Kidderminster v Darlington Match Preview

By Max O'Hara & Harvey Richards

Jan 21, 2025

Kidderminster v Darlington Match Preview

Quakers look to bounce back from weekend defeat

⚽ MATCHDAY 26

KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS 🆚 DARLINGTON

📅 Tuesday, January 21st, 7:45 PM

🏐 Aggborough Stadium

🔥 MATCH PREVIEW

The Quakers look to bounce back at top of the league Kidderminster on Tuesday night.

Darlo are coming into this game after falling to defeat at Leamington on Saturday by 2-1, which put a stop to their eight match unbeaten run in the league. The Quakers will look to get back to winning ways and start a new run against tough opposition in Kidderminster, who find themselves top of the table.

The Harriers are on a good run with seven wins in their last eight games in all competitions. Their most recent game was a 2-0 win against Warrington, which helped keep them top of the league.

At home, Kidderminster are very strong, which will be a challenge for Darlo. They find themselves second in the league for home form. Out of their 13 games played, they have won eight games and drawn three, gaining 27 out of a possible 39 points. Scoring has been a strong point for The Harriers at home with 21 goals scored. Defensively, they have been the best in the league with only five goals conceded.

The Quakers have been decent away from home, and are 12th in the away form table with 16 points gained from 13 games. Scoring has been an issue with only 14 goals scored, which keeps them at 12th in the goals scored away from home table. Defensively, Darlington have been solid with 15 goals conceded, which is 10th best in the league.

This will be the second round of this fixture with the previous being the opening game of the season. Although Will Hatfield scored a great free kick, it was The Harriers who left with three points on the day with Maz Kouyhar and Amari Morgan-Smith getting the goals for Kidderminster.

📰 TEAM NEWS

Midfielder Jack Lambert is not allowed to play against his parent club

Midfielder Ali Al Shabeeb will probably be missing because of injury

👤 PLAYER SPOTLIGHT

A danger man for the Harriers is wide man Ashley Hemmings, who has ten goals and eight assists and has been a main reason why the Harriers are top of the table.

Another danger is Maz Kouyhar, who scored against the Quakers on the first day of the season as Kidderminster ran out 2-1 winners at Blackwell Meadows. He has ten goal involvements this season after an impressive season on loan from York City.

🔁 RECENT RESULTS

🏁 DARLINGTON

18th January: Leamington (away) lost 1-2 (Hatfield)
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1st January: South Shields (away) won 1-0 (Main)
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26th December: Scarborough (home) won 4-3 (Kelly 2, Hatfield, Lees)
21st December: Needham Market (away) won 1-0 (Hatfield)
14th December: Oxford City (home) drew 1-1 (Maskell)
10th December: Hereford (home) won 2-1 (Lambert, Hatfield)
7th December (Trophy): York City (away) lost 1-3 (Cornish)
30th November: Radcliffe (away) won 4-1 (Hatfield, Kelly, Griffiths, Main)

🔴 KIDDERMINSTER

18th January: Warrington (home) won 2-0 (McNally, Kouyhar)
14th January: Scarborough (away) won 3-2 (Kouyhar, Hemmings, Morgan-Smith)
4th January (Trophy): Slough (home) won 4-0 (Hemmings 3, Kouyhar)
1st January: Rushall (home) lost 0-1
26th December: Hereford (away) won 3-0 (Brown, Tope, Morgan-Smith)
21st December: Southport (home) won 2-0 (Hemmings, Brown)
14th December: Radcliffe (away) won 4-0 (Tope, Hemmings, Richards, og)
7th December (Trophy): Fylde (away) drew 2-2 (Morgan-Smith, Reynolds) Won 3-2 on pens

🕰 LEAGUE RECORDS

🏁 DARLINGTON

Position: 8th
Played: 25
Wins: 10
Draws: 9
Losses: 6
Goals For: 32
Goals Against: 26
Goal Difference: 6
Points: 39

🛰 Away Form:

Played: 13
Won: 4
Drawn: 4
Lost: 5
Goals For: 14
Goals Against: 15
Points: 16

🔴 KIDDERMINSTER

Position: 1st
Played: 25
Wins: 15
Draws: 4
Losses: 6
Goals For: 41
Goals Against: 19
Goal Difference: 22
Points: 49

🏠 Home Form:

Played: 13
Won: 8
Drawn: 3
Lost: 2
Goals For: 21
Goals Against: 5
Points: 27

🤝 RECENT GAMES BETWEEN THE TWO CLUBS

10th August 2024: Darlington 1 (Hatfield) Kidderminster 2
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25th February 2023: Kidderminster 0 Darlington 0
5th November 2022: Darlington 2 (Beck 2) Kidderminster 1
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7th May 2022: Darlington 0 Kidderminster 1
15th January 2022: Darlington 0 Kidderminster 1
October 2020: Darlington 1 (Penny og) Kidderminster 3
February 2020: Kidderminster 1 Darlington 1 (Hatfield)
October 2019: Darlington 1 (Rivers) Kidderminster 0
January 2019: Darlington 3 (Nicholson, Thompson, Smith) Kidderminster 0
August 2018: Kidderminster 5 Darlington 2 (Ainge, Nicholson)