We travel to Leamington on Saturday looking to make it three wins in a row for the first time this season. Last week we picked up a 1-0 victory over Boston United at Blackwell Meadows to move up to 13th in the table. 

It was a second straight victory and also the third clean sheet we have kept in our last six games. 

We have a good away record this season having only suffered one defeat on the road, a 5-2 loss at Kidderminster. 

Our win against Boston moved us ahead of Leamington in the table. After making a strong start to the season they have slipped to 16th place. The Brakes have lost five of their last six games in all competitions but have not played since the 13th October when they lost 1-0 at home to Curzon Ashton. This week they transferred their leading scorer, Matt Stenson, to Solihull – had had scored six league goals for them this season.

Our last meeting saw a memorable victory for us away at Leamington as we came from 2-1 down to win 3-2 thanks to a late Stephen Thompson winner which kick started our campaign.

Our only other meeting saw us draw 0-0 at Blackwell  Meadows earlier last season.

You can follow Saturday's game on Darlo Fans Radio (Twitter @DarloFansRadio), the official website and official club Twitter (Twitter @Official_Darlo)

Stats pack

Darlington

League position: 13th

Away record: played 6, won 2, drawn 3, lost 1, goals scored 12 against 12

8t^h in form table of last 6 games

Team news: Ben O’Hanlon will have a fitness test on his ankle injury. Keeper Cameron Hall, who impressed in the Durham Challenge Cup win at Esh Winning in midweek, is in the travelling squad.

Leading scorer:  Harvey Saunders 4

Last six matches

October 20^th Boston (home) won 1-0 Jackson og

Darlington: Maddison, Trotman, Hughes, Galbraith, Elliott; Henshall (sub Burn 53), Wheatley, Nicholson, Thompson (sub Banks 90+3), Ainge, Saunders (sub Syers 90)

Subs not used: Glover, A Burn

October 13^th FC United of Manchester (away) won 2-1 Saunders 2

September 29^th: Stockport County (home) lost 0-1

September 22^nd FA Cup 2q Bradford PA (home) lost 0-1

September 15^th Southport (away) drew 0-0

September 8^th Telford United (home) won 3-0 Nicholson, Saunders, Thompson

Leamington

League position:  16th

Home form:  Played 6, won 2, drawn 2, lost 2, goals scored 10 against 9, points 8 out of total of 15

20th in form table of last six matches

Last six matches:

October 20^th no game

October 13^th Curzon Ashton (home) lost 0-1

October 6^th no game

September 29^th Ashton United (away) lost 1-2 Obeng

September 22^nd FA Cup 2^nd QR Stourbridge (away) lost 2-3 Stenson 2

September 15^th Blyth (away) won 2-0 Edwards, Dunbar

September 8^th Spennymoor (home) lost 0-2

September 1^st Stockport (away) lost 1-3 Mace

Last season

Darlington 0 Leamington 0, Leamington 2 Darlington 3 (Thompson 3)

Thommo scores the winner last season 

Ground Details

Phillips 66 Community Stadium, Harbury Lane. Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV33 9QB

For how to get there, follow this link:

https://www.leamingtonfc.co.uk/index.php/club/directions

Admission prices: Adults: £12 Over 60’s: £8 Students with NUS card: £6 U18: £3 U12: Free