Quakers are looking to bounce back from Saturday's defeat when they go to Scarborough on Boxing Day.

Quakers are eight points adrift of safety after losing 2-0 to Bishop's Stortford on Saturday, and need the points to regain their momentum.

Manager Josh Gowling spoke about the Scarborough match in his post match interview on Saturday -- you can watch it here:

https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/the-expectation-was-too-much-and-we-froze

Team news:

-- Adriano Moke and Andrew Nelson are both hoping to have recovered from a virus

-- Mitch Curry is back in training after an elbow injury

-- Jordan Windass is back in training after a hamstring injury

Recent results

23^rd December v Bishop’s Stortford (home) lost 0-2

Goals:https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/goals-darlington-v-bishops-stortford

16^th December v Gloucester (away) won 1-0 Ngandu

9^th December v Banbury (away) postponed

2^nd December v Southport (away) postponed, re-arranged for 9^th January

24^th November v Rushall Olympic (home) drew 1-1 Griffiths

21^st November v Warrington (home) drew 1-1 Rivers

18^th November v Scunthorpe (Trophy) away lost 0-2

14^th November v Chorley (away) lost 0-8

Current League position:  23^rd (played 22, won 4, drawn 7, lost 11, goals scored 18 against 45, points 19)

Away form: 22^nd in the league (Played 10, won 3, lost 7 goals for 6 against 28, points 9)

Scarborough

Latest results

23^rd December Brackley (away) won 1-0 Rutledge

16^th December Rushall (home) won 3-1 Rutledge 3

12^th December Forest Green Rovers FA Cup 1 (home) lost 2-4 Qualter, Colville

9^th December Warrington (away) lost 0-4

28^th November Hereford (away) lost 1-3 Mulhern

25^th November Bishop’s Stortford (home) won 5-0 Rutledge, Weledji, Barnes, Colville, Green

21^st November King’s Lynn (home) won 2-0 Wiles, Barnes

 Current league position 8^th (played 22, won 11, drawn 2, lost 9, goals for 31 against 29, points 35)

Home form 4^th in the league (played 11, won 8, drawn 2, lost 1 goals for 21 against 6, points 26)

Recent games between the two clubs:

September 2023 FA Cup Darlington 1 (Hatfield) Scarborough 2 (Mulhern, Maloney)

Goals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KolFuGWkZM

January 2023  Scarborough 2 (Coulson 2) Darlington 5 (Beck 2, Hazel 2, Lambert)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJAhjRBspgI

December 2022 Darlington 2 (Hazel, Beck) Scarborough 3 (Glynn, Tear, Coulson)

April 2016 Scarborough 1 (Blott)  Darlington 2 (Hatch, Cartman)

December 2015 Darlington 3 (Armstrong 2, Mitchell) Scarborough 0

November 2015 FA Trophy Scarborough 0 Darlington 4 (Hatch, Thompson, Purewal, Armstrong)

April 1999 Scarborough 0 Darlington 2 (Carruthers, Gabbiadini)

November 1998 Darlington 3 (Carter, Gabbiadini, Barnard) Scarborough 0

 You can follow the game on National League TV, Darlo Fans Radio, Twitter and the official website