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Lincoln City face a trip to Darlington at Balfour Webnet Darlington Aren on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 55 games played, The Red Imps have recorded 14 wins, and Darlington have come away with 22 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2007, with Darlington running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 22 Dec | Lincoln City | 0 - 4 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Sep | Darlington | 2 - 0 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
| 2006/2007 | Mon 09 Apr | Darlington | 1 - 1 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 18 Nov | Lincoln City | 1 - 3 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 01 Apr | Darlington | 4 - 2 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 31 Dec | Lincoln City | 2 - 2 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 30 Apr | Lincoln City | 0 - 0 | Darlington | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Darlington are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 8 goals have been scored by the The Quakers in those games, with 2 conceded.
Lincoln City's away form is equally impressive, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. Just 7 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 3 have been let in at the wrong end.
Darlington are leading the way in the Coca-Cola League Two, with their 15 games giving them a return of 28 points. Lincoln City's 22 points from 15 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Darlington | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| Lincoln City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
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 8 home games. Unbeaten run of 10 matches. |
| Lincoln City | Undefeated in last 6 away games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |