Spennymoor Town vs Darlington: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Brewery Field (6000 seats)

Yet another entertaining fixture in the Vanarama National League North. Spennymoor Town is in the 8th position from completing four fixtures. They welcome Darlington who are placed 17th from four matches.

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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Spennymoor Town form and stats

Spennymoor Town are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Vanarama National League North games here at The Brewery Field. Spennymoor have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Spennymoor Town, as their goalkeeper Max Metcalfe has completely shut out the opponents for 208 minutes in the Vanarama National League North.

Spennymoor Town are returning here after visiting Leamington and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Oyibo scored the goal(s). At last, a league victory after three fixtures without one.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Alfreton Town that ended 0-0.

The manager Morley will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bradford Park Avenue in only two days.

Spennymoor Town has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Darlington form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Vanarama National League North for Darlington with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Home advantage was not enough for Darlington in their previous game as they lost hosting Banbury United, 1-2.

Prior to that match, the Darlington manager Armstrong faced defeat when travelling to Southport and losing 0-1.

After this away game Darlington return home for a Vanarama National League North game against Farsley Celtic. That game is only two sleeps after this.

It's early days yet, but Darlington has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Spennymoor have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (1-3-0) when facing Darlington.

Top Goalscorers

Spennymoor TownM. Anderson
M. Anderson
2 goals
Spennymoor TownJ. Thewlis
J. Thewlis
2 goals
DarlingtonM. Beck
M. Beck
2 goals

Spennymoor Town missing players

Darlington missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spennymoor Town Darlington
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 1 1 Scored S 0 1 5
4 1 1 Conceded C 0 2 5
75% 50% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 75%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
9 7.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.5 3.8
2.5 1 1 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.2
2 3 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 18 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.5 9.5
4.2 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.5 4
29% 12% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 31%
 
5 4 5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8 8
2.2 1.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 3.2
Spennymoor Town Last season Darlington
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
17 10   Won W   5 14
9 6   Drew D   7 11
16 5   Lost L   9 17
55 32   Scored S   28 57
51 21   Conceded C   34 58
95% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 95%
81% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 74%
43% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 55%
19% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   43% 31%
10% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 12%
48% 48%   BTTS BTTS   57% 55%
29% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   19% 24%
29% 24%   Failed to Score F T   33% 26%
 
5 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5.2
5.6 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.7
1.5 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.4
8 3   Red cards R C   4 5
 
10.5 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   9 9.4
4.2 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.5
31% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 39%
 
11.7 10.6   Shots against (avg) S A   11 10.2
4.4 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.9

  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 4 4 0 0 9 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 8 12
2 Banbury United 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 10
3 Peterborough Sports 4 2 1 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 7
4 Hereford 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 7
5 Scarborough Athletic 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 7
6 Kidderminster Harriers 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 7
7 Alfreton Town 4 1 3 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 6
8 Spennymoor Town 4 1 3 0 5 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 6
9 Gloucester City 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 6
10 Curzon Ashton 4 2 0 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 6
11 Fylde 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 3 4 -2 6
12 Southport 4 2 0 2 6 10 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 5 7 -4 6
13 Leamington 4 1 2 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 5
14 Chorley 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 5
15 Buxton 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 5
16 Chester 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 4 5 0 4
17 Darlington 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
18 Kettering Town 4 1 1 2 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 4
19 Blyth Spartans 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 4
20 Farsley Celtic 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 -2 4
21 AFC Telford United 4 1 1 2 2 7 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 -5 4
22 Brackley Town 4 1 0 3 3 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 -4 3
23 Bradford Park Avenue 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 -2 2
24 Boston United 4 0 1 3 4 11 2 0 0 2 4 9 2 0 1 1 0 2 -7 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gateshead 42 29 7 6 99 47 21 18 1 2 53 19 21 11 6 4 46 28 52 94
2 Brackley Town 42 25 12 5 53 23 21 15 3 3 23 9 21 10 9 2 30 14 30 87
3 Fylde 42 24 8 10 68 37 21 14 3 4 36 18 21 10 5 6 32 19 31 80
4 Kidderminster Harriers 42 21 11 10 72 35 21 14 3 4 50 12 21 7 8 6 22 23 37 74
5 York City 42 19 9 14 58 50 21 11 4 6 32 20 21 8 5 8 26 30 8 66
6 Chorley 42 17 14 11 62 49 21 12 5 4 44 25 21 5 9 7 18 24 13 65
7 Boston United 42 18 9 15 63 57 21 10 5 6 39 28 21 8 4 9 24 29 6 63
8 Kettering Town 42 16 13 13 54 48 21 9 7 5 30 21 21 7 6 8 24 27 6 61
9 Alfreton Town 42 17 10 15 58 59 21 7 9 5 30 26 21 10 1 10 28 33 -1 61
10 Spennymoor Town 42 17 9 16 55 51 21 10 6 5 32 21 21 7 3 11 23 30 4 60
11 Southport 42 14 15 13 60 55 21 8 11 2 35 20 21 6 4 11 25 35 5 57
12 Hereford 42 15 10 17 51 52 21 10 5 6 28 23 21 5 5 11 23 29 -1 55
13 Darlington 42 14 11 17 57 58 21 9 4 8 29 24 21 5 7 9 28 34 -1 53
14 Curzon Ashton 42 13 13 16 51 63 21 7 7 7 24 27 21 6 6 9 27 36 -12 52
15 Leamington 42 12 12 18 39 47 21 10 5 6 25 20 21 2 7 12 14 27 -8 48
16 Chester 42 12 11 19 70 71 21 9 6 6 43 27 21 3 5 13 27 44 -1 47
17 Gloucester City 42 10 16 16 47 60 21 6 9 6 28 24 21 4 7 10 19 36 -13 46
18 Bradford Park Avenue 42 11 11 20 46 70 21 7 6 8 26 32 21 4 5 12 20 38 -24 44
19 Blyth Spartans 42 12 7 23 41 76 21 8 3 10 23 30 21 4 4 13 18 46 -35 43
20 AFC Telford United 42 7 16 19 48 65 21 7 7 7 31 25 21 0 9 12 17 40 -17 37
21 Farsley Celtic 42 9 10 23 37 78 21 7 6 8 23 34 21 2 4 15 14 44 -41 37
22 Guiseley 42 9 8 25 31 69 21 6 6 9 18 33 21 3 2 16 13 36 -38 35

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 4 4 0 0 9 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 8 12
2 Banbury United 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 10
3 Peterborough Sports 4 2 1 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 7
4 Hereford 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 7
5 Scarborough Athletic 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 7
6 Kidderminster Harriers 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 7
7 Alfreton Town 4 1 3 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 6
8 Spennymoor Town 4 1 3 0 5 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 6
9 Gloucester City 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 6
10 Curzon Ashton 4 2 0 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 6
11 Fylde 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 3 4 -2 6
12 Southport 4 2 0 2 6 10 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 5 7 -4 6
13 Leamington 4 1 2 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 5
14 Chorley 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 5
15 Buxton 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 5
16 Chester 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 4 5 0 4
17 Darlington 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
18 Kettering Town 4 1 1 2 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 4
19 Blyth Spartans 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 4
20 Farsley Celtic 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 -2 4
21 AFC Telford United 4 1 1 2 2 7 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 -5 4
22 Brackley Town 4 1 0 3 3 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 -4 3
23 Bradford Park Avenue 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 -2 2
24 Boston United 4 0 1 3 4 11 2 0 0 2 4 9 2 0 1 1 0 2 -7 1

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