Darlington manager Tommy Wright wants his players to be more clinical in front of goal at Bradford Park Avenue tonight.

Quakers were wasteful in front of goal at Leamington last Saturday and dropped two points in a 2-2 draw, and Tommy said; “Bradford are a team in form, having become the first team this season to beat Chorley at the weekend.

“But we go there full of confidence with seven points out of the last nine. I was very happy with the way we played in the first hour on Saturday, but we should have taken more of the chances that came along. We need to be more clinical in front of goal.”

Saturday’s 2-2 draw left Quakers 14^th in the table, while Bradford are in third.

We have already met this season when Bradford PA knocked us out of the FA Cup with a 1-0 win at Blackwell Meadows.

Our trip to Bradford last season saw us come away with a 1-0 victory thanks to a second half strike from Dave Syers.

Stats pack

Darlington

League position: 14th

Away record: played 7, won 2, drawn 4, lost 1, goals scored 14 against 14, points 10 out of 17

5^th in form table of last 6 games (won three and drawn two)

Team news: Ben O’Hanlon is out because of a hamstring injury, midfielder Tom Elliott will have a fitness test.

Leading scorer:  Harvey Saunders 5

Last six matches

October 27^th Leamington (away)  drew 2-2 Ainge, Saunders

Darlington: Maddison, Trotman, Hughes, Galbraith, Elliott (sub Syers 60); Henshall (sub J Burn 73), Wheatley, Nicholson, Thompson, Ainge, Saunders

Subs not used: Glover, Hall, Lingthep

October 20^th Boston (home) won 1-0 Jackson og

October 13^th FC United of Manchester (away) won 2-1 Saunders 2

September 29^th: Stockport County (home) lost 0-1

September 22^nd FA Cup 2q Bradford PA (home) lost 0-1

September 15^th Southport (away) drew 0-0

Bradford PA

League position:  3rd

Home form:  Played 7, won 4, drawn 1, lost 2, goals scored 8 against 6, points 13 out of total of 26

10th in form table of last six matches  (won three and drawn three)

Last six matches:

October 27^th Chorley (home) won 1-0 Beesley

Drench, Ross, Lowe, Wroe, Killock (c), Havern, Spencer (Nowakowski 86′), Branson, Beesley, Johnson (McKenna 71′), Knight (Clee 90+5′).

Subs: Toulson, Hurst.

October 20^th Nuneaton (away) won 6-0 Branson, Wroe, Spencer, Beesley 2, Hurst

October 13^th Kidderminster (home) lost 1-2 Branson

October 6^th Altrincham (away) lost 2-4 Beesley, Killock

September 29^th Alfreton (away) won 1-0 Branson

September 22^nd FA Cup Darlington (away) won 1-0 Lowe

This season/last season

FA Cup

Darlington 0 BPA 1

Last season:

Darlington 2 (og, Gillies) BPA 1, BPA 0 Darlington 1 (Syers)

2016-17

BPA 1 Darlington 2 (Hardy, Galbraith), Darlington 1 (Saunders) BPA 0

Connections: Darlington skipper Simon Ainge has had two spells at Bradford Park Avenue

The home side will include former Darlington player Adam Nowakowski in their squad.