Marine v Darlington Match Preview

Darlo looking for a reaction away at Marine

⚽ MATCHDAY 9

MARINE 🆚 Darlington

📅 Saturday, 12th September, 3 pm

🏟️The Marine Travel Arena

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🔥 Match Preview

The Quakers are looking for a reaction after a poor night on Tuesday as they travel back to the Northwest to take on Marine at the Marine Travel Arena.

Darlo come into this fixture after a night to forget on Tuesday at Chorley, where, after an early Chorley goal, the Magpies took over and walked out 5-2 winners, with the Darlington goals coming from Aidan Rutledge, who also received two yellow cards and will serve a game suspension after Saturday.

Darlington’s opponents, Marine, are a side also in the relegation zone, currently in 21st with two wins and six losses after eight games for a total of six points.

The Mariners will be looking to pick up a win after a 2-1 loss away at South Shields on Tuesday night, with the sole Marine goal coming from Josh Wardle, which extended Marine’s poor run of three losses on the bounce.

The last time the two sides met was in April at Blackwell Meadows, where Marine walked away 3-2 winners, with Darlington’s goals coming from Scott Barrow and Cedric Main. The last time the sides met at the Marine Travel Arena was early last season, where the Quakers walked away 4-1 winners on a Tuesday night with goals from Tom Allan, Will McGowan and a Jack Maskell brace.

📰TEAM NEWS

Max Kilsby has suffered an MCL injury and will remain out for an extended period but is working on recovery.

Max Howells has a hamstring issue and is several weeks away.

Tom Platt is still recovering from hamstring issues and is several weeks away.

Will Hatfield is on track and doing specific training but remains several weeks out.

Scott Barrow is suffering from a heart condition which needs further analysis from a cardiologist and will be out indefinitely.

Thomas Bryant is available for this game after serving his suspension for the red card at Radcliffe.

Aidan Rutledge is available for this fixture after his sending-off on Tuesday but will miss the Redcar Town cup game to serve his suspension.

👤 Player Spotlight

Finlay Sinclair-Smith is a tricky fast winger who has been at Marine for a few seasons and got 20 goal contributions last season, with two of them coming against Darlington, home and away.

New signing Conor McAleny is a very experienced forward who joined the Mariners in the summer after previously spending time on loan late in the season at Fylde last season, helping them win the league.

📈 Recent results

🏁 Darlington