It's only match two of the Vanarama National League North for these contenders. And fresh bodies and minds here at Throstle Nest as Farsley Celtic greet Chorley. Read this preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Farsley Celtic form and stats
The previous season, Farsley Celtic's league stats were 12 wins, 14 draws and 20 losses, providing 20th place in the Vanarama National League North. During these 46 matches they scored {51 goals} and conceded 75. Playing at home in the previous season Farsley Celtic produced 8-8-7 (win-draw-lost) with {27 goals} and 28 conceded.
Farsley Celtic enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Rushall Olympic's place. The match ended 2-0 with Atkinson and Stephenson scoring.
Heartbreak before that as Farsley lost 1-2 at Spennymoor Town's place.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as South Shields are coming to town in three days.
Chorley form and stats
Let's have a look at how Chorley performed last season in the Vanarama National League North: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 15 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 62 and conceded {50 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 8 and lost 9 with 30/31 goals scored/conceded.
There were no winners in Chorley's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Brackley Town (placed 13th).
Preceding that game, the 3-4 loss visiting Gloucester City's place.Chorley have another game that requires travelling in just three days, a Vanarama National League North fixture vs Chester. A strenuous programme for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
Chorley have avoided defeat in the last 5 matches (3-2-0) versus Farsley Celtic.Top Goalscorers
![]() D. Stephenson 1 goals | ![]() B. Atkinson 1 goals | ![]() M. Ellis 1 goals |
Farsley Celtic missing players
Chorley missing players
| Farsley Celtic | Chorley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Farsley Celtic | Last season | Chorley | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Drew | D | 8 | 15 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 51 | 27 | Scored | S | 30 | 62 | ||
| 75 | 28 | Conceded | C | 31 | 50 | ||
| 91% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 85% | ||
| 80% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 65% | ||
| 50% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 46% | ||
| 30% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 22% | ||
| 9% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 15% | ||
| 52% | 52% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 46% | ||
| 20% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 41% | ||
| 37% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 28% | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | ||
| 10.8 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Warrington Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Spennymoor Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Blyth Spartans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Curzon Ashton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | South Shields | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Bishop's Stortford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Farsley Celtic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Peterborough Sports | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | King's Lynn Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Hereford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Chorley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Brackley Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Boston United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Buxton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Tamworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Scarborough Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Gloucester City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Darlington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Alfreton Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 21 | Chester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 22 | Rushall Olympic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 23 | Banbury United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 24 | Southport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 46 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 80 | 44 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 36 | 95 |
| 2 | King's Lynn Town | 46 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 84 | 43 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 41 | 93 |
| 3 | Chester | 46 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 72 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 20 | 31 | 84 |
| 4 | Brackley Town | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 57 | 47 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 69 |
| 5 | Alfreton Town | 46 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 54 | 44 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 69 |
| 6 | Kidderminster Harriers | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 49 | 42 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 69 |
| 7 | Gloucester City | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 75 | 68 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 36 | 7 | 68 |
| 8 | Scarborough Athletic | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 74 | 69 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 5 | 68 |
| 9 | Spennymoor Town | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 68 | 67 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 1 | 68 |
| 10 | Darlington | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 72 | 64 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 8 | 67 |
| 11 | Buxton | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 55 | 54 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 1 | 67 |
| 12 | Chorley | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 62 | 50 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 12 | 66 |
| 13 | Curzon Ashton | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 58 | 55 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 65 |
| 14 | Peterborough Sports | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 50 | 55 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 29 | -5 | 57 |
| 15 | Boston United | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 68 | 66 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 2 | 56 |
| 16 | Hereford | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 47 | 56 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 33 | -9 | 55 |
| 17 | Banbury United | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 55 | 62 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 38 | -7 | 54 |
| 18 | Southport | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 62 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 32 | -12 | 50 |
| 19 | Blyth Spartans | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 49 | 62 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 34 | -13 | 50 |
| 20 | Farsley Celtic | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 51 | 75 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 47 | -24 | 50 |
| 21 | Kettering Town | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 41 | 63 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 45 | -22 | 49 |
| 22 | Leamington | 46 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 41 | 60 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 38 | -19 | 48 |
| 23 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 40 | -22 | 46 |
| 24 | AFC Telford United | 46 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 35 | 76 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 40 | -41 | 32 |