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League Table & Stats
| Darlington | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Home | Away | |
| League Record | |||
| Rank | 7th | 14th | 7th |
| Played | 46 | 23 | 23 |
| Won | 18 | 11 | 7 |
| Drawn | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| Lost | 15 | 5 | 10 |
| Form (6 games) | |||
| Rank | 6th | 17th | 8th |
| Record (W-D-L) | 3-1-2 | 2-2-2 | 1-3-2 |
| Goals (F-A) | 11-8 | 11-9 | 10-12 |
| Attack | |||
| Rank | 9th | 16th | 4th |
| Goals scored | 78 | 41 | 37 |
| Failed to score | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Since failing to score | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| Defence | |||
| Rank | 12th | 7th | 12th |
| Goals conceded | 70 | 24 | 46 |
| Clean sheets | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| Current clean sheets | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goal Difference | |||
| Rank | 8th | 12th | 4th |
| Goal difference | +8 | +17 | -9 |
| Goal Total | |||
| Rank | 14th | 19th | 10th |
| Goal total | 148 | 65 | 83 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 28 | 12 | 16 |
| Under 2.5 goals | 18 | 11 | 7 |
| Sequence Summary | |||
| Full | won last 2 | ||
| Home | won last 2 | ||
| Away | lost last game | ||
| Season Longest Sequences | |||
| W-D-L | 4-2-4 | 4-2-2 | 2-2-4 |
| w/o Loss-w/o Win | 6-8 | 11-5 | 4-5 |
| Score Distribution | |||
| Most common |
W1-0 L0-1 D1-1 |
W1-0 L0-1 D2-2 |
W3-1 D1-1 |
| Occurence | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Darlington | |||
Season Summary
| Competition | Position / Round | P | W | D | L | CS | FtS | F | A | GD | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Division Four (old) | 7th | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 78 | 70 | +8 | .533 |
| English FA Cup | Second Round | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | .500 |
| English League Cup | Third Round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | .667 |
| TOTAL | 55 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 89 | 80 | +9 | .536 | |