Match preview Vanarama National League North: Darlington - Spennymoor Town at The Northern Echo Darlington Arena

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Thu 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Northern Echo Darlington Arena (25000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Darlington have their presumed home advantage while Spennymoor Town are ahead 7 points in the Vanarama National League North table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Darlington form and stats

6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League North numbers at home for Darlington so far this season.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 193 minutes.

A good away victory last time out for Darlington, who won 1-0 against York City (placed 2nd). Preceding that game was the away draw at Solihull Moors that finished 2-2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Darlington as they are travelling to their away game against Blyth Spartans in the Vanarama National League North. That match is two days after this one.

Darlington are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Darlington have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Spennymoor Town form and stats

Playing away, Spennymoor Town have won 2 games, drawn 6 and suffered 3 defeats in the Vanarama National League North this season. Things are running smoothly for Spennymoor Town who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Gateshead. It's three draws from Spennymoor Town's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Spennymoor Town are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Vanarama National League North against Bradford Park Avenue (placed 22nd). Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Leamington.

A quick return to home after this game, as Spennymoor Town are hosting Gateshead in the Vanarama National League North only two days away.

Spennymoor Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Spennymoor Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last four meetings between the teams: Darlington won 1, Spennymoor Town won 1 and 2 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

 G. Taylor
G. Taylor
10 goals
DarlingtonA. Campbell
A. Campbell
8 goals
DarlingtonS. Thompson
S. Thompson
5 goals

Darlington missing players

Spennymoor Town missing players

Darlington Spennymoor Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 11 3 Played P 4 11 20
8 6 2 Won W 1 2 9
3 2 0 Drew D 1 6 7
9 3 1 Lost L 2 3 4
23 15 4 Scored S 5 13 36
29 9 2 Conceded C 6 13 23
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
80% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 80%
50% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 60%
20% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 40%
10% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
50% 36% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 60%
30% 45% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 30%
25% 27% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 15%
 
6 5.8 4.3 Corners For (avg) C F 5 5.4 5.2
5 4.8 5.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 4.1 3.3
1.6 1.4 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
237 147 36 Total Shots T S 53 119 230
92 55 13 Shots on Target S O 24 51 100
24% 25% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 25% 34%
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Darlington has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 King's Lynn Town 20 13 5 2 46 29 11 8 3 0 29 13 9 5 2 2 17 16 17 44
2 York City 21 11 8 2 31 13 10 5 4 1 12 5 11 6 4 1 19 8 18 41
3 Southport 21 11 4 6 30 17 11 7 2 2 18 8 10 4 2 4 12 9 13 37
4 Brackley Town 20 10 6 4 41 13 10 6 4 0 24 4 10 4 2 4 17 9 28 36
5 Chester 20 9 8 3 37 22 10 6 3 1 22 9 10 3 5 2 15 13 15 35
6 Spennymoor Town 20 9 7 4 36 23 9 7 1 1 23 10 11 2 6 3 13 13 13 34
7 Farsley Celtic 21 10 4 7 34 28 10 5 2 3 16 16 11 5 2 4 18 12 6 34
8 Boston United 18 9 4 5 30 20 7 5 2 0 14 3 11 4 2 5 16 17 10 31
9 Gateshead 18 7 6 5 22 18 10 6 2 2 16 8 8 1 4 3 6 10 4 27
10 Darlington 20 8 3 9 23 29 11 6 2 3 15 9 9 2 1 6 8 20 -6 27
11 Guiseley 20 7 5 8 33 31 10 4 2 4 15 12 10 3 3 4 18 19 2 26
12 Alfreton Town 20 8 1 11 30 32 9 4 1 4 16 13 11 4 0 7 14 19 -2 25
13 Hereford 21 6 7 8 23 32 10 3 6 1 11 9 11 3 1 7 12 23 -9 25
14 Kidderminster Harriers 21 6 5 10 28 31 11 2 2 7 13 19 10 4 3 3 15 12 -3 23
15 AFC Telford United 20 6 5 9 28 34 11 3 3 5 17 21 9 3 2 4 11 13 -6 23
16 Leamington 20 6 5 9 30 37 10 4 3 3 15 12 10 2 2 6 15 25 -7 23
17 Gloucester City 19 6 5 8 28 36 9 4 3 2 16 12 10 2 2 6 12 24 -8 23
18 Altrincham 17 5 6 6 28 26 8 5 2 1 22 9 9 0 4 5 6 17 2 21
19 Kettering Town 20 5 6 9 28 34 10 3 3 4 17 18 10 2 3 5 11 16 -6 21
20 Curzon Ashton 20 5 5 10 22 31 11 5 2 4 15 12 9 0 3 6 7 19 -9 20
21 Blyth Spartans 20 3 4 13 17 47 10 2 2 6 11 24 10 1 2 7 6 23 -30 13
22 Bradford Park Avenue 21 3 3 15 14 56 11 2 2 7 10 26 10 1 1 8 4 30 -42 12

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).