Match Report
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 3 for Darlington, 4 for Buxton and 0 drawn, at 2.43 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 71% of the meetings. The fixture has tightened lately: 1.6 goals per game over the last five meetings, down from 2.43 all-time.
The referee was T. Wilson, with 28 matches in our database and 1.6 yellows per game on average. Blackwell Meadows staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-2.
Goal scorers
Buxton: Connor Kirby (51'), Cian Coleman (63')
Key stats
Possession: Darlington 60% · Buxton 40% · Total shots: 16-5 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 9-2