Brackley v Darlington preview

By Ray Simpson

Brackley v Darlington preview

Quakers looking for hat trick of wins

Darlington are looking for their third successive win when they go to Brackley on Saturday.

Quakers have beaten Farsley 2-0 and Chester 1-0 to put them 14th in the able, four points shy of the play off places.

 

Darlington

Team news:

Tom Platt and Ben Hedley are back in training

Matty Cornish will have a fitness test

Andrew Nelson has a knee injury

 

Recent results

5th November v Chester (home) won 1-0 Main

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiYOGC0ZWJI

2nd November v Farsley (away) won 2-0 Alshabeeb, Forbes

26th October v Warrington (home) drew 2-2 Nelson, og

22nd October v Chorley (away) lost 0-3

19th October v Rushall (away) drew 1-1 Nelson

5th October v King’s Lynn (away) lost 1-2 Maskell

28th September v Gainsborough (home, FA Cup 3QR) lost 1-2 Hatfield

21st September v Southport (home) won 3-0 McGowan 2, Nelson

 

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League position   14th (Played 15, won 5, drawn 6, lost 4, goals for 15 against 14, points 21)

 

Away form  19th in the league (Played 8, won 1, drawn 4, lost 3, goals for 6 against 10, points 7)

 

Brackley have this week signed midfielder Kian Riley from Solihull Moors and striker Jed Abbey from Shifnal.

 

Their recent results:

5th November v Warrington (home) drew 0-0

2nd November FA Cup 1 v Braintree (home) drew 0-0, won on penalties

26th October v South Shields (home) won 1-0 Carline

22nd October v Needham Market (away) won 3-1 Newton 2, Dean

19th October v Radcliffe (home) lost 0-1

15th October v Hartlepool FA Cup 4QR replay (home) won 3-1 Pollock 2, Roberts

12th October v Hartlepool FA Cup 4QR (away) drew 1-1 Carline

5th October v Southport (away) drew 0-0

League position  13th (played 14, won 6, drawn 3, lost 5 goals for 15 against 12, points 21)

 

Home form 16th best in the league (played 8, won 3, drawn 1, lost 4, goals for 7 goals against 8, points 10)

 

Matches between the two clubs

2023-24 Darlington 1 (Hatfield) Brackley 1, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvE1j9BOgmY

Brackley 1 Darlington 0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0sBz0Y2HzQ

2022-23 Darlington 2 (Rose, Beck) Brackley 2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1zbram3Yw

Brackley 3 Darlington 0

2021-22 Brackley 1 Darlington 3 (Cassidy, Charman, Hatfield), Darlington 0 Brackley 2

2020-21 Brackley 2 Darlington 0

2019-20 Brackley 5 Darlington 1 (Thompson), Darlington 1 (Campbell) Brackley 1

2018-19 Brackley 2 Darlington 4 (Styche 3, Ainge), Darlington 0 Brackley 2

2017-18 Brackley 3 Darlington 0, Darlington 0 Brackley 3

 

 

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