Darlington vs United of Manchester match preview

Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blackwell Meadows (3299 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 18th and the visitors in 20th place.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Darlington form and stats

When playing at home, Darlington have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 18 games.

Darlington lost their last game at Stockport County after a 0-2 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Chester with the scoreline 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Darlington handle that role? We have found one game in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W0-D1-L0.

The Darlington fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 21 in 18 matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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United of Manchester form and stats

6-3-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for United of Manchester in their matches away.

The manager N. Reynolds was unhappy after their last game, a Vanarama National League North match played at their home ground Blackwell Meadows. United of Manchester suffered a 0-4 loss to Nuneaton Town. Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against York City.

United of Manchester are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats. From a total of 20 matches.

United of Manchester have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, 18 away games. In the opposite end, United of Manchester have conceded 31 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: United of Manchester - Darlington 1-2. Darlington-United of Manchester H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Darlington 3 wins, United of Manchester 0 wins, 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

K. Willoughby
16 goals
J. Nicholson
10 goals
H. Saunders
8 goals

Darlington missing players

United of Manchester missing players

Playername Goals Assist Starts % Started

Darlington United of Manchester
Total Home Statistic Away Total
37 18 Played 18 37
50 21 Scored 21 45
60 20 Conceded 31 74
89% 89% Over 0.5 89% 95%
76% 67% Over 1.5 78% 89%
62% 50% Over 2.5 67% 68%
38% 11% Over 3.5 39% 41%
16% 6% Over 4.5 11% 16%
59% 44% Both teams to score 50% 62%
22% 28% Clean Sheet 17% 11%
30% 39% Failed To Score 44% 32%

  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 37 22 8 7 74 32 18 13 2 3 39 12 19 9 6 4 35 20 42 74
2 Stockport County 36 21 9 6 64 31 19 12 5 2 37 17 17 9 4 4 27 14 33 72
3 Brackley Town 36 18 10 8 64 37 18 11 5 2 39 19 18 7 5 6 25 18 27 64
4 Spennymoor Town 37 18 10 9 67 42 19 9 6 4 35 24 18 9 4 5 32 18 25 64
5 Bradford Park Avenue 37 17 11 9 67 51 19 8 6 5 28 24 18 9 5 4 39 27 16 62
6 Altrincham 35 17 8 10 67 48 18 8 5 5 32 20 17 9 3 5 35 28 19 59
7 AFC Telford United 36 16 10 10 58 50 18 10 5 3 29 19 18 6 5 7 29 31 8 58
8 Kidderminster Harriers 37 15 8 14 60 56 18 9 3 6 35 29 19 6 5 8 25 27 4 53
9 Chester 36 14 11 11 50 50 18 10 6 2 35 17 18 4 5 9 15 33 0 53
10 Boston United 37 15 7 15 58 52 19 7 3 9 27 28 18 8 4 6 31 24 6 52
11 Blyth Spartans 36 14 9 13 60 59 17 7 3 7 32 29 19 7 6 6 28 30 1 51
12 Alfreton Town 36 13 9 14 47 51 17 5 5 7 23 26 19 8 4 7 24 25 -4 48
13 York City 37 13 9 15 49 57 18 8 4 6 28 24 19 5 5 9 21 33 -8 48
14 Curzon Ashton 37 13 9 15 42 57 18 5 4 9 18 32 19 8 5 6 24 25 -15 48
15 Southport 37 11 13 13 51 50 19 5 8 6 28 27 18 6 5 7 23 23 1 46
16 Hereford 36 11 12 13 42 50 18 7 4 7 23 26 18 4 8 6 19 24 -8 45
17 Leamington 37 10 13 14 47 56 19 6 7 6 24 24 18 4 6 8 23 32 -9 43
18 Darlington 37 9 13 15 50 60 18 5 5 8 21 20 19 4 8 7 29 40 -10 40
19 Guiseley 37 7 16 14 42 54 19 4 9 6 23 28 18 3 7 8 19 26 -12 37
20 United of Manchester 37 7 10 20 45 74 19 1 7 11 24 43 18 6 3 9 21 31 -29 31
21 Ashton United 37 8 6 23 37 79 18 3 4 11 13 38 19 5 2 12 24 41 -42 30
22 Nuneaton Town 36 4 7 25 35 80 18 1 3 14 14 43 18 3 4 11 21 37 -45 19

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