The game between Cambridge United and Darlington in the (Conference) Premier on 24th September 2011 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.

Footymad preview History of the Cambridge United v Darlington fixture

Darlington face a trip to Cambridge United at Trade Recruitment Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Quakers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2011, with Darlington inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the U's in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 05 Mar Darlington 1 - 0 Cambridge U. (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Tue 15 Feb Cambridge U. 0 - 1 Darlington (Conference) Premier
2004/2005 Sat 09 Apr Cambridge U. 3 - 1 Darlington League Two
2004/2005 Mon 30 Aug Darlington 1 - 1 Cambridge U. League Two
2003/2004 Sat 13 Mar Darlington 3 - 4 Cambridge U. League Division Three
2003/2004 Sat 13 Dec Cambridge U. 1 - 0 Darlington League Division Three
2002/2003 Tue 11 Mar Darlington 1 - 2 Cambridge U. League Division Three

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

Cambridge United have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.

Darlington have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 7 leaked at the wrong end.

Cambridge United's 16 points from 10 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

Darlington see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 13 points from their 10 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Cambridge United 6 3 3 0 7 3 12
Darlington 6 2 2 2 8 9 8

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FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the U's, as the Quakers have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Cambridge United Unbeaten in the last 3 home games.
Unbeaten run of 6 matches.
Darlington Not won in previous 2 away matches.
Drawn each of the last 2 games.
No win in the 4 most recent games.

For a detailed analysis of current team sequences throughout the leagues, click here