Wednesday, at 19:45, Darlington receives Chester’s visit in a National League North League. Two bands of tradition in the UK, the two are scrambling anonymously in a lower division, where the goals are not missing! The two have modest defenses, receiving more than 50 goals in the 34 rounds so far.
Chester is ranked 10th (49-59 Goaverage) and has a hesitant pace lately, which has almost compromised his chances of qualifying in the play-off promotion. Only 5 points separates the blue-and-white ones from the top 7, but the mission is heavy in a direct fight with Boston United, Curzon Ashton, Alfreton, Kidderminster, AFC Telford and Altrincham. Darlington hardly returns after the bankruptcy that forced the team to re-establish, and the white-reds are now in 35th place (50-57 Golaveraj), with only one victory in the last 5 stages. Success was won on Nuneaton’s (1-2), another group threatened with extinction, which is the last place in the ranking and won only 3 stages out of 35! So, Darlington has defeated the weakest team in the division, but now he will encounter a much more dangerous opponent.
Chester comes in 1-1 with Leamington and has received a goal in 8 of his last 9 matches, with only two wins in the game: 2-0 with Blyth and 4-1 with Boston United, both on their own. Chester has lost his recent disputes with Spennymoor (0-2), Kidderminster (1-4), Bradford PA (0-2) and Altrincham (0-4), and Darlington is the favorite to win. The hosts passed past Nuneaton last season after losing with Hereford (2-4), AFC Telford (1-3) and Brackley Town (0-2). In fact, the white-reds have only one success in the last 5 games played on their own field, but it was scored just in January, 3-0 with Kidderminster. Chester has received 14 goals in the last four games and scored a single goal, which justifies that Darlington is the favorite to win at the bookmakers.
This direct duel has made a profit for gamblers in recent years, because 5 of the last 6 games have scored goals on both sides! In the tour it was 3-1 for Chester, although the white-blue played in numerical inferiority in the 31st minute. Mooney was eliminated after Asante’s goal (’27), but the same player secured the victory of the hosts with the 49th and 69th minute victories Whatley scored the goal for Darlington (’56) in a match where Chester had a 1.95. Usually in these lower leagues, the host teams always start with the first chance, but we will not risk high on the success of the favorites, but rather we will bet on an open match.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,50
