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Speaking to the club's official website, physio Terry Standring was optimistic about the former Gillingham player's chances.
"Darren could possibly be on the bench this Saturday for the Port Vale game," revealed Standring. "But I think this weekend might come a bit too soon for Zak Whitbread and Paul Robinson.
"We've been a bit unlucky in the central defensive department, with two of our four centre halves injured. Zak is coming on nicely after injuring his groin in a reserve game and Paul is showing no real symptons now with his hamstring.
"We are looking at shorter rather than longer term for them, maybe even the Trophy game on Tuesday."
However, Scot Tom Brighton is still a few weeks away from a return to action after turning his ankle two months ago. The former Clyde striker has been one of the club's most impressive players this season and many fans hope to see him back in action sooner rather than later.
"Tom is coming along nicely," added Standring. "When he rotated his ankle we feared the worst at first and thought he might have fractured his ankle. Thankfully that wasn't the case and although he is making progress, it has been slower than we would have liked, but we are getting there."
Fellow striker Ben May is now in full training while midfielder Neal Ardley will be out for at least two months after undergoing a hernia operation but Jody Morris could be back in action as early as next month.
"Jody Morris has been a bit unlucky," revealed The Lions' physio. "He was doing really well and nearly back to full training when he had a little set-back.
"But that has only put him back about 7-10 days and he is not too far away now either."