Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Maidstone United - Dartford!
Dartford could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Vanarama National League South game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Hemel Hempstead Town, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Dartford.
Maidstone's stadium, Gallagher Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Dartford have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Dartford when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss from four matches. They have scored 7 goals in these games and conceded 5.
Maidstone United form and stats
As mentioned below, Maidstone United are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Vanarama National League South games.
It's back home for Maidstone, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Slough Town away with the result 3-2. G. Porter (2) and S. Rendell found the net in that victory. Before that game, the 6-0 home victory against Concord Rangers.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Maidstone have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost four.
Maidstone are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League South match at Ebbsfleet United awaits in three days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Maidstone United is on fire here. A stunning 12 from 3 league matches. Maidstone United have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dartford form and stats
The seven points Dartford have gathered from their first three away trips in the Vanarama National League South is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Dartford, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Dartford play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Hemel Hempstead Town (placed 14th). Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Dorking Wanderers.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Dartford in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Dartford, one draw and two defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Dartford are hosting St Albans City in the Vanarama National League South only three days away.
Dartford are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Dartford as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Maidstone, three draws and five wins for Dartford. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Rendell 3 goals | J. Amaluzor 2 goals |  J. Barham 2 goals |
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| Maidstone United | Dartford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | 44 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 33 | 69 |
| 42 | 26 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 16 | 29 |
| 40% | 46% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 38% |
- All of Maidstone United's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Dartford have not yet lost a game away.
- Maidstone United has the most scored goals (12) at home in Vanarama National League South
- Maidstone United has the most scored goals (17) in Vanarama National League South
- Maidstone United has the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Vanarama National League South
- Maidstone United has the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Vanarama National League South
- Maidstone United has the the best goal difference (+10) in Vanarama National League South
- Maidstone United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maidstone United have won all their matches at home so far.
- Maidstone United 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 | Dartford | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Hungerford Town | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Maidstone United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | St Albans City | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Dorking Wanderers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 6 | Ebbsfleet United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Eastbourne Borough | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Chelmsford City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Oxford City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Hampton & Richmond | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Slough Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Tonbridge Angels | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Chippenham Town | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 6 |
| 15 | Concord Rangers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Havant & Waterlooville | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Billericay Town | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Bath City | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 19 | Dulwich Hamlet | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 2 |
| 20 | Welling United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 2 |
| 21 | Braintree Town | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -11 | 0 |