We’re looking for our sixth straight win when we go to Guiseley in the Vanarama National League North on Saturday.

FA cup victories at Trafford, Leamington and Tamworth, along with league wins over Alfreton and Boston, have transformed the season, and we head to Nethermoor full of confidence ahead of a run of three games in a week.

Here’s your stats pack for Saturday’s game

Darlington

National League North position:  15th

Away league form: played 6, won 1, drawn 1, lost 4, goals scored 6, goals conceded 12.

Away cup form – 3-1 win at Trafford, 2-0 win at Leamington

Our last six games:

October 19^th Tamworth (away) won 3-0 O’Neill 2, Holness

Darlington: Connell, Hedley, Liddle, Wheatley, Storey, Galbraith, Rivers, Hatfield (sub Bascome 83), Campbell (sub Laing 71), Holness, O’Neill (sub Donawa 78).

Subs: Elliott, Watson, Bell, Thompson

October 12^th Boston (home) won 2-1 O’Neill, Campbell

October 5^th Leamington (away) FA Cup 3q  won 2-0 O’Neill, Donawa

September 28^th Alfreton (away) won 2-1 O’Neill, Donawa

September 21^st Trafford (away) FA Cup 2q won 3-1 Thompson, Campbell, Donawa

September 14^th York City (home) lost 0-2

Leading scorers: 7 Adam Campbell, 7 Tyrone O’Neill, 4 Stephen Thompson

Team News: Right back Luke Trotman is ruled out for the season with an achilles problem, while striker Jamie Holmes is out for some months with a cruciate injury. Defender David Atkinson is out for at least another month with an ankle injury.

There are no other injury worries.

               Guiseley

League position 8th

Home league form:  played 7, won 4, drawn 2, lost 1, goals for 13 against 6, pts 14 out of a total of 21

Last six matches:

19^th October Telford (away) lost 1-4 Bencharif

Dewhurst, McNally, Nicholson, Cantrill, Bencherif, Garner, Felix, Barkers, Johnson, Jones, Soleman.

Subs: Newall, Starcenko, Smith, Clayton, Thornton

12^th October Altrincham (home) drew 1-1 Felix

5^th October FA Cup 3Q Peterborough sports (away) lost 0-1

28^th September Gloucester (away) lost 1-3  Johnson

21^st September FA Cup 2Q Stockton Town (home) won 1-0 og

14^th September Hereford (home) won 3-0 Martin 3

Manager: Marcus Law

Squad:

Keepers: Marcus Dewhurst, Lloyd Allinson

Defenders: Hamza Bencherif, Scott Garner, Andrai Jones, Kennedy Digie, Will Thornton, Brad Nicholson, George Cantrill, Reiss McNally, Nathan Newall

Midfielders: Kaine Felix, Jamie Spencer, Scott Smith, Aram Soleman, Dylan Barkers, Aleks Starcenko

Forwards; Paul Clayton, Aaron Martin (returns after suspension), Lee Shaw, Sam Scrivens, Gabriel Johnson, Tabish Hussain

Admission prices:

• Adults: £13
• Concessions: £9
• 11-18 Year-Olds: £5
• Accompanied Under-11s: £1

Nethermoor Park
Otley Road
Guiseley
Leeds
LS20 8BT

Last season:  

22^nd April 2019

Guiseley 1 Darlington 0 (Felix 17)

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

Guiseley: Dewhurst, Moyo, Cantrill, Halls, Digie, Garner, Felix (sub Dyche 84), Purver, Odejayi (sub Clayton 59), James, Hatfield.

Subs: Langley, Worsnop, Fowler

Connections: Will Hatfield was with Guiseley for four seasons until he left during the summer.

If you’re not going to the game, follow the match on Darlo Fans Radio, the official website and official Twitter!