Dartford vs Dorking Wanderers: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Princes Park (4100 seats)

Lots to play for in this fixture, with Dartford at 4th and Dorking Wanderers placed 1st. Read our preview!

Insights:
  • Dartford have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most scored goals (68) in Vanarama National League South

These are busy days for the host team, as they had a game only four days ago in the London Senior Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Brentford CC, was also a home game here at Princes Park. The away team is better rested.

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Dartford form and stats

Dartford have performed here at Princes Park this season with 7 wins from 13 Vanarama National League South matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 6 games and lost 0. In general it's been a long time since Dartford tasted defeat here at Princes Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Hungerford Town (1-2).

A decent goal production from Dartford in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. Dartford have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dorking Wanderers form and stats

7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Dorking Wanderers, who have the most scored goals (68) in Vanarama National League South, playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League South this season. A great winning streak in away games for Dorking Wanderers as they have managed to win six matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Chippenham Town have they travelled home without three points.

284 minutes! That's how long the Wanderers goalkeeper Dan Lincoln and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Dorking Wanderers are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Maidstone United (placed 2nd).

Before that, Dorking Wanderers secured a home win against Chelmsford City with the score 2-0.

Wanderers have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 30 goals from 14 away matches. Dorking Wanderers struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Dartford and Dorking Wanderers have faced off already this season: Dorking Wanderers - Dartford 1-0. Head to head data (for the preceeding four meetings): Dartford won one game, zero matches ended in a draw and Dorking Wanderers got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / one

Top Goalscorers

Dorking WanderersA. Rutherford
A. Rutherford
20 goals
DartfordA. Azeez
A. Azeez
10 goals
DartfordJ. Robinson
J. Robinson
10 goals

Dartford missing players

Dorking Wanderers missing players

Dartford Dorking Wanderers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 14 28
14 7 1 Won W 3 7 19
8 6 2 Drew D 0 3 3
5 0 0 Lost L 0 4 6
46 22 2 Scored S 9 30 68
27 10 1 Conceded C 3 21 36
89% 85% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
63% 62% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 86%
48% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 79% 75%
41% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 64% 57%
19% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 21% 29%
44% 46% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 68%
41% 54% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 29%
26% 15% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 4%
 
5.7 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 5.6 6.1
4.5 4.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.8 4.6
1.7 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.6 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.5 13.2 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 12.2 13.3
5.3 5.6 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.6 5.8
32% 30% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 38% 42%
 
9.6 9.4 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.9 7.6
3.6 3.6 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.4 3.6
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Dartford have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Dartford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Dartford have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most points from losing position (17) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most scored goals (30) away in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most scored goals (68) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most scored goals in the first half (38) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers have the the best goal difference (+32) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dorking Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dorking Wanderers 28 19 3 6 68 36 14 12 0 2 38 15 14 7 3 4 30 21 32 60
2 Maidstone United 27 16 6 5 50 25 13 9 1 3 26 12 14 7 5 2 24 13 25 54
3 Oxford City 28 14 8 6 50 31 15 7 4 4 29 21 13 7 4 2 21 10 19 50
4 Dartford 27 14 8 5 46 27 13 7 6 0 22 10 14 7 2 5 24 17 19 50
5 Ebbsfleet United 27 15 2 10 55 40 14 10 1 3 34 10 13 5 1 7 21 30 15 47
6 Dulwich Hamlet 28 12 8 8 52 40 15 6 4 5 25 20 13 6 4 3 27 20 12 44
7 St Albans City 26 13 5 8 43 35 14 7 2 5 26 19 12 6 3 3 17 16 8 44
8 Hungerford Town 27 13 3 11 46 39 14 7 2 5 22 19 13 6 1 6 24 20 7 42
9 Eastbourne Borough 28 11 7 10 53 44 13 6 3 4 29 22 15 5 4 6 24 22 9 40
10 Chippenham Town 29 10 10 9 45 36 15 6 3 6 28 24 14 4 7 3 17 12 9 40
11 Hemel Hempstead Town 29 11 6 12 37 51 15 4 4 7 19 33 14 7 2 5 18 18 -14 39
12 Slough Town 28 9 8 11 39 46 15 6 5 4 24 20 13 3 3 7 15 26 -7 35
13 Havant & Waterlooville 27 9 7 11 36 43 13 3 4 6 19 19 14 6 3 5 17 24 -7 34
14 Chelmsford City 27 7 10 10 32 34 14 3 6 5 13 14 13 4 4 5 19 20 -2 31
15 Hampton & Richmond 27 8 6 13 41 44 12 4 2 6 19 18 15 4 4 7 22 26 -3 30
16 Concord Rangers 27 8 6 13 35 51 12 6 2 4 15 20 15 2 4 9 20 31 -16 30
17 Tonbridge Angels 26 7 7 12 29 36 14 3 5 6 16 18 12 4 2 6 13 18 -7 28
18 Braintree Town 27 6 10 11 28 42 13 3 6 4 14 18 14 3 4 7 14 24 -14 28
19 Bath City 28 9 1 18 31 54 13 5 1 7 14 19 15 4 0 11 17 35 -23 28
20 Welling United 28 7 4 17 28 63 14 5 1 8 15 27 14 2 3 9 13 36 -35 25
21 Billericay Town 27 4 7 16 22 49 13 2 4 7 14 27 14 2 3 9 8 22 -27 19

Read more about Vanarama National League South

The National League South, formerly known as Conference South, is the sixth highest division in English football. It consists of teams located in the South West and South East of England, London and the southern parts of Wales, the Midlands and the East of England. 22 teams make up the league table.