Soccer betting preview: Hereford welcomes Darlington in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Edgar Street Athletic Ground (5075 seats)

Hereford hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 31 points and a 17th position in the Vanarama National League North table. Visiting Darlington holds 11th place with 43 pts.

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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Hereford form and stats

When playing at home in the Vanarama National League North, Hereford have managed 4 wins, 9 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 15 games. Three draws in a row here at Edgar Street Athletic Ground for Hereford, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

Hereford drew their last game, also a home match. Southport (placed 10th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Heartbreak before that as Hereford lost 0-2 at Alfreton Town's place.

There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Southport as K. Mooney's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.

This is expected to be a close game, with Hereford perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hereford as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Hereford has won four of these, drawn six and lost two.

Hereford are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. Hereford have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Darlington form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Darlington so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 4-2-8 (win-draw-lose).

Darlington are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Kidderminster Harriers (placed 15th). Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Guiseley.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Darlington playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were five Darlington wins, one draw and three defeats.

Darlington find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 14 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. The Darlington manager A. Armstrong has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Darlington - Hereford 0-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Hereford one win, two draws and Darlington zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DarlingtonA. Campbell
A. Campbell
13 goals
DarlingtonS. Thompson
S. Thompson
6 goals
Darlington
J. Donawa
5 goals

Hereford missing players

Darlington missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hereford Darlington
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 6 Played P 5 14 29
7 4 1 Won W 1 4 13
10 9 4 Drew D 1 2 4
12 2 1 Lost L 3 8 12
31 18 7 Scored S 5 14 36
46 16 7 Conceded C 9 28 42
90% 87% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 86%
48% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 64% 59%
31% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 29% 17%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
59% 73% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 64% 52%
28% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 14% 28%
24% 13% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 21% 24%
 
4 4.2 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 5.7 5.4
5.5 5.7 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.6 5.3
1.8 1.3 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.9 1.7
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
261 137 67 Total Shots T S 38 123 300
96 51 29 Shots on Target S O 15 49 116
25% 29% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 30%
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Darlington have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 King's Lynn Town 28 18 6 4 61 36 15 11 3 1 34 15 13 7 3 3 27 21 25 60
2 York City 30 17 8 5 46 22 15 9 4 2 22 10 15 8 4 3 24 12 24 59
3 Chester 30 15 9 6 55 33 15 10 3 2 34 13 15 5 6 4 21 20 22 54
4 Boston United 28 16 5 7 44 28 13 9 3 1 22 8 15 7 2 6 22 20 16 53
5 Altrincham 31 14 9 8 56 39 15 10 4 1 39 15 16 4 5 7 17 24 17 51
6 Brackley Town 29 13 10 6 48 18 15 7 7 1 28 7 14 6 3 5 20 11 30 49
7 Gateshead 28 13 9 6 41 27 16 10 3 3 28 13 12 3 6 3 13 14 14 48
8 Spennymoor Town 30 13 9 8 50 38 15 10 2 3 33 18 15 3 7 5 17 20 12 48
9 Guiseley 30 12 7 11 46 39 15 6 2 7 21 18 15 6 5 4 25 21 7 43
10 Southport 30 12 7 11 39 38 15 7 3 5 23 19 15 5 4 6 16 19 1 43
11 Darlington 29 13 4 12 36 42 15 9 2 4 22 14 14 4 2 8 14 28 -6 43
12 Farsley Celtic 30 12 6 12 42 39 15 6 4 5 23 20 15 6 2 7 19 19 3 42
13 Alfreton Town 29 12 4 13 45 43 14 7 3 4 28 17 15 5 1 9 17 26 2 40
14 AFC Telford United 30 10 8 12 44 49 15 5 4 6 26 26 15 5 4 6 18 23 -5 38
15 Kidderminster Harriers 31 9 8 14 37 41 15 3 4 8 18 23 16 6 4 6 19 18 -4 35
16 Leamington 29 8 7 14 38 48 14 5 5 4 18 13 15 3 2 10 20 35 -10 31
17 Hereford 29 7 10 12 31 46 15 4 9 2 18 16 14 3 1 10 13 30 -15 31
18 Kettering Town 28 7 9 12 34 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 15 3 5 7 16 22 -8 30
19 Curzon Ashton 30 7 8 15 30 40 15 6 2 7 19 16 15 1 6 8 11 24 -10 29
20 Gloucester City 28 8 5 15 36 55 13 5 3 5 19 17 15 3 2 10 17 38 -19 29
21 Blyth Spartans 31 6 5 20 30 71 16 3 3 10 16 37 15 3 2 10 14 34 -41 23
22 Bradford Park Avenue 30 3 5 22 22 77 15 2 2 11 13 34 15 1 3 11 9 43 -55 14

Table
  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 28 18 6 4 61 36 15 11 3 1 34 15 13 7 3 3 27 21 25 60
2 York City 30 17 8 5 46 22 15 9 4 2 22 10 15 8 4 3 24 12 24 59
3 Chester 30 15 9 6 55 33 15 10 3 2 34 13 15 5 6 4 21 20 22 54
4 Boston United 28 16 5 7 44 28 13 9 3 1 22 8 15 7 2 6 22 20 16 53
5 Altrincham 31 14 9 8 56 39 15 10 4 1 39 15 16 4 5 7 17 24 17 51
6 Brackley Town 29 13 10 6 48 18 15 7 7 1 28 7 14 6 3 5 20 11 30 49
7 Gateshead 28 13 9 6 41 27 16 10 3 3 28 13 12 3 6 3 13 14 14 48
8 Spennymoor Town 30 13 9 8 50 38 15 10 2 3 33 18 15 3 7 5 17 20 12 48
9 Guiseley 30 12 7 11 46 39 15 6 2 7 21 18 15 6 5 4 25 21 7 43
10 Southport 30 12 7 11 39 38 15 7 3 5 23 19 15 5 4 6 16 19 1 43
11 Darlington 29 13 4 12 36 42 15 9 2 4 22 14 14 4 2 8 14 28 -6 43
12 Farsley Celtic 30 12 6 12 42 39 15 6 4 5 23 20 15 6 2 7 19 19 3 42
13 Alfreton Town 29 12 4 13 45 43 14 7 3 4 28 17 15 5 1 9 17 26 2 40
14 AFC Telford United 30 10 8 12 44 49 15 5 4 6 26 26 15 5 4 6 18 23 -5 38
15 Kidderminster Harriers 31 9 8 14 37 41 15 3 4 8 18 23 16 6 4 6 19 18 -4 35
16 Leamington 29 8 7 14 38 48 14 5 5 4 18 13 15 3 2 10 20 35 -10 31
17 Hereford 29 7 10 12 31 46 15 4 9 2 18 16 14 3 1 10 13 30 -15 31
18 Kettering Town 28 7 9 12 34 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 15 3 5 7 16 22 -8 30
19 Curzon Ashton 30 7 8 15 30 40 15 6 2 7 19 16 15 1 6 8 11 24 -10 29
20 Gloucester City 28 8 5 15 36 55 13 5 3 5 19 17 15 3 2 10 17 38 -19 29
21 Blyth Spartans 31 6 5 20 30 71 16 3 3 10 16 37 15 3 2 10 14 34 -41 23
22 Bradford Park Avenue 30 3 5 22 22 77 15 2 2 11 13 34 15 1 3 11 9 43 -55 14

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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).