Vanarama National League South preview: Can Chippenham Town edge out victory against Cheshunt?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hardenhuish Park (2815 seats)

Chippenham Town - Cheshunt: Vanarama National League South basement dwellers scrapping for points and glory. Read all the relevant data and news before the game!

Insights:
  • Chippenham Town have the fewest scored goals (23) in Vanarama National League South
  • Cheshunt have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Not a lot of time to rest for the team playing at home, as they had a Vanarama National League South match only four days ago. This match was also played here at Hardenhuish Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Cheshunt have had more rest.

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Chippenham Town form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Chippenham Town, who have the fewest scored goals (23) in Vanarama National League South, have to build on here at Hardenhuish Park in the Vanarama National League South. When Chippenham Town hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Hampton & Richmond, Chippenham Town, Hungerford Town, Weymouth, Taunton Town, Concord Rangers and Dulwich Hamlet), they have won 2 of 2 matches!

Chippenham are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 182 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Windsor).

The spoils were shared in Chippenham Town's previous game, also at home. Visiting Ebbsfleet United (placed 1st) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

Prior to that, an away loss at Dartford.

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 Chippenham have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

The manager Horgan will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hemel Hempstead Town in only three days.

Chippenham Town have scored {7 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. Chippenham Town have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cheshunt form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cheshunt so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-9 (win-draw-lose).

There might be some fixture complaints from Cheshunt as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-3 against Farnborough. That loss was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Welling United.

We have checked recent matches where Cheshunt have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 6 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Cheshunt, the Vanarama National League South home match versus Hungerford Town. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Cheshunt's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The teams have met each other before in this season, with the final score Cheshunt - Chippenham Town 3-2 registered in the official records. Head-to-head numbers (for the prior seven meetings): Chippenham Town won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Cheshunt managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / three.

Top Goalscorers

CheshuntR. Beckles
R. Beckles
6 goals
CheshuntR. Liburd
R. Liburd
5 goals
CheshuntK. Charles
K. Charles
5 goals

Chippenham Town missing players

Cheshunt missing players

Chippenham Town Cheshunt
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 11 2 Played P 4 14 30
6 4 2 Won W 1 2 7
8 3 0 Drew D 2 3 6
13 4 0 Lost L 1 9 17
23 7 3 Scored S 3 10 33
38 9 1 Conceded C 3 23 54
85% 73% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 93%
63% 36% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 77%
41% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 57%
19% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 30%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 23%
48% 27% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 57%
26% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 14% 17%
41% 55% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 33%
 
4 3.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.8 4.3
4.9 4.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.1 5.1
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
8.9 8.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.9 10
3.9 3.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3.8
22% 18% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 22% 29%
 
10.3 8.8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 14.8 13.8
4.9 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.2 5.7
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Cheshunt have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cheshunt have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Chippenham Town have the fewest scored goals (23) in Vanarama National League South
  • Chippenham Town have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Vanarama National League South

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ebbsfleet United 31 22 4 5 70 31 16 12 1 3 42 15 15 10 3 2 28 16 39 70
2 Dartford 31 19 4 8 62 34 15 11 1 3 34 13 16 8 3 5 28 21 28 61
3 Havant & Waterlooville 29 17 5 7 60 39 16 9 2 5 33 21 13 8 3 2 27 18 21 56
4 Oxford City 32 15 10 7 56 41 16 9 5 2 38 22 16 6 5 5 18 19 15 55
5 Worthing 31 14 10 7 56 45 16 6 5 5 29 33 15 8 5 2 27 12 11 52
6 St Albans City 30 15 6 9 50 34 14 6 4 4 19 13 16 9 2 5 31 21 16 51
7 Braintree Town 31 14 9 8 47 39 16 9 7 0 27 14 15 5 2 8 20 25 8 51
8 Chelmsford City 31 15 6 10 38 30 16 9 2 5 23 13 15 6 4 5 15 17 8 51
9 Tonbridge Angels 31 14 5 12 48 48 16 7 4 5 26 23 15 7 1 7 22 25 0 47
10 Farnborough 27 13 6 8 35 25 12 5 3 4 16 12 15 8 3 4 19 13 10 45
11 Eastbourne Borough 31 14 3 14 51 49 16 7 1 8 27 25 15 7 2 6 24 24 2 45
12 Hemel Hempstead Town 30 11 8 11 35 38 15 6 4 5 17 17 15 5 4 6 18 21 -3 41
13 Bath City 30 10 9 11 41 41 15 5 3 7 21 21 15 5 6 4 20 20 0 39
14 Welling United 29 9 10 10 39 47 14 4 4 6 22 24 15 5 6 4 17 23 -8 37
15 Dover Athletic 31 9 9 13 34 44 15 6 3 6 21 20 16 3 6 7 13 24 -10 36
16 Slough Town 30 8 9 13 37 55 15 4 4 7 20 29 15 4 5 6 17 26 -18 33
17 Taunton Town 24 8 8 8 24 22 12 5 5 2 14 8 12 3 3 6 10 14 2 32
18 Dulwich Hamlet 30 9 5 16 46 58 15 5 1 9 20 28 15 4 4 7 26 30 -12 32
19 Cheshunt 30 7 6 17 33 54 16 5 3 8 23 31 14 2 3 9 10 23 -21 27
20 Hampton & Richmond 29 6 8 15 34 48 13 2 5 6 11 21 16 4 3 9 23 27 -14 26
21 Chippenham Town 27 6 8 13 23 38 11 4 3 4 7 9 16 2 5 9 16 29 -15 26
22 Concord Rangers 27 7 5 15 26 45 14 4 4 6 16 20 13 3 1 9 10 25 -19 26
23 Weymouth 29 7 3 19 33 57 15 3 2 10 11 25 14 4 1 9 22 32 -24 24
24 Hungerford Town 29 5 6 18 25 41 16 4 5 7 14 15 13 1 1 11 11 26 -16 21

Read more about Vanarama National League South

The National League South, formerly known as Conference South, is the sixth highest division in English football. It consists of teams located in the South West and South East of England, London and the southern parts of Wales, the Midlands and the East of England. 22 teams make up the league table.