Darlington are looking for another big away performance at Gloucester on Saturday.

Quakers won 2-0 at Curzon Ashton in midweek to stretch their unbeaten run in the league to four matches, and put them second in the table, just a point behind leaders Brackley.

They go to Meadow Park with the second best away record in the league (Only Chester have a better record)  with six wins in eleven away league games, and looking for their first win away to Gloucester in six years, when Mark Beck was amongst the scorers in a 2-1 win.

The two sides have already played each other this season, with Quakers coming out on top by 3-1, Mark Beck, Jacob Hazel and Kaine Felix amongst the goals.

Quakers are also looking for their fifth successive away win, following victories at Telford, Kidderminster, Hereford and Curzon Ashton.

 Here are the thoughts of assistant manager Darren Holloway

League position:  2^nd (played 22, won 12, drawn 5, lost 5, goals for 37 against 25 points 41)

away form:  (played 11, won 6, drawn 2, lost 3 goals for 17 against 12, points 20, second best in the league)

Team news:  Junior Mondal will have a fitness test, David Wheater is still ruled out because of injury. Mark Beck came through Tuesday night ok after injury.

Recent matches

6^th December v Curzon Ashton (away) won 2-0 Hazel, Lambert

https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/goals-and-reaction-from-curzon-ashton-win

2^nd December v Kettering (home) drew 2-2 Hazel 2

https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/goals-and-reaction-to-draw-with-kettering

26^th November v Hereford (away) won 2-1 Liddle, Lambert

19^th November v Alfreton Trophy won 4-1 Lambert 2, Hedley, Rivers

12^th November v Fylde (home) lost 1-2 Hazel

8^th November v Alfreton (home) won 3-1 Hazel, Leesley, Felix

5^th November v Kidderminster (away) won 2-1 Beck 2

Gloucester include former Darlington player Dom McHale in their squad. He was with us for a month last season on loan from Telford.

League position 10^th, (played 22, won 10, drawn 2, lost 10, goals for 32 against 32, points 32)

home form:  (played 11, won 6, drawn 0, lost 5, goals for 21 against 15, points 18, 10^th best in the league)

Recent results

6^th December Kettering (away) won 1-0 Gyasi (last minute winner)

3^rd December Fylde (home) lost 1-2 McHale

26^th November Kidderminster (away) won 1-0 McClure

19^th November Kettering (away) FA Trophy lost 0-1 match void

12^th November Scarborough (home) lost 2-3 Mitford 2

8^th November Buxton (home) lost 0-1

Recent matches between the two clubs:

August 2022 Darlington 3 (Hazel, Beck, Felix)  Gloucester 1 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II6obUwBg9A

February 2022 Gloucester 2 Darlington 2 (Ellis, O’Neill)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRwcQpnmKLc&t=1s

November 2021 Darlington 2 (Gerring og, Purver) Gloucester 2

January 2020 Darlington 2 (Campbell, Reid) Gloucester 1

Sept 2019 Gloucester 2 Darlington 1 (Campbell)

January 2017 Darlington 2 Gloucester 0 (Cartman, Turnbull)

August 2016 Gloucester 1 Darlington 2 (Thompson, Beck)

You can follow the game on Darlo Fans Radio, the club’s official Twitter account and the official club website