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Gateshead travel to take on Darlington at Balfour Webnet Darlington Aren on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 25 games played, Tynesiders have recorded 9 wins, and Darlington have come away with 11 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Darlington was way back in the black-and-white days of November 1963, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 4 winners in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1963/1964 | Sat 16 Nov | Darlington | 1 - 4 | Gateshead | FAC |
| 1959/1960 | Mon 18 Apr | Gateshead | 1 - 3 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 1959/1960 | Fri 15 Apr | Darlington | 2 - 1 | Gateshead | LGE2 |
| 1958/1959 | Sat 21 Feb | Darlington | 3 - 2 | Gateshead | LGE2 |
| 1958/1959 | Sat 04 Oct | Gateshead | 1 - 3 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 1957/1958 | Sat 18 Jan | Gateshead | 4 - 0 | Darlington | D3N |
| 1957/1958 | Sat 14 Sep | Darlington | 2 - 2 | Gateshead | D3N |
Recent respective form guides
Darlington's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. The Quakers have conceded a disappointing 10 goals in this period, and managed to convert only 1 of their own chances.
Gateshead's away form is none too clever either, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Tynesiders's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Darlington see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 5 points from their 4 games played so far, Gateshead's 5 points from 4 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Darlington | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Gateshead | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Gateshead on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Darlington. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Darlington | 6 games since last home draw. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Gateshead | No win in the 2 most recent games. |