AFC Emley – Bishop Auckland

AFC Emley and Bishop Auckland have met 2 times down the years, and the overall balance favours AFC Emley, who have won 1 of those games to 0, with 1 finishing level. On paper it is a fixture with a clear favourite, yet many of the meetings have been decided by the finest of margins. The numbers suggest an entertaining watch: 2 goals per match on average, 0% of encounters going beyond two and a half, and both teams scoring in 50% of them. The pattern has been fairly consistent across the sample above. Venue has shaped plenty of these results. AFC Emley read 0-1-0 at home against this side, whereas Bishop Auckland sit on 0-0-1 on their own turf, a split that is worth keeping in mind before the teams line up again. Recent weeks help frame expectations. AFC Emley bring 1 wins from their past 3 and 1 goals per game, with Bishop Auckland on 0 wins from 3 and 0.5 a game, a snapshot that may count for as much here as the long-term record. Taken together, the split works out at roughly 50% for AFC Emley, 50% drawn and 0% for Bishop Auckland. It is the kind of record that rewards the favourite more often than not, without ever making the outcome a certainty. The last time these teams met, on 09.09.2026, the game ended Bishop Auckland 0–2 AFC Emley, and that scoreline still shapes how the fixture is viewed. A new date is yet to be confirmed, leaving that result as the freshest reference point.