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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

League position   16^th (played 14, won 4, drawn 6, lost 4, goals for 14 against 14, points 18)

 Home form  11^th 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:

2^nd November v Hereford (home) won 3-0 Caton 2, Peers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icE6Df87-LY

26^th October v Curzon Ashton (away) lost 0-4

22nd October v Buxton (home) lost 0-1

19^th October v Scunthorpe (home) drew 0-0

12^th October v Scarborough (away, FA Cup 4Q) ) lost 1-3 Murray

5^th October v Farsley (home) drew 0-0

League position 11^th (played 14, won 6, drawn 4, lost 4, goals for 17 against 15, points 22)

Away form 22^nd 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)

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