Stats pack for Boxing Day's home game with York
By Ray Simpson
A look ahead to the York City game
Here are all the stats for Boxing Day’s home game against York
Quakers will give home debuts to four players in the home game against York City on Boxing Day.
Quakers go into the game boosted by a point from the 3-3 draw at third placed Altrincham on Saturday, while York won 2-1 at home against Brackley.
Stats pack
Darlington
League position: 18th
home form: played 10, won 2, drawn 3, lost 5, goals scored 9, goals conceded 12, points 9 out of 21
Team News:
Defender Liam Hughes is out injured (Liam was a big hit on Darlo Fans Radio as a summariser at Altrincham) striker Simon Ainge and midfielder Joe Wheatley will both have late checks .
Four players are in line to make their home debuts – striker Andrew Nelson, defenders Will Smith and Alex Wollerton, midfielder Romal Palmer,
Leading scorer: Jordan Nicholson 7
Position in form table of last six matches: 19th
Last six matches
December 22nd Altrincham (away) drew 3-3 Nicholson, Saunders, Elliott
Maddison, Trotman (sub Wollerton 63, Kokolo (sub O’Hanlon 63), Smith, Burn, Galbraith, Elliott, Palmer, Saunders, Nelson, Nicholson (sub Thompson 63)
Subs: Hall, Henshall
December 15th Chorley (away) lost 2-3 Nelson 2
December 8th Nuneaton (home) lost 1-2 Nicholson
December 1st Chester (away) lost 1-3 Wheatley
November 23rd Telford FA Trophy lost 0-2
November 17th Hereford (home) drew 2-2 Syers, Nicholson
November 3rd Guiseley (home) drew 0-0
York City
League position : 13th
Away form: played 10, won 2, drawn 3, lost 5, goals scored 8 conceded 15, points 9 out of 27
Position in form table of last six league matches: 12th
Last seven games
22/12/2018 Brackley (H) won 2-1 Moke, Burrow
York City: Bartlett; Dyer, Tait, Parslow, Ferguson; York, Law, Moke, Bray (Langstaff 90+1);Ironside (Wright 64), Burrow. Substitutes: Davis, Bencherif, Parkin.
15/12/2018 Harrogate (A) FA Trophy lost 2-1 Bray
08/12/2018 Boston (A) Lost 2-0
04/12/2018 Leamington (H) drew 2-2 Burrow 2
01/12/2018 FC United of Manchester (H) Won 2-0 Harris, Burrow
24/11/2018 Kidderminster (A) Won 3-1 FA Trophy Burrow 2, Hawkins
17/11/2018 Altrincham (A) Lost 3-0
Previous meetings
2017-18 York 0 Darlington 0,
Darlington 1 (Styche) York City 2 (Newton, Parkin)
Darlington: Talbot, Collins (sub Portas 70), Heaton, Brown, Thompson, Galbraith, Wheatley, Syers, Mills, Styche, Saunders. Subs not used: Caton, Scott, Turnbull, Gillies
York: Bartlett, Law, Ferguson, Bencherif, Burn (sub Parslow 20), Moke, Newton, Pattinson, Parkin, Morgan-Smith (sub J Gray 87), Connolly (sub Rowe 77). Subs: Simpson, McAllister
On Boxing Day, you’ll be able to bet on the game, thanks to our partnership with FansBet.
You’ll also be able to follow the game on the official website, twitter and Darlo Fans Radio, with post match interviews and highlights on the club’s YouTube channel.
