester City in Vanarama National League North fray

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blackwell Meadows (25000 seats)

It's a new beginning in Vanarama National League North - the first fixture of the season. Read our full article and see how Darlington and Gloucester City did in their pre-season friendly games!

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Darlington form and stats

The season before, Darlington's league results were 14 wins, 11 draws and 17 losses, producing 13th spot in the Vanarama National League North. In these 42 matches they scored 57 goals and gave away 58. Appearing at their own stadium in the previous season Darlington generated 9-4-8 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 24 conceded.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Darlington friendly games in pre-season: Darlington played two friendlies, won 0, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Darlington scored 1 goal and conceded 5 in these two games.

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Gloucester City form and stats

Let's have a look at how Gloucester City performed last season in the Vanarama National League North: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 16 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 60 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 7 and lost 10 with 19/36 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Gloucester City as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Gloucester City have played two with the results W0-D2-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Gloucester has scored 4 goals and conceded 4 times.

Head 2 Head

Darlington-Gloucester City H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Darlington three wins, Gloucester City one win, two draws. five of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Darlington missing players

Gloucester City missing players

Darlington Gloucester City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Darlington Last season Gloucester City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
14 9   Won W   4 10
11 4   Drew D   7 16
17 8   Lost L   10 16
57 29   Scored S   19 47
58 24   Conceded C   36 60
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 86%
74% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 67%
55% 48%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 48%
31% 19%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 29%
12% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 12%
55% 52%   BTTS BTTS   57% 50%
24% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 29%
26% 19%   Failed to Score F T   38% 36%
 
5.2 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.9
4.7 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5
1.4 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
5 1   Red cards R C   3 6
 
9.4 9.9   Shots (avg) S (   6.9 9.1
3.5 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 3.5
39% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 32%
 
10.2 9.3   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 11
3.9 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AFC Telford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alfreton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Banbury United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Blyth Spartans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Boston United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Brackley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Bradford Park Avenue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Chester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Chorley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Curzon Ashton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Darlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Farsley Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Fylde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Gloucester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Hereford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Kettering Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 King's Lynn Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Leamington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Peterborough Sports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Scarborough Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Southport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Spennymoor Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 42 29 7 6 99 47 21 18 1 2 53 19 21 11 6 4 46 28 52 94
2 Brackley Town 42 25 12 5 53 23 21 15 3 3 23 9 21 10 9 2 30 14 30 87
3 Fylde 42 24 8 10 68 37 21 14 3 4 36 18 21 10 5 6 32 19 31 80
4 Kidderminster Harriers 42 21 11 10 72 35 21 14 3 4 50 12 21 7 8 6 22 23 37 74
5 York City 42 19 9 14 58 50 21 11 4 6 32 20 21 8 5 8 26 30 8 66
6 Chorley 42 17 14 11 62 49 21 12 5 4 44 25 21 5 9 7 18 24 13 65
7 Boston United 42 18 9 15 63 57 21 10 5 6 39 28 21 8 4 9 24 29 6 63
8 Kettering Town 42 16 13 13 54 48 21 9 7 5 30 21 21 7 6 8 24 27 6 61
9 Alfreton Town 42 17 10 15 58 59 21 7 9 5 30 26 21 10 1 10 28 33 -1 61
10 Spennymoor Town 42 17 9 16 55 51 21 10 6 5 32 21 21 7 3 11 23 30 4 60
11 Southport 42 14 15 13 60 55 21 8 11 2 35 20 21 6 4 11 25 35 5 57
12 Hereford 42 15 10 17 51 52 21 10 5 6 28 23 21 5 5 11 23 29 -1 55
13 Darlington 42 14 11 17 57 58 21 9 4 8 29 24 21 5 7 9 28 34 -1 53
14 Curzon Ashton 42 13 13 16 51 63 21 7 7 7 24 27 21 6 6 9 27 36 -12 52
15 Leamington 42 12 12 18 39 47 21 10 5 6 25 20 21 2 7 12 14 27 -8 48
16 Chester 42 12 11 19 70 71 21 9 6 6 43 27 21 3 5 13 27 44 -1 47
17 Gloucester City 42 10 16 16 47 60 21 6 9 6 28 24 21 4 7 10 19 36 -13 46
18 Bradford Park Avenue 42 11 11 20 46 70 21 7 6 8 26 32 21 4 5 12 20 38 -24 44
19 Blyth Spartans 42 12 7 23 41 76 21 8 3 10 23 30 21 4 4 13 18 46 -35 43
20 AFC Telford United 42 7 16 19 48 65 21 7 7 7 31 25 21 0 9 12 17 40 -17 37
21 Farsley Celtic 42 9 10 23 37 78 21 7 6 8 23 34 21 2 4 15 14 44 -41 37
22 Guiseley 42 9 8 25 31 69 21 6 6 9 18 33 21 3 2 16 13 36 -38 35

Read more about Vanarama National League North

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).