We’re looking for our third successive home win when Bradford Park Avenue visit Blackwell Meadows this afternoon.

After drawing our first home game against Gateshead, we’ve beaten Kettering and Southport in previous home games.

Bradford come here second from bottom, but collected a point at home to Blyth on Saturday, and earlier in the season they drew away at Gateshead,

On Saturday, they gave debuts to Myron Gibbons, a forward from Doncaster, Joseph Chidyausiku a forward from Havant and Waterlooville, Marcus Wood a midfielder from Bolton and defender Riccardo Calder from Aston Villa.

Here’s your stats pack for Monday’s game

Darlington

League position: 11th

Home form: Played 3, won 2, drawn 1, goals scored 6 goals conceded 1 . Points 7 (out of 8)

Our last six games:

August 24^th Altrincham (away) drew 1-1 Campbell

Team: Team: Elliott, Atkinson (sub Holness 65), Watson, Bascome (sub Heaton 84), Laing, Galbraith, Rivers, Hatfield, Campbell, Thompson (sub Donawa 72), O’Neill

Subs: Bell, Wheatley

August 17^th Southport (home) won 2-0 O’Neill, Campbell

August 12^th Curzon Ashton (away) lost 1-3 O’Neill

August 10^th Kettering (home) won 3-0 Thompson 2, Rivers

August 7^th Gateshead (home) drew 1-1 Liddle

August 3^rd Farsley (away) lost 1-3 Campbell

Leading scorers: 3 Adam Campbell, 2 Tyrone O’Neill , Stephen Thompson

Team News: Right back Luke Trotman is ruled out for the season with an achilles problem, while striker Jamie Holmes is out with a cruciate injury.

Defender Michael Liddle is out for another week with a ligament injury.

Stephen Thompson came off with cramp on Saturday but should be ok for Monday.

Bradford Park Avenue

League position: 20th

Away form:  Played 2, drawn 1, lost 1, goals for 1 against 6 points 1 (out of a total of xx)

Their results so far:

24/08/19 Blyth Spartans (H) drew 0-0

Team: Taylor (c), Lund, Calder, Wood, Moran, Digbeu (Dockerty 79), Hedley, Marriott (Holmes 79), Gibbons (Chidyausiku 60), Hurst, Knight

Subs not used: Cresswell, Orlando-Young

17/08/19 Alfreton (a) lost 4-0

13/08/19 Gateshead (A) Drew 1-1 Knight

10/08/19 Kidderminster Harriers (H) Lost 3-0

06/08/19 Guiseley (H) Lost 5-0

03/08/19 Curzon Ashton (A) Lost 5-0

Leading scorer: Lewis Knight 1

Our last meeting:  

19^th April 2019

Darlington 1 Bradford PA 0

Thompson 81

Darlington: Turner, Trotman, Ainge, Galbraith, Jackson, Holness, Palmer (sub T Elliott 67), Nicholson, Kneeshaw (sub Saunders 57) ,K  Elliott, Thompson

Subs: Maddison, Bascombe, Burn

Bradford: Andrew , Ross, Critchlow-Noble, Hurst (sub Johnson 61), Killock, Havern, Knight, Branson, Beesley, East (sub Lewis-Potter 67), Clee (sub Spencer 52)

Subs: Toulson,   Nowakowski,

Booking: Havern

Connections: Plenty of them – Carl Shutt and Mark Bower – check our matchday programme on sale £2.50

Admission prices: Adults £14, Concessions £10, Under 18s £5, Under 11s free.

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