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Darlington and Chester meet in National League North — one fixture among the hundreds English football gets through, week in and week out, across a pyramid that runs from the Premier League all the way down to the regional divisions. Promotion and relegation tie every rung of that ladder together, which is why a result here matters whatever the level. Below: form, the head-to-head, and the goals, before any odds enter the picture.
National League North · England · 18.08.2026 · kick-off 18:45 UTC
How Darlington and Chester have been playing
Form first — it's the freshest read on the page, and in a calendar as crowded as England's it turns over quickly. Recent results for each side, newest at the top:
Darlington:
Date Event Score 15.08.2026 Bedford Town vs Darlington 2 - 3 08.08.2026 Darlington vs Worksop Town 1 - 2 28.07.2026 Darlington vs Rotherham United 0 - 2
Chester:
Date Event Score 15.08.2026 Chester vs Kings Lynn 2 - 0 08.08.2026 Chorley vs Chester 1 - 2 01.08.2026 Chester vs Crewe Alexandra 0 - 0
When Darlington and Chester have met
Few places keep football records as long as England does — the game has been organised here since the nineteenth century, and a head-to-head often reads truer than the league table. The earlier meetings we hold are below; a blank table just means there's nothing logged between these two yet, which happens often enough in cup ties that throw together clubs from different divisions.
Date Event Score 07.03.2026 Chester vs Darlington 2 - 1 20.09.2025 Darlington vs Chester 1 - 1 12.04.2025 Chester vs Darlington 2 - 1
Goals: the two sides by the numbers
Goals scored so far:
Darlington — 24
Chester — 17
Goals conceded so far:
Darlington — 26
Chester — 10
Worth reading alongside the form rather than on their own — English sides can carry very different records home and away, and a goals column only tells half that story.
Odds on Darlington vs Chester
With dozens of firms licensed in the British market, the price on each result rarely matches from one to the next. Odds-Fan sets the licensed bookmakers' numbers side by side, so the best one on any outcome is easy to pick out — whether you're here for the football or for the value.
