Vanarama National League North preview: Can Chester edge out victory against Leamington?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lookers Vauxhall Stadium (5376 seats)

The team playing at home, Chester, should be the favourites in this fixture, but Leamington have proven both competence and guts. Learn more about the match!

Insights:
  • Chester haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Leamington have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Vanarama National League North

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Chester and Leamington.

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Chester form and stats

The overall Vanarama National League North statistics at home this season for Chester are 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The Chester coach McIntyre and his gang return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Banbury United (placed 13th). Dudley was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Banbury United after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Before that, Chester had a home game versus Bradford Park Avenue which ended with a victory 1-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Chester have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 1 and lost 4.

There will be little rest for Chester after this match as they are travelling to Runcorn Linnets for a Cheshire Senior Cup game in only three days.

Chester has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Chester have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Leamington form and stats

There's been little loot from Leamington's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Vanarama National League North. Leamington only have 0 wins to counter their 2 defeats and 7 draws. Leamington has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 21 days ago, in the Fylde fixture.

Leamington are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Curzon Ashton (placed 17th).

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Scarborough Athletic.

We have checked recent matches where Leamington have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 1 victory, 8 draws and 3 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 13 of this side's most recent 17 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

The attacking power of Leamington when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Leamington as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Chester-Leamington H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Chester two wins, Leamington two wins, three draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ChesterK. Willoughby
K. Willoughby
8 goals
ChesterA. Dudley
A. Dudley
5 goals
LeamingtonD. Turner
D. Turner
5 goals

Chester missing players

Leamington missing players

Chester Leamington
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 4 9 18
7 4 0 Won W 0 0 5
6 2 0 Drew D 2 7 9
4 3 2 Lost L 2 2 4
28 12 0 Scored S 2 5 18
19 7 2 Conceded C 4 7 14
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 83%
65% 44% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 44% 50%
53% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 11% 28%
41% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 17%
18% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 44%
35% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 39%
24% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 33%
 
4.9 4.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.9 4.4
5 4.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 8 7.7 6.4
1.5 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.4
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.7 7.1 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.8 8.1
4.1 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 3.4
41% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 20% 30%
 
7.6 5.1 6 Shots against (avg) S A 17 13.8 11.4
3.4 2.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.3 3.7
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Chester have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Leamington have scored away.
  • Chester haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Leamington have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Vanarama National League North
  • Leamington have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Darlington 18 10 4 4 30 20 9 6 2 1 17 9 9 4 2 3 13 11 10 34
2 Brackley Town 18 10 4 4 24 15 9 7 1 1 15 5 9 3 3 3 9 10 9 34
3 King's Lynn Town 15 9 4 2 31 16 7 6 1 0 16 5 8 3 3 2 15 11 15 31
4 Scarborough Athletic 17 8 5 4 32 24 9 5 4 0 22 12 8 3 1 4 10 12 8 29
5 Chester 17 7 6 4 28 19 9 4 2 3 12 7 8 3 4 1 16 12 9 27
6 Gloucester City 18 8 2 8 27 27 9 6 0 3 18 10 9 2 2 5 9 17 0 26
7 Southport 17 8 2 7 25 26 8 4 2 2 11 11 9 4 0 5 14 15 -1 26
8 Chorley 17 6 6 5 23 17 9 4 5 0 14 7 8 2 1 5 9 10 6 24
9 Alfreton Town 17 6 6 5 25 21 8 3 3 2 13 9 9 3 3 3 12 12 4 24
10 Leamington 18 5 9 4 18 14 9 5 2 2 13 7 9 0 7 2 5 7 4 24
11 Fylde 14 7 3 4 19 16 7 5 1 1 12 7 7 2 2 3 7 9 3 24
12 Kidderminster Harriers 17 7 3 7 19 18 9 3 2 4 9 9 8 4 1 3 10 9 1 24
13 Banbury United 17 6 5 6 24 23 8 4 3 1 14 8 9 2 2 5 10 15 1 23
14 Peterborough Sports 17 6 5 6 24 23 9 4 4 1 16 10 8 2 1 5 8 13 1 23
15 Hereford 15 6 3 6 22 20 6 3 2 1 11 7 9 3 1 5 11 13 2 21
16 Buxton 15 5 6 4 16 17 7 2 4 1 8 7 8 3 2 3 8 10 -1 21
17 Curzon Ashton 15 5 5 5 15 13 7 2 2 3 7 8 8 3 3 2 8 5 2 20
18 Spennymoor Town 18 4 8 6 20 25 9 2 4 3 7 8 9 2 4 3 13 17 -5 20
19 Boston United 17 5 4 8 23 28 9 3 1 5 15 19 8 2 3 3 8 9 -5 19
20 Kettering Town 18 5 4 9 17 31 9 5 2 2 13 10 9 0 2 7 4 21 -14 19
21 Farsley Celtic 16 4 4 8 21 30 9 2 3 4 11 15 7 2 1 4 10 15 -9 16
22 Bradford Park Avenue 17 4 3 10 14 24 9 3 0 6 8 12 8 1 3 4 6 12 -10 15
23 Blyth Spartans 16 3 5 8 17 26 9 2 4 3 12 10 7 1 1 5 5 16 -9 14
24 AFC Telford United 16 1 4 11 11 32 7 1 1 5 5 14 9 0 3 6 6 18 -21 7

Read more about Vanarama National League North

The National League North, formerly known as Conference North, is the sixth highest division in English football. It contains teams located in Northern England, Norfolk, the English Midlands and North Wales. The league table has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other (home and away).