Delightful dogfight as daring Darlington duel with determined Scarborough Athletic

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

Both squads are relishing a nice season so far and games like this one could be key. Read more about Darlington - Scarborough Athletic!

Insights:
  • Darlington have the most scored goals (43) in Vanarama National League North
  • Scarborough Athletic have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Vanarama National League North

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Darlington form and stats

The story so far in the Vanarama National League North for Darlington at their home stadium (Blackwell Meadows) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Darlington are returning here after visiting Spennymoor Town in a Fa Trophy match and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.

Before that match, a Vanarama National League North win away at Gloucester City.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Darlington have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 5 and lost 4.

Take note that 9 of the most recent 10 league matches from this club have had goals from both teams.

A decent goal production from Darlington in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. On the other hand, Darlington have conceded 13 goals.

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Scarborough Athletic form and stats

5-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Scarborough Athletic in their Vanarama National League North matches away.

Scarborough Athletic had fun at their own home (Blackwell Meadows) last time out, beating Peterborough Sports 2-1. McGuckin and Thornton scored.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Southport.

We have checked recent matches where Scarborough have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored at least once in 8 of this club's last 10 league fixtures.

Scarborough Athletic find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Scarborough Athletic have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

DarlingtonM. Beck
M. Beck
12 goals
DarlingtonJ. Lambert
J. Lambert
10 goals
Scarborough AthleticM. Coulson
M. Coulson
8 goals

Darlington missing players

Scarborough Athletic missing players

Darlington Scarborough Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 11 22
13 6 1 Won W 1 5 11
5 3 1 Drew D 0 2 6
5 2 2 Lost L 2 4 5
43 20 6 Scored S 3 15 40
27 13 6 Conceded C 4 15 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 86%
61% 64% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 55%
35% 45% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 41%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 27%
70% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 64%
22% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 23%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 14%
 
4.6 5.3 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.5 4.7
4.4 4.8 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 5.7 5.3
1.4 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.6 11.2 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 10.4 11.4
4.7 4.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.5 5.7
39% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 31% 32%
 
8.8 9.2 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 11.5 13
3.7 3.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 5 5.7
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Darlington have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Darlington have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Darlington have the most scored goals (43) in Vanarama National League North
  • Darlington have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Vanarama National League North
  • Darlington haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Scarborough Athletic have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Vanarama National League North
  • Scarborough Athletic 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 Darlington 23 13 5 5 43 27 11 6 3 2 20 13 12 7 2 3 23 14 16 44
2 Brackley Town 22 12 6 4 28 17 11 9 1 1 18 6 11 3 5 3 10 11 11 42
3 Chester 22 11 7 4 37 21 11 5 3 3 14 8 11 6 4 1 23 13 16 40
4 Scarborough Athletic 22 11 6 5 40 31 11 6 4 1 25 16 11 5 2 4 15 15 9 39
5 King's Lynn Town 19 11 5 3 37 20 9 8 1 0 21 6 10 3 4 3 16 14 17 38
6 Fylde 18 11 3 4 29 19 9 7 1 1 18 8 9 4 2 3 11 11 10 36
7 Banbury United 22 10 5 7 34 25 10 6 3 1 18 8 12 4 2 6 16 17 9 35
8 Peterborough Sports 23 9 6 8 30 29 11 5 5 1 18 11 12 4 1 7 12 18 1 33
9 Southport 21 9 5 7 31 28 11 5 4 2 17 13 10 4 1 5 14 15 3 32
10 Gloucester City 23 10 2 11 34 38 12 6 0 6 23 21 11 4 2 5 11 17 -4 32
11 Chorley 21 8 7 6 29 21 11 6 5 0 19 7 10 2 2 6 10 14 8 31
12 Kidderminster Harriers 22 8 4 10 22 26 11 3 2 6 9 12 11 5 2 4 13 14 -4 28
13 Alfreton Town 20 6 8 6 26 24 10 3 5 2 14 10 10 3 3 4 12 14 2 26
14 Leamington 22 5 11 6 19 20 11 5 3 3 13 9 11 0 8 3 6 11 -1 26
15 Hereford 20 7 4 9 26 26 9 3 3 3 13 11 11 4 1 6 13 15 0 25
16 Bradford Park Avenue 22 7 4 11 20 28 11 5 0 6 11 13 11 2 4 5 9 15 -8 25
17 Boston United 23 7 4 12 33 38 12 5 1 6 21 20 11 2 3 6 12 18 -5 25
18 Buxton 19 6 6 7 21 25 11 3 4 4 13 15 8 3 2 3 8 10 -4 24
19 Spennymoor Town 21 5 9 7 25 30 10 3 4 3 10 10 11 2 5 4 15 20 -5 24
20 Curzon Ashton 20 6 5 9 18 21 10 3 2 5 10 12 10 3 3 4 8 9 -3 23
21 Kettering Town 22 5 6 11 19 36 11 5 3 3 13 11 11 0 3 8 6 25 -17 21
22 Farsley Celtic 20 5 4 11 23 37 11 3 3 5 13 17 9 2 1 6 10 20 -14 19
23 Blyth Spartans 20 4 6 10 20 31 10 2 5 3 13 11 10 2 1 7 7 20 -11 18
24 AFC Telford United 21 2 4 15 14 40 10 2 1 7 8 18 11 0 3 8 6 22 -26 10

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).