About Match
Darlington go into the game 22nd in the table on 6 points; Southport sit 19th on 8 — a 2-point gap. On the form table Southport stand 14th over the last five rounds, despite being 19th overall. Against a league average of 1.36 goals per team per game, Darlington run at 1.25 scored and 2.25 conceded, Southport at 1.38 and 2. Darlington would climb to 9 points with a win and up to 16th, overtaking Southport (other results held equal).
The sides have met 10 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Darlington, 2 draws and 3 for Southport, at 2.8 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 70% of the meetings.
Blackwell Meadows in Darlington, capacity 25,000, hosts the game.