Football match preview: Leamington vs Darlington

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Phillips 66 Community Stadium (2300 seats)

Leamington have had trouble getting points this league season. Could the gang get something to cheer about when Darlington visit The Phillips 66 Community Stadium?

Insights:
  • Leamington have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Vanarama National League North
  • Darlington have the most scored goals (57) in Vanarama National League North

Little time to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a Vanarama National League North game only four days earlier. This match was also played here at The Phillips 66 Community Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Darlington have had more rest.

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Leamington form and stats

5 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Leamington have to build on here at The Phillips 66 Community Stadium in the Vanarama National League North. Leamington are slowly digging their own grave here at The Phillips 66 Community Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts.

The Leamington crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Buxton here at The Phillips 66 Community Stadium.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Bradford Park Avenue (1-3).

Trench warfare? Looking at this club's last 13 league matches, 10 have produced two goals or less.

The manager Holleran will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to AFC Telford United in only three days.

Leamington have scored {14 league goals} here from 16 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Leamington have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Darlington form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (57) in Vanarama National League North, on their Vanarama National League North travels is 8 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Darlington play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Boston United (placed 21st). That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points.

Before that, Darlington secured a home win against AFC Telford United with the score 3-1.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 13 of this side's 15 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.

A new game in only three days for Darlington, the Vanarama National League North home match versus Buxton. Busy days.

Darlington have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 29 goals from 14 away matches. Darlington have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Darlington - Leamington 1-1. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: one - five - three (Leamington wins - draws - Darlington wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DarlingtonJ. Hazel
J. Hazel
15 goals
DarlingtonJ. Lambert
J. Lambert
12 goals
LeamingtonD. Turner
D. Turner
6 goals

Leamington missing players

Darlington missing players

Leamington Darlington
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 16 5 Played P 4 14 30
5 5 1 Won W 2 8 16
14 5 3 Drew D 0 2 6
10 6 1 Lost L 2 4 8
22 14 3 Scored S 9 29 57
30 15 5 Conceded C 7 19 41
83% 88% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
55% 50% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 83%
28% 31% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 67%
14% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 36% 43%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 21% 20%
41% 31% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 70%
31% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 20%
45% 44% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 13%
 
4 3.7 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.1 4.7
5.8 4.9 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.9 4.3
1.4 1.2 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.4 1.4
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.2 9.2 6.6 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9.9 10.9
3 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 4.4 4.5
26% 27% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 47% 43%
 
10.4 8.1 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 9.3 9.7
4 3.6 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.3 4.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Darlington have scored more than double the goals of Leamington.
  • Darlington have the most scored goals (29) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Darlington have the most scored goals (57) in Vanarama National League North
  • Darlington have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Vanarama National League North
  • Darlington haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Leamington have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Leamington have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Vanarama National League North
  • Leamington have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Vanarama National League North
  • Leamington have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Vanarama National League North

  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 28 18 5 5 48 25 14 10 2 2 29 12 14 8 3 3 19 13 23 59
2 King's Lynn Town 29 17 7 5 53 27 14 12 1 1 30 10 15 5 6 4 23 17 26 58
3 Brackley Town 30 15 10 5 38 23 15 10 4 1 25 9 15 5 6 4 13 14 15 55
4 Darlington 30 16 6 8 57 41 16 8 4 4 28 22 14 8 2 4 29 19 16 54
5 Scarborough Athletic 31 14 8 9 53 48 16 7 5 4 32 27 15 7 3 5 21 21 5 50
6 Chester 30 12 13 5 45 29 15 5 6 4 19 14 15 7 7 1 26 15 16 49
7 Chorley 31 12 11 8 41 29 15 7 6 2 21 10 16 5 5 6 20 19 12 47
8 Kidderminster Harriers 32 13 7 12 34 34 16 4 4 8 15 18 16 9 3 4 19 16 0 46
9 Alfreton Town 29 10 12 7 37 28 15 7 5 3 24 13 14 3 7 4 13 15 9 42
10 Gloucester City 31 12 6 13 50 53 16 8 2 6 33 25 15 4 4 7 17 28 -3 42
11 Southport 30 11 8 11 39 39 13 6 4 3 20 16 17 5 4 8 19 23 0 41
12 Spennymoor Town 30 10 11 9 42 43 15 6 5 4 19 17 15 4 6 5 23 26 -1 41
13 Peterborough Sports 29 11 7 11 38 37 15 7 5 3 24 16 14 4 2 8 14 21 1 40
14 Banbury United 27 11 6 10 38 37 12 6 3 3 18 12 15 5 3 7 20 25 1 39
15 Hereford 31 11 6 14 36 35 15 6 4 5 21 15 16 5 2 9 15 20 1 39
16 Curzon Ashton 29 10 7 12 36 37 15 6 3 6 22 20 14 4 4 6 14 17 -1 37
17 Buxton 31 9 9 13 30 38 16 4 6 6 16 20 15 5 3 7 14 18 -8 36
18 Kettering Town 30 8 10 12 29 43 14 6 5 3 16 13 16 2 5 9 13 30 -14 34
19 Bradford Park Avenue 31 8 9 14 32 44 15 6 3 6 16 16 16 2 6 8 16 28 -12 33
20 Farsley Celtic 29 8 7 14 34 51 14 5 4 5 18 20 15 3 3 9 16 31 -17 31
21 Boston United 30 8 6 16 44 53 16 6 3 7 28 27 14 2 3 9 16 26 -9 30
22 Leamington 29 5 14 10 22 30 16 5 5 6 14 15 13 0 9 4 8 15 -8 29
23 Blyth Spartans 31 6 9 16 31 50 16 3 7 6 17 20 15 3 2 10 14 30 -19 27
24 AFC Telford United 32 3 10 19 22 55 16 2 6 8 12 25 16 1 4 11 10 30 -33 19

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).