⚽ MATCHDAY 33

DARLINGTON 🆚 BRACKLEY TOWN 

📅 Saturday, March 1st, 3pm

🏟️ Blackwell Meadows

🎟  Match Tickets

Match sponsor: Tempest Jones

Matchball sponsor: Blackwell Grange Hotel

🔥 MATCH PREVIEW

Darlo look to bounce back after defeat to Scunthorpe on Tuesday night.

The Quakers welcome Brackley to Blackwell Meadows as they look to get back to winning ways to help their playoff hopes.

Brackley are third in the league only two points of the top and come into the game with four wins in their last five.

The Saints away from home have been strong with nine wins and three draws in 17 matches which puts them third best in away form.

Brackley have scored 27 goals when on the road which is the second most for away goals in the league and conceded 21 which is the 8th best in the league.

The Quakers at home have only lost twice in 16 games which will be a stat they will want to keep untouched.

With 22 goals scored at home, Darlo are 16th in goals scored at home but defensively are strong with only 13 goals conceded which is tied for 4th best in the league.

When the two teams met earlier this season Brackley won 2-1 with Danny Newton and Zak Lilly scoring to earn the Saints victory, after Cedric Main had put Quakers in front.

Brackley have never lost at Blackwell Meadows in six visits.

📰 TEAM NEWS

Cameron Salkeld is out because of injury

Kallum Griffiths will have a fitness test.

👤 PLAYER SPOTLIGHT 

The top scorer for Brackley this season is Connor Hall. The striker has found the back of the net 15 times this season and has set up five goals for his teammates. He has been putting up double figure goal tallies for the past four seasons.

Former Darlo player Justin Donawa is in the Brackley squad. He featured for the Quakers in the 2019/20 season, then joined Solihull Moors the season after in the National League.

📈 RECENT RESULTS

🏁 DARLINGTON

• 25th February: Scunthorpe 2 Darlington 0

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXw3QhYM88c 

• 22nd February: Darlington 1 (Griffiths) King’s Lynn 0

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvvkZkDiw8 

• 15th February: Southport 0 Darlington 0

• 8th February: Darlington 3 (Main 2, Forbes) Marine 1

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1afGlOwoPxk&t=736s 

• 28th January: Darlington 0 Buxton 1

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ziNy7Uh6CU 

🅱️BRACKLEY

• 25th February: Brackley 6 (Lowe, Pollock, Hall, Byrne, Okafor, Lyttle) Rushall 1

• 22nd February: Brackley 1 (Hall) Southport 0

• 15th February: Marine 1 Brackley 2 (Lowe, Hall)

• 11th February: Chorley 4 Brackley 1 (Pollock)

• 8th February: Brackley 1 (Carline) Peterborough Sports 0

📊 LEAGUE RECORDS

🏁 DARLINGTON

• Position: 11th  

• Played: 32

• Wins: 13

• Draws: 11

• Losses: 8

• Goals For: 37

• Goals Against: 30

• Goal Difference: 7

• Points: 50

🏠Home Form: 

• Played: 16

• Won: 8

• Drawn: 6

• Lost: 2

• Goals For: 22

• Goals Against: 13

• Goal Difference: 9

• Points: 30

🅱️BRACKLEY 

• Position: 3rd 

• Played: 34

• Wins: 20

• Draws: 4

• Losses: 10

• Goals For: 54

• Goals Against: 36

• Goal Difference: 18

• Points: 64

🚐Away Form: 

• Played: 17

• Won: 9

• Drawn: 3

• Lost: 5

• Goals For: 27

• Goals Against: 21

• Goal Difference: 6

• Points: 30

🤝 RECENT GAMES BETWEEN THE TWO CLUBS

2024-25 Brackley 2 Darlington 1 (Main)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTtDcwrns0o

2023-24 Darlington 1 (Hatfield) Brackley 1, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvE1j9BOgmY

Brackley 1 Darlington 0

2022-23 Darlington 2 (Rose, Beck) Brackley 2, Brackley 3 Darlington 0

2021-22 Brackley 1 Darlington 3 (Cassidy, Charman, Hatfield), Darlington 0 Brackley 2

2020-21 Brackley 2 Darlington 0

2019-20 Brackley 5 Darlington 1 (Thompson), Darlington 1 (Campbell) Brackley 1

2018-19 Brackley 2 Darlington 4 (Styche 3, Ainge), Darlington 0 Brackley 2

2017-18 Brackley 3 Darlington 0, Darlington 0 Brackley 3

🔗 ADVICE ON CONDUCT

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

📻 FOLLOW THE GAME

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