Youpies.co.uk gears up for County's next match, against Darlington FC.
StatisticsNotts go into this fixture with 30 points, lying in a lowly 20th place, having won only 6 of 29 games, drawing 12 and loosing 12 times this season. Notts are just 5 points from safety and have played more games than most of the teams below them. However, Darlington sit in 2nd position in the table just 6 points away from the top spot with 2 games in hand. They have won 16 drew 6 and lost 5 of their 29 games so far this season, Darlington have knocked up 56 points.
Other statistics for this match are as follows
Notts have a scoring rate of 100 minutes, indicating they may not score at the weekend or any other (Only joking), however Darlington score on average every 55 minutes. The two teams are worlds apart on conceding goals. Notts let a goal in every 69 minutes whilst Darlington let a goal in every 137 minutes. But what are statistics in football?Current Form Last 6 matches
Darlington in their last 6 matches have won 4, drawn 1 and lost 1 and are currently unbeaten in 1,
Saturday, 9th February 2008 - Darlington 1-0 Barnet
Saturday, 2nd February 2008 - Wrexham 2-0 Darlington
Tuesday, 29th January 2008 - Darlington 1-0 Accrington Stanley
Saturday, 26th January 2008 - Darlington 2-2 Macclesfield
Saturday, 19th January 2008 - Mansfield 0-1 Darlington
Tuesday, 15th January 2008 - Morecambe 0-3 Darlington
Notts in their last 6 matches have won 1, drawn 4 and lost 1 and are currently unbeaten in 5,
Saturday, 9th February 2008 - Stockport County 1-1 Notts County
Saturday, 2nd February 2008 - Notts County 1-1 Grimsby Town
Tuesday, 29th January 2008 - Brentford 0-0 Notts County
Saturday, 26th January 2008 - Morecambe 1-1 Notts County
Saturday, 19th January 2008 - Notts County 1-0 Chester City
Saturday, 12th January 2008 - Bradford 3-0 Notts CountyMeetings
The most recent meeting was on the 25th August of this season; when Notts drew away. The match ended 2-2 with Butcher getting the goals for the magpies including a last minute equalizer. Furthermore, other previous times were in the 2006/2007 season when both teams won at the opponents grounds 1-0.
Previous meetings
2007/2008 - Sat 25th Aug – Darlington 2 – 2 Notts County - League Two
2006/2007 - Sat 28th Apr - Notts County 0 – 1 Darlington - League Two
2006/2007 - Sat 16th Dec – Darlington 0 – 1 Notts County - League Two
2005/2006 - Sat 07th Jan - Notts County 3 – 2 Darlington - League Two
2005/2006 - Fri 02nd Sep – Darlington 1 – 1 Notts County - League Two
2004/2005 - Sat 12th Feb – Darlington 1 – 2 Notts County - League Two
2004/2005 - Tue 19th Oct - Notts County 1 – 1 Darlington - League Two
Key Men
With 10 goals so far this season, Richard Butcher has emerged as Notts main threat this season. The ex-Peterborough man does not light the game up but he finds those spaces around the area and with 10 goals so far he is a midfield player with an eye for goal. He is a versatile player who can play in most places in midfield so Darlington will have to be wary of Butcher’s runs into the area because he as the ability to score goals around the edge of the area.
Darlington Striker Tommy Wright will be the danger man on Saturday. If you went to walsall in the 2006/2007 season you will remember Tommy. The Darlington player has scored 13 goals so far this season in his 26 starts and 1 appearance from the bench. He will always try his luck with 53 shots at goals this season. Notts will have to keep a close eye on him
Prediction
We at www.youpies.co.uk think this will be a tough game for the magpies. Notts do play better away from the Lane and have gone 5 matches unbeaten but they need to start winning at home. Darlington have done well this season away from the Darlington Arena and have scored 24 goals away from their home turf. They have only lost 4 matches on their travels this season.
So we think the score will be
Notts County 1-0 Darlington
Yes I did say Notts would win. I think a shock is on the cards
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