Here are all the stats for Saturday’s away game against Altrincham

Quakers will include two new loan signings in the line up at Altrincham on Saturday.

Manager Tommy Wright signed Will Smith and Romal Palmer on Friday, and they go into the squad for the tough away game at Altrincham, who are third in the table at the moment.

Quakers went down 3-2 at Chorley last Saturday, but nevertheless produced a good performance, with on loan striker Andrew Nelson scoring twice.

Striker Harvey Saunders is also in good form, having scored a hat trick in the midweek Durham Challenge Cup tie against Stockton Town.

“To score three in a game is special, especially as it’s my first for the club at any level,” he said.

“Jordan Nicholson set up two for me, he could easily have gone on and tried to score himself, but he set me up instead. He put two great balls through for me to score, and another his shot hit the post and I was the first to react.

“It was nice to win a game. We’ve been playing well recently, but not got anything points-wise.”

Stats pack

Darlington

League position:  17th

Away form:   played 10, won 2, drawn 5, lost 3, goals scored 19, goals against 22, points 11 out of 20

Team News:  

Defender Liam Hughes and forward Simon Ainge are both out injured, Alex Henshall is fully fit.

New loan signings Will Smith (centre half) and Romal Palmer (attacking midfield) come into the squad, which means that Tommy Wright has five loan signings in his squad, the others being Andrew Nelson – who scored twice last week at Chorley – Alex Wollerton and Williams Kokolo

Leading scorer:   Jordan Nicholson 6

Position in form table of last six matches:  21st

Last six matches

December 15^th Chorley (away) lost 2-3 Nelson 2

Darlington: Maddison, Trotman, Kokolo (sub O’Hanlon 58) , Wheatley, Burn, Galbraith, Wollerton, Nicholson, Saunders (sub Glover 76) Nelson, Thompson

Subs: Hall, Lingthep, Morrison

December 8^th Nuneaton (home) lost 1-2 Nicholson

December 1^st Chester (away) lost 1-3 Wheatley

November 23^rd Telford FA Trophy lost 0-2

November 17^th Hereford (home) drew 2-2 Syers, Nicholson

November 3^rd Guiseley (home) drew 0-0

October 30^th Bradford PA (away) drew 2-2 Nicholson 2

Altrincham

League position :  3rd

Home form:  Played 10, won 5, drawn 2, lost 3, goals scored 20 goals conceded 11, points 17 out of 34

Position in form table of last six league matches:  top

Last six matches:

15^th December FA trophy Stockport (home) lost 0-1

Team: Wynne, Richman, Densmore, Harrison, Langley, Moult, Mantack (sub Johnston 58), Williams (sub Hampson 62), Hulme, Hancock, Hemmings (sub Gabidon 79)

Subs not used: Jones, Thompson

8^th December Telford united (home) won 3-1 Hancock 2, Hampson

1^st December Brackley (away) won 2-1 Richman, White

24^th November Bradford PA (home) won 4-0 Johnston, Hulme, Hancock, Mantack

17^th November York City (home) won 3-0 Hancock 2, Moult

10^th November Chester (away) won 2-1 Hulme 2

 Previous meetings

2018-19 Darlington 0 Altrincham 3

2016-17 Altrincham 2 Darlington 2 (Burgess, Galbraith), Darlington 3 (Beck, Falkingham, Galbraith) Altrincham 1

On Saturday, you’ll be able to bet on the game, thanks to our partnership with FansBet.

You’ll also be able to follow the game on the official website, twitter and Darlo Fans Radio, with post match interviews and highlights on the club’s YouTube channel.