Darlington are looking to return to winning ways at Croft Park tonight.

Quakers' four match winning run ended at Spennymoor last Saturday, leaving them one point behind fifth bottom Rushall Olympic.

Blyth are three points and three places ahead of Quakers, so a victory for Quakers tonight will be crucial.

Team news:

• Cardo Siddik is missing because of a hamstring injury
• Akwasi Asante is out with a groin injury
• Jarrett Rivers will have a fitness test on a hamstring injury
• Andrew Nelson will have a fitness test on a back injury
• Ben Liddle is out with a hamstring injury
• Adriano Moke has returned from his month’s loan at Ashton United
• Cedric Main, Jarrett Rivers, Matty Cornish and Toby Lees face their old club
• Darlington assistant manager Terry Mitchell was once manager of Blyth

Recent results

9^th March v Spennymoor (away) lost 1-2 Cornish

Goals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qq8d1BW_2Y

5^th March v Scunthorpe (home) won 4-0 Salkeld 2, Cornish, Main

2^nd March v Banbury (home) won 3-1 Cornish, Nelson, Salkeld

27^th February v Curzon Ashton (away) won 3-1 Hatfield, Lees, Nelson

24^th February v Buxton (home)  won 2-1 Curry, Nelson

20^th February v Boston (away) lost 0-2

17^th February v South Shields (away) won 4-0 Hatfield, Main, Griffiths, Curry

10^th February v Alfreton (home) lost 0-2

Current League position:  21^st (played 38, won 11, drawn 7, lost 20, goals for 39 against 63, points 40)

Away form 21^st in the league (played 19, won 6, drawn 13, goals for 16 against 40, points 18)

Blyth changed their managers at the turn of the year, with Jon Shaw replacing Graham Fenton.

latest results

9^th March King’s Lynn (home)  lost 0-1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0w4XYRwkR4

2^nd March Tamworth (away) lost 1-3 Cook

24^th February Boston (home) drew 2-2 Cook, Cousin-Dawson

20^th February Farsley (away) lost 0-1

17^th February Spennymoor (away) lost 0-2

6^th February v Scunthorpe (home) drew 1-1 (McGowan)

Current league position  18^th (Played 37, won 11, drawn 10, lost 16, goals for 52 against 57, points 43)           

home form 15^th in the league (played 18, won 6, drawn 6, lost 6, goals for 32 against 26, points 24)

Recent games between the two clubs

September 2023 Darlington 0 Blyth 0

April 2023 Blyth 0 Darlington 0

September 2022 Darlington 1 (Liddle) Blyth 0

February 2022 Darlington 1 (Lawlor) Blyth Spartans 0

September 2021 Blyth 2 Darlington 2 (Charman, Nelson)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98rpbWT8Xpo

December 2020 Darlington 6 (Sousa, Campbell, Maguire, O’Neill 2, Rivers). Blyth 0

December 2019 Blyth 0 Darlington 2 (Reid, Donawa)

September 2019 Darlington 2 (Campbell, Thompson) Blyth 1

February 2019 Blyth 0 Darlington 1 (Thompson)

August 2019 Darlington 1 (Styche) Blyth 1

You can follow today’s game on National League TV, Darlo Fans Radio, Twitter and the official website