Darlington have the first of four successive home games against Peterborough Sports tonight.

Quakers are looking to bounce back from their defeat at Brackley last Saturday, while Sports had a good away win at Southport.

Darlington

Team news

Andrew Nelson is out with a knee injury

Matty Cornish and Caden Kelly will have fitness tests

Ben Hedley and Tom Platt are back in training

Recent results

9^th November v Brackley (away) lost 1-2 Main

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTtDcwrns0o

5^th November v Chester (home) won 1-0 Main

2^nd November v Farsley (away) won 2-0 Alshabeeb, Forbes

26^th October v Warrington (home) drew 2-2 Nelson, og

22^nd October v Chorley (away) lost 0-3

19^th October v Rushall (away) drew 1-1 Nelson

5^th October v King’s Lynn (away) lost 1-2 Maskell

28^th September v Gainsborough (home, FA Cup 3QR) lost 1-2 Hatfield

21^st September v Southport (home) won 3-0 McGowan 2, Nelson

Advice on conduct

https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/darlington-v-chester-advice-to-supporters

League position   15^th (played 16. Won 5, drawn 6, lost 5, goals for 16 against 16, points 21)

Home form  8^th best in the league (played 7, won 4, drawn 2, lost 1, goals for 9 against 4, points 14)

Peterborough Sports will include former Darlington player Kaine Felix in their squad.

Their recent results:

9^th November v Southport (away) won 2-1 Putman, Jarvis

5^th November v Alfreton (home) won 3-1 Gyasi 3

2^nd November v Leamington (away)  lost 1-2 Felix

26^th October v Kidderminster (home) lost 0-1

23^rd October v Farsley (away) lost 0-3

19^th October v Marine (home) won 2-0 Jarvis, Sembie-Ferris

15^th October v Rushall (home, FA Cup 4qr replay)0-0  lost on pens

12^th October v Rushall (away) FA Cup 4qr drew 0-0

League position 17^th(played 16, won 6, drawn 2, lost 8 goals for 16 against 21, points 20)

Away form 12^th best in the league (Played 9, won 3, drawn 2, lost 4, goals for 10 against 14, points 11)

Matches between the two clubs

March 2024 Darlington 1 (Salkeld) Peterborough Sports 0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDwj0dZD_aQ

November 2023 Peterborough Sports 2 Darlington 0

April 2023 Peterborough Sports 0 Darlington 1 (Hazel) at Kettering

September 2022 Darlington 2 (Beck 2) Peterborough Sports 0

You can follow today’s game on National League TV, Darlo Fans Radio, Twitter and the official website