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Bradford City 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 42 games played, Bantams have recorded 15 wins, and Darlington have come away with 19 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Darlington was back in September 2000, over five years ago, with Bradford City inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the The Quakers in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 20 Oct | Bradford City | 0 - 0 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 12 Aug | Bradford City | 0 - 0 | Darlington | LGEC |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 25 Sep | Bradford City | 7 - 2 | Darlington | LGEC |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 19 Sep | Darlington | 0 - 1 | Bradford City | LGEC |
| 1993/1994 | Wed 25 Aug | Bradford City | 6 - 0 | Darlington | LGEC |
| 1993/1994 | Tue 17 Aug | Darlington | 1 - 5 | Bradford City | LGEC |
| 1991/1992 | Tue 07 Apr | Darlington | 1 - 3 | Bradford City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Darlington have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the The Quakers in those games, with 7 conceded.
The Bantams have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Bantams, and 10 goals against.
Darlington are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 73 points from 39 games. Bradford City see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League Two, showing a record of 51 points from their 38 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Darlington | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Bradford City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Darlington is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Darlington | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Bradford City | No sequences of note |