Can Farsley Celtic outperform Darlington in Throstle Nest clash?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Tue 21.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Throstle Nest (3900 seats)

Struggling Farsley Celtic are desperate to pull off a surprise victory when they host enterprising Darlington in the next league match. It’s 21st vs 5th and the home supporters will have modest expectations.

Insights:
  • Darlington have the most matches over the total-line (24) in Vanarama National League North

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Farsley Celtic and Darlington.

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Farsley Celtic form and stats

The story so far in the Vanarama National League North for Farsley Celtic at their home stadium (Throstle Nest) is 5 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Throstle Nest, but a victory now would be sweet for Farsley Celtic.

Farsley lost their last game at Buxton (after extra-time) (placed 10th) after a 0-2 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten in three league matches.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Leamington (after extra-time) that ended 1-1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Peterborough Sports are coming to town in four days.

Farsley Celtic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Farsley Celtic's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Darlington form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (34) away in Vanarama National League North, are W8-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League North.

The followers enjoyed Darlington's previous fixture versus Hereford (after extra-time) (placed 15th), a 3-0 win played at home. Hooray; their first victory in the league after six matches not winning.

A 2-3 defeat away at Fylde (after extra-time) before that.

Take note that 17 of this team's 21 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Vanarama National League North trip to Kettering Town.

Darlington struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the participants met earlier this season; Darlington - Farsley Celtic 1-0. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Farsley victories, one draw and two Darlington wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

DarlingtonJ. Hazel
J. Hazel
18 goals
DarlingtonJ. Lambert
J. Lambert
12 goals
Farsley CelticF. Mulhern
F. Mulhern
9 goals

Farsley Celtic missing players

Darlington missing players

Farsley Celtic Darlington
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 17 5 Played P 4 17 36
9 5 1 Won W 2 8 17
12 7 1 Drew D 0 3 9
16 5 3 Lost L 2 6 10
40 19 5 Scored S 9 34 66
60 21 8 Conceded C 7 26 49
89% 82% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
78% 76% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 83%
46% 41% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 67%
30% 24% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 41% 42%
11% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 24% 19%
49% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 76% 69%
24% 35% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 22%
38% 35% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 14%
 
4.2 4.1 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.1 4.8
5.2 4.9 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.1 4.3
2 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.4
4 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 10.6 8.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.2 10.4
4.2 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.3 4.4
26% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 47% 42%
 
10.8 10.4 12 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 9.9 9.9
4.7 4.1 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.2
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Darlington have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Darlington have the fewest matches under the total-line (12) in Vanarama National League North
  • Darlington have the most matches over the total-line (24) in Vanarama National League North
  • Darlington have the most scored goals (34) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Darlington haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fylde 36 22 8 6 63 36 18 12 3 3 39 21 18 10 5 3 24 15 27 74
2 King's Lynn Town 38 20 12 6 68 38 19 14 3 2 39 16 19 6 9 4 29 22 30 72
3 Chester 39 17 16 6 59 37 20 8 7 5 28 19 19 9 9 1 31 18 22 67
4 Brackley Town 38 17 12 9 47 33 20 12 6 2 33 14 18 5 6 7 14 19 14 63
5 Darlington 36 17 9 10 66 49 19 9 6 4 32 23 17 8 3 6 34 26 17 60
6 Chorley 39 15 14 10 53 39 20 10 7 3 29 15 19 5 7 7 24 24 14 59
7 Scarborough Athletic 38 16 11 11 65 59 19 9 5 5 38 31 19 7 6 6 27 28 6 59
8 Gloucester City 39 16 9 14 63 59 20 10 4 6 39 27 19 6 5 8 24 32 4 57
9 Alfreton Town 35 13 13 9 43 33 19 9 6 4 29 16 16 4 7 5 14 17 10 52
10 Buxton 39 13 13 13 44 46 20 7 7 6 23 23 19 6 6 7 21 23 -2 52
11 Peterborough Sports 37 14 9 14 47 47 19 9 5 5 29 20 18 5 4 9 18 27 0 51
12 Kidderminster Harriers 39 13 11 15 36 41 19 4 6 9 16 21 20 9 5 6 20 20 -5 50
13 Curzon Ashton 36 14 7 15 48 46 18 8 3 7 28 22 18 6 4 8 20 24 2 49
14 Spennymoor Town 36 12 13 11 51 55 18 7 7 4 26 23 18 5 6 7 25 32 -4 49
15 Hereford 39 14 7 18 42 45 19 7 5 7 23 19 20 7 2 11 19 26 -3 49
16 Southport 36 12 10 14 42 44 17 7 6 4 23 19 19 5 4 10 19 25 -2 46
17 Boston United 39 12 9 18 55 60 20 8 4 8 31 29 19 4 5 10 24 31 -5 45
18 Banbury United 35 12 8 15 47 52 16 6 5 5 23 20 19 6 3 10 24 32 -5 44
19 Kettering Town 38 10 13 15 34 50 18 8 7 3 21 16 20 2 6 12 13 34 -16 43
20 Leamington 38 8 18 12 35 44 19 7 6 6 20 17 19 1 12 6 15 27 -9 42
21 Farsley Celtic 37 9 12 16 40 60 17 5 7 5 19 21 20 4 5 11 21 39 -20 39
22 Blyth Spartans 38 9 11 18 37 57 19 4 8 7 19 24 19 5 3 11 18 33 -20 38
23 Bradford Park Avenue 38 8 10 20 34 57 18 6 4 8 17 19 20 2 6 12 17 38 -23 34
24 AFC Telford United 39 4 13 22 29 61 20 3 7 10 19 30 19 1 6 12 10 31 -32 25

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).