A classic home victory, the away team steals it or a tactical 0-0 draw? It's all possible when the mid-table sides Hereford and Chorley duel at Edgar Street Athletic Ground.
- Hereford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chorley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 Hereford and Chorley.
Hereford form and stats
The story so far in the Vanarama National League North for Hereford at their home stadium (Edgar Street Athletic Ground) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Hereford has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Gowling and the players.
In their previous game, the manager Gowling led his Hereford to a defeat away at King's Lynn Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Edgar Street Athletic Ground.
Preceding that match was the home game against Darlington that was lost 1-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hereford have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 2.
There will be little rest for Hereford after this match as they are travelling to Spennymoor Town for a Vanarama National League North game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Hereford in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. Hereford's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Chorley form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Chorley so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Preece, the Chorley manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Impressive finishing from Calveley, Shenton and Hall secured the home win 3-0 against Curzon Ashton in their previous game.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Banbury United's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Chorley playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were 4 Chorley wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats.
Highlight this: 8 of the last 10 league games featuring this side have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
A quick return to home after this game, as Chorley are hosting AFC Telford United in the Vanarama National League North only four days away.
13 goals have been conceded by Chorley in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Hereford one win, two draws and Chorley two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Hall 10 goals |   T. Barnett 8 goals | B. Ustabaşı 6 goals |
Hereford missing players
Chorley missing players
| Hereford | Chorley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 25 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 25 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 20 |
| 95% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 85% |
| 68% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 70% |
| 53% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 40% |
| 26% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 22% | 20% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 22% | 15% |
| 53% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 26% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 22% | 45% |
| 26% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 56% | 35% |
| 4.5 | 5.1 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8.4 | 9.1 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 31% | 32% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 10.2 | 8.1 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.3 | 7.1 |
| 4.4 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3 |
- Chorley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chorley have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Hereford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Brackley Town | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 41 |
| 2 | King's Lynn Town | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Darlington | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Chester | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | Fylde | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Scarborough Athletic | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Peterborough Sports | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Banbury United | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 32 |
| 9 | Southport | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 32 |
| 10 | Chorley | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 30 |
| 11 | Gloucester City | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 29 |
| 12 | Kidderminster Harriers | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -2 | 28 |
| 13 | Alfreton Town | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 14 | Leamington | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 15 | Boston United | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 16 | Hereford | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 17 | Curzon Ashton | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 18 | Bradford Park Avenue | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 22 |
| 19 | Spennymoor Town | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 20 | -6 | 21 |
| 20 | Buxton | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 21 |
| 21 | Kettering Town | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 25 | -16 | 21 |
| 22 | Blyth Spartans | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -11 | 18 |
| 23 | Farsley Celtic | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 16 |
| 24 | AFC Telford United | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -25 | 10 |
