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Barrow travel to take on Darlington at Balfour Webnet Darlington Aren on Monday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Bluebirds 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 last time the two teams met at Darlington was amazingly over twenty years ago, in December 1989, when they played out a goalless draw in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Mon 30 Aug | Barrow | 1 - 1 | Darlington | CONF |
| 1989/1990 | Mon 01 Jan | Barrow | 1 - 1 | Darlington | CONF |
| 1989/1990 | Tue 26 Dec | Darlington | 0 - 0 | Barrow | CONF |
| 1971/1972 | Mon 17 Apr | Barrow | 0 - 4 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 1971/1972 | Mon 27 Mar | Darlington | 0 - 1 | Barrow | LGE2 |
| 1971/1972 | Sat 20 Nov | Barrow | 0 - 2 | Darlington | FAC |
| 1970/1971 | Sat 17 Oct | Darlington | 3 - 1 | Barrow | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Darlington have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 in the wrong end.
The away form of Barrow is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Bluebirds have hit 4 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Darlington see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 27 points from their 21 games played so far, Barrow find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 23 points from their 21 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Darlington | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Barrow | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Quakers, as the Bluebirds have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Darlington | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Barrow | Not won in previous 12 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |