Chester v Scunthorpe United betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lookers Vauxhall Stadium (5376 seats)

Scunthorpe United visit Chester and Lookers Vauxhall Stadium packed with hope and confidence, but the home side is no muppet. More info on the match here!

Insights:
  • Chester have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Scunthorpe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Chester form and stats

Chester are steadily winning Vanarama National League North games and points here at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Chester after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Chester are returning here after guesting Hartlepool United in a FA Cup game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.

Ahead of that match, Chester won a home game hosting Peterborough Sports (3-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Chester perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chester as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Chester has won 6 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.

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

Chester have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Chester have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

2-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Scunthorpe United in their Vanarama National League North matches away. Scunthorpe has drawn their two previous away games.

Scunthorpe United had fun at their own home (Lookers Vauxhall Stadium) last time out, beating Brackley Town 1-0. Butterfield scored.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Buxton.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Scunthorpe in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Scunthorpe United, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

After this away game Scunthorpe United return home for a Vanarama National League North game against Spennymoor Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Scunthorpe United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Scunthorpe UnitedD. Whitehall
D. Whitehall
6 goals
ChesterC. Caton
C. Caton
3 goals
ChesterE. Whitehouse
E. Whitehouse
2 goals

Chester missing players

Scunthorpe United missing players

Chester Scunthorpe United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 1 5 11
4 4 1 Won W 0 2 6
2 1 1 Drew D 1 2 3
5 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
12 11 2 Scored S 2 8 21
11 5 1 Conceded C 2 5 11
91% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
36% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 64%
9% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 20% 36%
9% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
36% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 55%
27% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 27%
45% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 18%
 
6.5 7.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 4.2 5
3.7 2.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.6 3.1
2.3 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
8.3 10.8 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.4 11.5
3.5 4.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.8 5.3
31% 41% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 33% 36%
 
8 5.3 3.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 9.4 7.4
3.4 2.5 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 3.6 3.8
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Chester have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chester have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Chester have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Scunthorpe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tamworth 11 7 2 2 23 7 6 4 0 2 14 4 5 3 2 0 9 3 16 23
2 Spennymoor Town 12 7 2 3 24 14 6 4 1 1 13 6 6 3 1 2 11 8 10 23
3 South Shields 12 6 4 2 24 14 6 5 1 0 13 1 6 1 3 2 11 13 10 22
4 Scunthorpe United 11 6 3 2 21 11 6 4 1 1 13 6 5 2 2 1 8 5 10 21
5 Curzon Ashton 11 5 4 2 17 9 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 3 2 0 11 4 8 19
6 Chorley 11 5 4 2 14 8 5 2 2 1 7 5 6 3 2 1 7 3 6 19
7 Blyth Spartans 12 6 1 5 20 15 6 5 0 1 16 6 6 1 1 4 4 9 5 19
8 Brackley Town 12 5 4 3 16 11 6 4 1 1 8 4 6 1 3 2 8 7 5 19
9 Buxton 11 5 3 3 20 8 5 2 2 1 10 4 6 3 1 2 10 4 12 18
10 Alfreton Town 11 5 3 3 20 14 6 3 2 1 14 8 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 18
11 Boston United 11 5 2 4 13 13 5 4 0 1 9 4 6 1 2 3 4 9 0 17
12 Southport 12 5 2 5 15 21 6 2 1 3 5 10 6 3 1 2 10 11 -6 17
13 Farsley Celtic 11 4 4 3 10 12 5 0 4 1 4 5 6 4 0 2 6 7 -2 16
14 Warrington Town 12 4 3 5 14 19 6 2 2 2 8 11 6 2 1 3 6 8 -5 15
15 Banbury United 12 4 3 5 8 16 6 2 2 2 4 6 6 2 1 3 4 10 -8 15
16 Chester 11 4 2 5 12 11 6 4 1 1 11 5 5 0 1 4 1 6 1 14
17 Hereford 11 4 2 5 8 13 5 3 0 2 3 2 6 1 2 3 5 11 -5 14
18 Scarborough Athletic 11 4 1 6 13 17 6 4 1 1 9 4 5 0 0 5 4 13 -4 13
19 Rushall Olympic 11 3 2 6 11 18 5 2 1 2 6 8 6 1 1 4 5 10 -7 11
20 King's Lynn Town 12 2 5 5 13 22 6 1 3 2 9 13 6 1 2 3 4 9 -9 11
21 Peterborough Sports 12 3 2 7 11 20 6 2 1 3 6 10 6 1 1 4 5 10 -9 11
22 Bishop's Stortford 12 3 1 8 9 17 6 3 0 3 7 8 6 0 1 5 2 9 -8 10
23 Gloucester City 12 1 5 6 9 18 6 1 2 3 3 6 6 0 3 3 6 12 -9 8
24 Darlington 12 1 4 7 9 26 6 0 4 2 6 9 6 1 0 5 3 17 -17 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).