Betting guide: Stockport County favourite to beat Darlington at Edgeley Park

Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Edgeley Park (10852 seats)

Only a win will satisfy Stockport County supporters in this Edgeley Park clash with Darlington, having a healthy lead in the Vanarama National League North table.

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 Stockport County and Darlington. Darlington have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in air distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Stockport County form and stats

11-8-2 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Stockport County, who have the fewest conceded goals (31) in Vanarama National League North, so far this season.

Stockport County's last game was hosting Ashton United (placed 21st) and winning 2-1. Preceding that match was a Fa Trophy defeat to Fylde (2-3).

Stockport County have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Edgeley Park with 35 goals in 21 matches. Stockport County have only conceded 17 in these games.

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Darlington form and stats

4-11-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Darlington in their matches away.

The manager T. Wright was unhappy after their last game, a Vanarama National League North match played at their home ground Edgeley Park. Darlington suffered a 0-1 loss to Chester (placed 9th). Prior to that result Darlington won their away game at Nuneaton Town. The scoreline was 2-1.

Darlington find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 29 goals from 21 away fixtures. In the opposite end, Darlington have conceded 38 goals in their away games.

Let's have a look at how Darlington performed last season in the league. They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 13 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 58 and conceded 58 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 8 and lost 8 with 21/32 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Darlington - Stockport County 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Stockport County won 1 game, 2 matches ended with a draw and Darlington has 0 wins.

Top Goalscorers

M. Warburton
16 goals
F. Mulhern
10 goals
J. Nicholson
10 goals

Stockport County missing players

Darlington missing players

Stockport County Darlington
Total Home Statistic Away Total
35 18 Played 18 36
100% 100% Over 0.5 89% 89%
74% 83% Over 1.5 83% 75%
43% 50% Over 2.5 78% 64%
29% 33% Over 3.5 67% 39%
14% 17% Over 4.5 28% 17%
57% 61% Both teams to score 78% 61%
31% 28% Clean Sheet 17% 22%
11% 11% Failed To Score 17% 28%

  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 42 22 13 7 74 32 21 13 5 3 39 12 21 9 8 4 35 20 42 79
2 Stockport County 42 20 16 6 62 31 21 11 8 2 35 17 21 9 8 4 27 14 31 76
3 Brackley Town 42 18 16 8 64 37 21 11 8 2 39 19 21 7 8 6 25 18 27 70
4 Spennymoor Town 42 17 17 8 64 38 21 8 10 3 32 20 21 9 7 5 32 18 26 68
5 Bradford Park Avenue 42 17 16 9 66 50 21 8 8 5 27 23 21 9 8 4 39 27 16 67
6 Altrincham 42 16 16 10 65 47 21 7 9 5 30 19 21 9 7 5 35 28 18 64
7 AFC Telford United 42 16 16 10 57 49 21 10 8 3 28 18 21 6 8 7 29 31 8 64
8 Kidderminster Harriers 42 15 14 13 59 54 21 9 6 6 35 29 21 6 8 7 24 25 5 59
9 Chester 42 14 17 11 50 50 21 10 9 2 35 17 21 4 8 9 15 33 0 59
10 Boston United 42 14 13 15 54 51 21 6 6 9 23 27 21 8 7 6 31 24 3 55
11 Blyth Spartans 42 13 16 13 56 57 21 7 7 7 32 29 21 6 9 6 24 28 -1 55
12 Curzon Ashton 42 13 16 13 40 50 21 5 8 8 17 29 21 8 8 5 23 21 -10 55
13 Alfreton Town 42 13 15 14 46 50 21 5 9 7 23 26 21 8 6 7 23 24 -4 54
14 York City 42 13 14 15 48 56 21 8 7 6 28 24 21 5 7 9 20 32 -8 53
15 Southport 42 11 18 13 51 50 21 5 10 6 28 27 21 6 8 7 23 23 1 51
16 Hereford 42 10 19 13 40 50 21 7 7 7 23 26 21 3 12 6 17 24 -10 49
17 Darlington 42 9 19 14 50 58 21 5 8 8 21 20 21 4 11 6 29 38 -8 46
18 Leamington 42 9 19 14 46 56 21 5 10 6 23 24 21 4 9 8 23 32 -10 46
19 Guiseley 42 7 22 13 39 50 21 4 11 6 22 27 21 3 11 7 17 23 -11 43
20 United of Manchester 42 7 16 19 45 70 21 1 10 10 24 39 21 6 6 9 21 31 -25 37
21 Ashton United 42 8 12 22 37 78 21 3 7 11 13 38 21 5 5 11 24 40 -41 36
22 Nuneaton Town 42 3 14 25 31 80 21 1 6 14 14 43 21 2 8 11 17 37 -49 23

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