Vanarama National League North preview: Can Chorley edge out victory against Kettering Town?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Tue 16.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium (4100 seats)

Chorley have layed the groundwork for another match after their 1-0 result against Leamington, a game that gave some clarity. How will this affect the battle against Kettering Town?

Insights:
  • Chorley have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Vanarama National League North

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Chorley form and stats

Chorley have performed here at The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium this season with 5 wins from 8 Vanarama National League North matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium.

The Chorley supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Leamington in Vanarama National League North and win 1-0.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Hereford (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chorley handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, two draws and one defeat.

There will be little rest for Chorley after this match as they are travelling to Boston United for a Vanarama National League North game in only four days.

Chorley are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 20 goals in 8 matches. Chorley have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kettering Town form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the Vanarama National League North away games so far for Kettering Town with six points collected from three matches. Momentum is building for Kettering Town in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

G. McDonagh, C. Kennedy (2) and C. Powell scored in Kettering's previous match, the home game against Blyth Spartans that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Kettering was very dominant against Blyth Spartans, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with G. McDonagh, C. Kennedy (2) and C. Powell providing the goals.

A 1-3 loss hosting Darlington before that.

We have checked recent matches where Kettering have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were three victories, three draws and one defeat.

The schedule is very tough for Kettering now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Vanarama National League North game at York City is waiting in only four days.

Kettering Town are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Kettering have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Kettering TownC. Powell
C. Powell
6 goals
ChorleyC. Hall
C. Hall
5 goals
ChorleyM. Alli
M. Alli
4 goals

Chorley missing players

Kettering Town missing players

Chorley Kettering Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 8 2 Played P 0 3 10
7 5 2 Won W 0 2 4
4 2 0 Drew D 0 0 3
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
23 20 6 Scored S 0 5 14
10 6 2 Conceded C 0 3 10
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 90%
57% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 80%
36% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 40%
14% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 30%
14% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 50%
43% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 50%
36% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
4.4 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 6.9
4.1 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 5.3
1.5 1.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.3 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.7 14.5 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13.3 13.7
5.4 6.4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.7 5.1
30% 39% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 45% 27%
 
7.9 7.6 12 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8 8.6
3.1 3.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 2.5
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • All of Kettering Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Chorley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chorley have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Chorley have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kettering Town have scored away.
  • Chorley have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • Chorley haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kettering Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Kettering Town have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Vanarama National League North

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

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).