This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Darlington and Altrincham at 15:00 on 26th March 2011 in the (Conference) Premier.

History of the Darlington v Altrincham fixture

Darlington play host to Altrincham at Balfour Webnet Darlington Aren on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. Of the two previous meetings, the The Quakers have won one and drawn one.

The last time the two teams met at Darlington was amazingly over twenty years ago, in February 1990, with Darlington running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Conference match.

Recent encounters between the teams

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Recent respective form guides

Darlington are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, In this time, The Quakers have rattled up an impressive 15 goals, and conceded 4.

In complete contrast to Darlington, Altrincham are having a torrid time on their travels, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Robins have hit 5 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Darlington's 52 points from 35 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

Altrincham are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 36 points from their 38 games thus far.

Current overall team form

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FootyMad's prediction ...

The Quakers's form is quite poor at the moment, but we see this as their ideal opportunity to register a morale-boosting win. Home Win

Sequence statistics

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