FM Preview: Fleetwood Town v Darlington 16 Aug 2011

Last updated : 15 August 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Fleetwood Town v Darlington fixture

Fleetwood Town prepare to entertain Darlington at Highbury Stadium on Tuesday evening, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The won the only previous game contested between the two.

The only previous meeting between Fleetwood Town and Darlington at Highbury Stadium was less than a year ago, in January 2011, the carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Tue 01 Mar Darlington 4 - 0 Fleetwood Tn. (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Sat 01 Jan Fleetwood Tn. 1-0 Darlington (Conference) Premier

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Recent respective form guides

Fleetwood Town are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.

Darlington have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The The Quakers's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.

Fleetwood Town are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 3 points from 1 games.

Darlington lie just outside the playoff positions in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, picking up 3 from their 1 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Fleetwood Town 6 3 0 3 6 10 9
Darlington 6 5 1 0 9 3 16

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Its been a distinctly poor show from Fleetwood Town at home in recent games, and, though we cannot see a run starting here, we do think the will at least gain a draw. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Fleetwood Town 10 games since last home draw.
Not drawn a match in their last 22 .
Darlington Won each of the previous 3 matches.
Last drawn game 4 outings ago.

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