Quakers are aiming to lift themselves out of the relegation zone with victory at Alfreton on Saturday.

Quakers have slipped into the bottom three because of three straight defeats, and they’re up against a side that is a point and three places above them in the table.

Quakers are due an away win, having not won on their travels since the opening day of the season, while Alfreton had lost four in a row until they beat bottom club North Ferriby last weekend.

Centre half Dom Collins is out because of injury for Quakers, and that could mean midfielder Tom Portas might play at full back like he did on Wednesday against Salford and earlier in the season.

Statistics:

Quakers last five matches:

10^th January Salford City (home) lost 1-2 Mills

Talbot, Collins (sub Portas 24), Galbraith, Scott, Heaton, Brown, Mills (sub Wheatley 82), Turnbull, Styche, Gillies, Thompson (Sub Saunders 82)

Subs: Caton, Syers,

6^th January York City (home) lost 1-2 Styche

Talbot, Collins (sub Portas 70), Heaton, Brown, Thompson, Galbraith, Wheatley, Syers, Mills, Styche, Saunders

Subs: Caton, Scott, Turnbull, Gillies

1^st January Harrogate Town (away) lost 0-3

Talbot, Collins, Heaton, Brown, Scott (sub Galbraith 55), Gillies (sub Mills 69), Turnbull (sub Saunders 55), Wheatley, Thompson, Styche, Syers

Subs: Glover,Caton,

26^th December Harrogate Town (home) won 3-1 Styche 2, Thompson pen

Talbot, Collins, Heaton, Brown, Scott, Gillies, Turnbull, Wheatley (sub Glover 90), Thompson, Styche (sub Saunders 57, sub Mills 86), Syers

Subs: Marrs,  Caton,

Booking: Turnbull, Glover

23^rd December Gainsborough (away) lost 1-3 Styche

Darlington: Talbot, Thompson, Brown, Collins, Galbraith (sub Heaton 25), Mills, Portas (sub Syers 25), Turnbull, Caton (sub Marrs 44), Gillies, Styche

Subs:  Scott, Saunders

24/11/2017 Harrogate Town (h) Trophy lost 2-3 (Styche 2)

Wilczynski, Galbraith, Collins, Brown; Trotman, Mills (sub Gillies 80); Turnbull, Portas (sub Saunders 79), Syers, Thompson (sub Caton 81); Styche

Subs: Vaulks, Bancroft,

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Leading scorer:  Reece Styche  6

Team news:  Dominic Collins is out because of a torn hamstring, he could be replaced by Luke Trotman

Current league position:  20^th (last away league win at Salford on the opening day of the season

Away form: played 12, won 1 drawn 4 lost 7

Alfreton:

Last five matches:

6^th January: North Ferriby (away) won 3-0 Shields, Sharp, Bird

Team: Elliott; Topliss, Shiels [Jennings 81], Bird, Allan, Wood, Platt [Everington 68], Baxendale, Daniels, Mulhern [Westcarr 68], Sharp.

Other subs: Disley, Burdett.

1^st January Stockport (home) lost 1-3 Daniels

Elliott; Topliss, Shiels, Allan, Keane, Wood [Daniels 72], Platt, Disley, Baxendale, Westcarr, Mulhern.

Other subs: Jennings, Everington, Johnson, Sharp.

26^th December Stockport (away) lost 0-1

Elliott; Topliss, Shiels, Allan, Keane, Wood, Platt, Jennings, Daniels, Westcarr [Burdett 74], Mulhern.

Other subs: Sharp, Johnson, Disley, Cover.

23^rd December Boston (home) lost 2-3 Mulhern, Westcarr

2^nd December Bradford PA (home) lost 1-3 Platt

Current league position:  17th

Leading scorer: Craig Westcarr 11

Home form: played 12, won 4, drawn 1 lost 7

Team news:

Top scorer: Craig Westcarr is suspended having been sent off against Stockport

Alfreton keeper Chris Elliott has had trial games with Darlington in the past.

Earlier this season:

Darlington 4 (Caton, Gillies 2, Ferguson) Alfreton 1 (Westcarr)

See the match here:

http://darlingtonfc.co.uk/goals-and-highlights-from-alfreton-win-available-now/

Darlington

Bartlett, Hunter, Galbraith, Turnbull, Collins, Brown, Gillies, Syers (sub Scott 57), Beck (Fenwick 65), Caton (Thompson 65), Ferguson

Subs not used: Wilczynski, Saunders,

Alfreton

Elliott, Topliss, Wood, Platt (sub Nyoni 65), Shiels, Priestley, Whitehouse, Disley, Sharp (sub Johnson 20), Westcarr, Jennings

Subs:  Allan, Robertson, McGowan

Booking: Nyoni, Priestley

Referee: T Parsons

The game will be covered live on Darlo Fans Radio, as well as the official website, Facebook and Twitter