Darlington v Warrington preview

By Ray Simpson

Darlington v Warrington preview

Quakers looking for second straight home win

Darlington are looking for back-to-back home wins against Warrington tonight, and hopefully narrow the gap on the fifth bottom club.

Quakers are currently third from bottom of the table, eight points below Peterborough Sports, and so the points tonight will come in very handy indeed. They won their last home game by 3-2 against Chester.

Josh talked about the Warrington game in his post match interview after the Scunthorpe Trophy defeat:

https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/goals-and-reaction-following-fa-trophy-exit

Team news:

  • Jake Lawlor is out because of a shoulder injury
  • Jonny Ngandu and Andrew Nelson are both suspended
  • Mitch Curry is out because of an elbow injury
  • Midfielder Ben Liddle is out because of an ankle injury -- although he is close to a return
  • Defender Jordan Windass is out with a hamstring injury

We'd like to thank our match sponsors, Kick It Out

https://www.kickitout.org/

 

and our matchball sponsors, the Darl Knight

https://www.facebook.com/TheDarlKnightcomics/?locale=en_GB

Recent results

18th November v Scunthorpe (Trophy) away lost 0-2

14th November v Chorley (away) lost 0-8

11th November v Chester (home) won 3-2 og, Salkeld, Ngandu

7th November v Peterborough Sports (away) lost 0-2

4th November v Farsley (away) won 2-1 Hatfield, Salkeld

28th October v Spennymoor (home) lost 1-2 Hazel

24th October v Blyth (home) drew 0-0

21st October v Banbury postponed

14th October v King’s Lynn (home) lost 1-2 Hazel

 

Reminder about behaviour

https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/darlington-v-warrington-advice-to-fans

 

Current League position:  22nd (played 18, won 3, drawn 5, lost 10, goals for 15 against 41, points 14)

Home form:  (22nd best in the league)  played 9 won 1, drawn 5, lost 3, goals scored 10 against 13, points 8

 

Warrington were promoted from the NPL last season and are currently in midtable

Recent form

18th November FA Trophy Blyth (home) lost 1-3 (Clark og)

11th November Rushall (home) won 2-1 (Buckley 2)

4th November Gloucester (away) won 3-1 (Amis 2, Woods)

28th October Peterborough Sports (home) lost 0-1

24th October Farsley (home) drew 1-1 (Atherton)

21st October Bishop’s Stortford (away) won 4-1 (Woods 2, Amis, Buckley)

                                                            

Current league position  11th played 17, won 7, drawn 4, lost 6, goals scored 24 against 24, points 25

Away form (7th best in the league) played 8, won 4 drawn 1, lost 3, goals for 13 against 10, points 13

 

Previous meetings

We’ve met Warrington on four occasions before:

April 2015 Warrington 1 Darlington 1 (Brown)

August 2014 Darlington 2 (Mitchell, Purewal) Warrington 0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7n1L0vdP7E

December 2013 Warrington 1 Darlington 4 (Dowson 2, Purewal 2)

August 2013 Darlington 2 (Davis, Johnson) Warrington 0,