Darlo hoping to return to winning form on Good Friday

⚽ matchday 42

Darlington 🆚 Scarborough Athletic

📅 Friday, April 3rd, 3 pm

🏟️ Blackwell Meadows

Match Sponsor: Capital 4 Training

Match Ball Sponsor: RD Safety Services

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🔥 Match Preview

The Quakers look to have a good Friday and get back to winning ways when they welcome Scarborough to Blackwell Meadows

Darlo come into this game after a 4-1 loss away to the league leaders Fylde, with their goal coming from Cedric Main for his 18th league goal of the season.

At Blackwell Meadows this season, the Quakers have made it a tough place to come to with nine wins and five draws in 20 games with 38 goals scored, and 27 conceded for a total of 32 points, which puts them 7th in the home form table.

Darlington’s opponents, Scarborough, currently sit on the edge of the playoff spots in 7th and come into this game without a loss in seven games.

When away from home this season, Scarborough have been a good travelling team with eight wins, and six draws in 20 games with 32 goals scored and 28 conceded for a total of 30 points, which puts them 9th in the away form table.

The last time the two teams met was on Boxing Day, when the Quakers picked up a 1-0 win away thanks to a first-half goal from Toby Lees. The last time the two teams met at Blackwell Meadows was on Boxing Day in 2024, when Darlington won a 7-goal thriller 4-3, thanks to goals from Will Hatfield, Caden Kelly x2 and Toby Lees.

 

 

📰TEAM NEWS

 

Ellis Stanton is almost recovered from a hamstring injury

Jack Maskell will have a fitness test on a groin injury

Alfie Myers-Smith is still out because of injury

Ethan Fitzhugh is a week away from full fitness.

 

👤 Player Spotlight

Stephen Walker has been the main goal threat this season for The Seadogs, having scored 17 goals this season. His most recent goal came in a 1-1 victory with Telford earlier in the month. He came on as a substitute in the reverse fixture.

Kieran Weledji has been a standout player for Scarborough for years, being an energetic outlet on the right-hand side. He has six goals this season, with some of them coming when playing as a centre-half. He didn’t feature in the last fixture between the two clubs due to suspension.

Alex Purver features in the Scarborough squad. He left Darlington to join Scarborough at the start of the 2023-24 season.

 

📈 Recent results

🏁 Darlington

 

🔴Scarborough

  • 28th March 2026: Scarborough 0-0 Chorley
  • 21st March 2026: Leamington 1-2 Scarborough (Bennett)
  • 14th March 2026: Scarborough 1 (Walker) Telford 1
  • 10th March 2026: Scarborough 1 (Colville) King’s Lynn 1
  • 7th March 2026: Oxford City 0-2 Scarborough (O.G., Waldron)

 

 

📊 League Records

🏁 Darlington

  • Position: 6th
  • Played: 41
  • Wins: 19
  • Draws: 8
  • Losses: 14
  • Goals For: 72
  • Goals Against: 59
  • Goal Difference: 13
  • Top Scorer: Main (18)
  • Points: 65

HOME FORM:

  • Position: 7th
  • Played: 20
  • Wins: 9
  • Draws: 5
  • Losses: 6
  • Goals For: 38
  • Goals Against: 27
  • Points: 32

🔴Scarborough

  • Position: 7th
  • Played: 41
  • Wins: 16
  • Draw: 15
  • Losses: 10
  • Goals For: 55
  • Goals Against: 47
  • Goal Difference: 8
  • Top Scorer: Walker (17)
  • Points: 63

AWAY FORM:

  • Position 9th
  • Played: 20
  • Wins: 8
  • Draws: 6
  • Losses: 6
  • Goals For: 32
  • Goals Against: 28
  • Points: 30

 

🤝 Recent Games between the clubs

 

🔗 Advice on conduct

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📻 Follow the Game

You can follow the game on Darlo Fans Radio, X, and the official website.