We are looking for our third away win of the season when we go to Curzon Ashton on Saturday.

We have won twice away from home this season at Brackley and FC United, and the team has been closing to adding another in recent away games at Alfreton and Altrincham.

Manager Tommy Wright has almost a full squad to choose from, with Terry Galbraith, Ben O’Hanlon and Joe Wheatley all expected to pass late fitness tests.

We are going for revenge after losing to Curzon n the opening day of the season.

Today’s game will be covered on Darlo Fans radio, the club’s official Twitter account and the official website.

Stats pack

Darlington

League position:  15th

Away form:    played 13, won 2, drawn 7, lost 4, goals for 22, goals 29, points 13 out of 31

Team News:  Apart from Liam Hughes who is unavailable, Quakers are at full strength. Terry Galbraith, Ben O’Hanlon and Joe Wheatley have all recovered from knocks sustained in the midweek game v Hartlepool.

Romal Palmer is added to the squad after extending his loan from Barnsley

Leading scorer:   Jordan Nicholson 9, Harvey Saunders 7, Andrew Nelson 6

Position in form table of last six matches:  9^th played 3, drawn 1, lost 2, goals 11, goals against 8

Last six matches

January 19^th Spennymoor (home) lost 1-2 Thompson pen

Darlington

Maddison, Trotman, O’Hanlon Smith, Ainge, Galbraith, Elliott, Wheatley, Saunders (sub Henshall 84), Thompson, Nicholson.

Subs: Kokolo, Hall, Glover, Burn,

January 12^th Alfreton (away) drew 0-0

January 5^th Kidderminster (home) won 3-0 Thompson, Nicholson, Smith

January 1^st York City (away) lost 0-4

December 29^th Ashton United (home) won 2-1 Nelson

December 26^th York City (home) won 5-1 Nelson 2, Nicholson, Saunders, Hughes

Curzon Ashton

League position :  13th

Home form: played 12, won 2, drawn 3, lost 7, goals for 9 against 19 pts 9 (out of 34)

Position in form table of last six league matches:    4^th won 4, drawn 0 lost 2 goals for 10 goals against 8 points 12

Last six matches

January 19^th Chester (away) won 1-0 Crankshaw

Team: Mason, Thornley, McJannet, Hunt, Ali, Rowney, Crankshaw, Earing, Reilly, Brooke, Wall

Subs: McAtee, Fawns, Lindfield, Miller, Shenton

January 12^th Nuneaton (away) won 4-2 Crankshaw, Reilly, Hunt, Wall

January 5^th York (home) won 1-0 Shenton

January 1^st Ashton United (away) won 2-1 Crankshaw, Brooke

December 29^th Chorley (home) lost 0-1

December 26^th Ashton United (home) lost 2-4 Fawns, Shaw

Last time we met:

August 4th

Darlington 1 Curzon Ashton 2

Goals: Ainge (13 mins, 1-0), Fawns (25 mins, 1-1), Hughes (52 mins, 1-2)

Darlington:

Maddison, Trotman, Collins, Galbraith, O’Hanlon; Elliott, Hughes (sub Saunders 80), Nicholson (sub Henshall 63), Wheatley; Styche, Ainge.

Subs: Syers, Bancroft, Vaulks,

Curzon Ashton:

Mason, Morton, McJannet, Hunt, Shaw, Rowney, Guest, Mason, Sharpe, Fawns, Hughes

Subs; Brooke, Baillie, Ali, Crankshaw, McKenzie