Darlington v Chester preview
By Ray Simpson
Looking for back-to-back wins
Darlington are looking for back-to-back wins when Chester come to Blackwell Meadows tonight.
Quakers won 2-0 at Farsley on Saturday for their first away win of the season to put them 16th in the table. They've only lost once at home this season in the league, against Kidderminster on the opening day of the season.
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Darlington
Team news
Andrew Nelson is doubtful with a knee injury
Tom Platt and Ben Hedley are still missing because of injury, but are back in training.
Recent results
2nd November v Farsley (away) won 2-0 Alshabeeb, Forbes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGVgFTgdlLc
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
League position 16th (played 14, won 4, drawn 6, lost 4, goals for 14 against 14, points 18)
Home form 11th best in the league (played 6, won 3, drawn 2, lost 1, goals for 8, against 4, points 11)
Chester had a good 3-0 home win over Hereford last Saturday, their first league win since September.
Their recent results:
2nd November v Hereford (home) won 3-0 Caton 2, Peers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icE6Df87-LY
26th October v Curzon Ashton (away) lost 0-4
22nd October v Buxton (home) lost 0-1
19th October v Scunthorpe (home) drew 0-0
12th October v Scarborough (away, FA Cup 4Q) ) lost 1-3 Murray
5th October v Farsley (home) drew 0-0
League position 11th (played 14, won 6, drawn 4, lost 4, goals for 17 against 15, points 22)
Away form 22nd in the league (played 5, won 1, drawn 2, lost 2, goals for 5 against 11, points 5)
Matches between the two clubs
April 2024 Chester 0 Darlington 0
November 2023 Darlington 3 (Ngandu, Salkeld, og) Chester 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2uVCHhOhfk
April 2023 Darlington 1 (Lawlor )Chester 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzEw6GzQJ1w
October 2022 Chester 0 Darlington 1 (Felix)
February 2022 Darlington 2 (Mondal, Smith) Chester 1
November 2021 Chester 2 Darlington 2 (Cooper, Cassidy)
September 2021 FA Cup Darlington 0 Chester 0
September 2021 replay Chester 1 Darlington 0
January 2020 Chester 3 Darlington 0
December 2019 Darlington 2 (Holness, Donowa) Chester 0
March 2019 Chester 1 Darlington 0
December 2018 Chester 3 Darlington 1 (Wheatley)
You can follow today’s game on National League TV, Darlo Fans Radio, Twitter and the official website