Darlington v Bradford PA preview

Darlington are looking for their first win in six matches at home to Bradford PA on Monday afternoon.

Quakers go into the game in fifth place, after drawing against Blyth on Friday, and are two points ahead of the eighth placed club.

Bradford PA are second bottom of the table, and need to win to have a chance of avoiding relegation.

Quakers won the reverse game 3-1 earlier in the season

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Darlington

League position:  5^th (Played 41, won 17, drawn 12, lost 12, goals for 68 against 54, points 63)

home form played 20, won 9, drawn 6, lost 5, goals for 33 against 25, points 33 (9^th best in league)

Leading scorers (all matches) Jacob Hazel 20 Jack Lambert 16

News:  

Jake Cooper returns after a one match ban

David Wheater, Kallum Griffiths, Ben Liddle and Jack Lambert are all injured.

Jacob Blyth is unable to play against his parent club

Recent matches

7^th April Blyth (away)  drew 0-0

1^st April Chester (home) lost 1-2 Lawlor

28^th March Banbury (away) drew 0-0

25^th March Kettering (away) drew 0-0

21^st March: Farsley (away) lost 1-3 Purver

18^th March Hereford (home) won 3-0 Rivers, Nelson, Hazel

11^th March Fylde (away) drew 2-2 Nelson 2

7^th March v Curzon Ashton (home) postponed

4^th March v Alfreton (away) drew 2-2 Hazel, Felix

Bradford PA

League position 23^rd played 41, won 9, drawn 11, lost 21, goals for 37 against 61, points 38 (eight points from safety)

Away form (league) played 21, won 2, drawn 7, lost 12, goals for 17 against 38, points 13 (23^rd in the league)

Recent results

7^th April Southport (home) won 2-0 Coulton, La Bastide

1^st April Curzon Ashton (away) drew 0-0

25^th March Buxton (home) lost 1-4 Longbottom

18^th March Boston (away) lost 0-1

7^th March Telford (away) lost 0-4

4^th March Peterborough Sports (away) drew 0-0

Recent games between the two clubs:

2022-23 BPA 1 Darlington 3 (Beck 2 Fielding og)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XdKlEXt3Fw

2021-22 Darlington 1 (Charman) BPA 2, BPA 0 Darlington 0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4D9x8G44BY

2020-21 Darlington 0 BPA 1 no return game because of COVID

2019-20 Darlington 0 BPA 1,  no return game because of Covid

2018-19 FA Cup Darlington 0 BPA 1, BPA 2 Darlington 2 (Nicholson 2), Darlington 1 (Thompson) BPA 0

2017-18 Darlington 2 (own goal, Gillies) BPA 1, BPA 0 Darlington 1 (Syers)

2016-17 BPA 1 Darlington 2 (Hardy, Galbraith) Darlington 1 (Saunders) BPA 0

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