FootyMAD's Darlington match preview

History of the Darlington v Accrington Stanley fixture

Accrington S. face a trip to Darlington at Balfour Webnet Darlington Aren on Tuesday evening, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 22 out of 32 times.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2007, the The Quakers carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2007/2008	Sat 18 Aug	Accrington S.	0 - 3	Darlington	LGE2
2006/2007	Tue 20 Feb	Darlington	2 - 1	Accrington S.	LGE2
2006/2007	Tue 08 Aug	Accrington S.	0 - 2	Darlington	LGE2
1960/1961	Sat 29 Apr	Darlington	3 - 2	Accrington S.	LGE2
1960/1961	Sat 10 Dec	Accrington S.	2 - 2	Darlington	LGE2
1958/1959	Sat 10 Jan	Accrington S.	3 - 0	Darlington	FAC
1957/1958	Sat 12 Apr	Accrington S.	0 - 0	Darlington	D3N

Recent respective form guides

Darlington have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the The Quakers in those games, with 5 conceded.

Accrington S. have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the The Reds have hit 6 goals, 17 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Darlington are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola League Two, and have accumulated 50 points from the 26 games they have played so far. Accrington S. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League Two, showing a record of 33 points from their 27 games played so far,

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Darlington	6	3	1	2	10	6	10
Accrington S.	6	2	1	3	9	17	7

FootyMad's prediction ...

Accrington S. have an average recent record on the road, and this could be the reason why Darlington may poach a narrow victory, according to the Madmen. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Darlington	Unbeaten run of 4 matches.
Accrington S.	Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games.