We’re looking for our eighth home win of the season when Leamington come to Blackwell Meadows on Saturday.

We’d won three successive games against FC United, Boston and Bradford PA, but then on Monday we lost 1-0 at Guiseley to leave us in 16^th place in the table.

This will be the last game for several loan players, with the loans of Jake Turner, Ben Jackson, Will Smith, Romal Palmer and Kit Elliott all ending on Saturday, while it will be the last game for Harvey Saunders before he resumes his career at Fleetwood. Everyone would like to wish them all the best in their future careers.

Leamington are finishing the season well, having won four out of their last six matches. Their striker Colby Bishop, scored a hat trick in his last game for them.

We drew 0-0 with Leamington on the last occasion the sides met at Blackwell Meadows in September 2017.

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Stats pack

Darlington

League position:  16th

Home form:  played 20, won 7, drawn 5, lost 8, goals scored 24, against 20, (points 26 out of 49 )

Team News: Striker Wilson Kneeshaw and midfielder Romal Palmer are both ruled out because of injury.

Leading scorer:   Jordan Nicholson 10, Stephen Thompson 10, Harvey Saunders 8

Position in form table of last six matches:  9^th won 3 lost 3, goals scored 5 against 4

Last six matches

April 22^nd Guiseley (away) lost 0-1

Darlington: Turner, Trotman, Jackson, Holness, Ainge, Galbraith, Nicholson (sub Bascome 69), T Elliott (sub Henshall 69), K Elliott, Saunders (sub Wheatley 69), Thompson.

Subs:  Maddison,  Burn

April 19^th Bradford PA (home) won 1-0 Thompson

April 13^th Boston (away) won 2-0 K Elliott, Jackson

April 6^th FC United (home) won 2-0 Holness, Thompson

March 30^th Stockport (away) lost 0-2

March 27^th Chester (home) lost 0-1

Leamington

League position :   14th

Away form:  played 20, won 5, drawn 7, lost 8, goals for 26, goals against 34 points 22 (out of 53)

Position in form table of last six league matches : 2^nd won 4, drawn 1 lost 1, goals scored 10 against 6

Last six matches:

22/4 Nuneaton (H) Won 3-0 Bishop 3

19/4 Kidderminster (A) Won 2-1 Edwards, English

13/4 Alfreton (H) Won 3-1 Gitting, Murphy, Edwards

06/4 Curzon Ashton (A) Drew 1-1 Bishop

30/3 Ashton United (H) Won 1-0 Flanagan

23/4 Chorley (A) Lost 3-0

Last time we met:

October 27^th 2018

Leamington 2 (Bishop, Edwards) Darlington 2 (Ainge, Saunders)

Darlington: Maddison, Trotman, Hughes, Galbraith, Elliott (sub Syers 60); Henshall , Wheatley, Nicholson, Thompson, Ainge, Saunders

Subs not used: Glover, Hall, Lingthep, J Burn

Leamington: Breeden, English, Gudger (sub Bowen 60), Clarke (sub Flanagan 60), Mace, Lane, Dunbar, Gittings, Dwyer, Edwards, Obeng (sub Bishop 46)

Booking: English

Sending off: Dwyer

Subs: Taylor, James