About Match
Nothing between them on points: 6 each, with Darlington 22nd and Marine 21st. On the form table Marine stand 14th over the last five rounds, despite being 21st overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Darlington 1.25 scored and 2.25 conceded per game, Marine 1 and 1.25, with the league averaging 1.36. Darlington would climb to 9 points with a win and up to 16th, overtaking Marine (other results held equal).
Marine have lost three in a row.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Darlington 2, draws 1, Marine 1, at 3.5 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 25% of the wins in this fixture. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 75% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%.
Blackwell Meadows in Darlington stages the fixture, a ground that holds 25,000.