Quakers take on unbeaten Telford United at Blackwell Meadows on Saturday, looking for our first home win of the season.

Quakers lost 1-0 at home to Alfreton last Saturday, but the performance was much better than that against Altrincham a week earlier, and with midfielder Joe Wheatley back in the squad, then manager Tommy Wright is confident that we can kickstart our season.

Here are some stats about the two teams:

Darlington:

Team news: Joe Wheatley returns after serving a three match ban, but top scorer Reece Styche is unavailable, he’s on duty with Gibraltar.

Ben O’Hanlon returns after injury, but there are still doubts over defender Terry Galbraith and midfielder Alex Henshall.

League position: 18th

Leading scorer:  Reece Styche 5

Home form: played 4, won 0, drawn 1, lost 3 goals 2, against 7

Last six matches

September 1^st Alfreton (home) lost 0-1

Maddison, Trotman, Burn, Ainge,Elliott, Hughes, Syers,Nicholson, Styche, Saunders, Thompson

Subs: Glover, Bancroft, Banks, Kaba, Morrison,

August 27^th Ashton United (away) drew 2-2 Thompson, Saunders

August 25^th Altrincham (home) lost 0-3

August 18^th Kidderminster (away) lost 2-5 Ainge, Nicholson

August 15^th Blyth Spartans (home) drew 1-1 Styche

August 11^th Brackley (away) won 4-2 Styche 3, Ainge

Telford United

League position: 2nd

Leading scorer: Daniel Udoh 7

Away form:  played 4, won 1, drawn 3, lost 0, goals for 6, against 5 points 6 (out of 18 total)

Last six matches:

September 1st Ashton United (H) Won 2-1 Udoh 2

Telford (4-4-2): Bramley; Streete, Smith (Dawson, 60), Sutton, White; Cowans (Royle, 87), McQuilkin, Deeney, Knights; Udoh, Brown (Barnes-Homer, 80)

Subs not used: Lilly, Wycherley (gk)

August 27^th  Leamington (A) Drew 2-2 Dawson, Brown

August 25^th Chester (H) Won 3-1 Udoh 2, McQuilkin

August 18th Spennymoor (A) Won 3-2 Udoh 2, Dawson

August 14^th  Brackley (H) Won 2-1 Udoh, Knights

August 11^th  Guiseley (A) Drew 1-1 Brown