Eastbourne Borough will aim to draw on their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Chelmsford City.
- Eastbourne Borough haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Chelmsford City have the most clean sheets (15) in Vanarama National League South
The hosts Eastbourne Borough saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Vanarama National League South. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Taunton Town.
Eastbourne Borough form and stats
The story so far in the Vanarama National League South for Eastbourne Borough at their home stadium (Priory Lane Stadium) is 8 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats.
It's back home for Eastbourne, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Taunton Town away with the result 2-1. Pearce (2) found the net in that victory.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cheshunt (0-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Eastbourne Borough perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Eastbourne Borough as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Eastbourne Borough has won 8 of these, drawn 0 and lost 2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Eastbourne as they have a new game in only three days, a Vanarama National League South match thankfully also at home. Tonbridge Angels are visiting.
Eastbourne Borough have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Priory Lane Stadium with 29 goals in 17 league matches. Eastbourne Borough's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 25 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Chelmsford City form and stats
As the visiting team in Vanarama National League South matches, Chelmsford City have produced an overall stat of 6-5-5 so far.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Essex Senior Cup home loss versus Braintree Town with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Ebbsfleet United.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Chelmsford playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 5 Chelmsford City wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's most recent 11 league matches have contained two goals or less.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dulwich Hamlet in just two days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Chelmsford City as they have only managed to score 15 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Chelmsford City have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest past scoreline featuring both these squads is the Chelmsford City - Eastbourne 5-0 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Eastbourne Borough two wins, three draws and Chelmsford City five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Remy 9 goals | L. Gravata 7 goals |   S. Jackson 7 goals |
Eastbourne Borough missing players
Chelmsford City missing players
| Eastbourne Borough | Chelmsford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 16 | 34 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 57 | 29 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 39 |
| 54 | 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 31 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 81% | 88% |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 59% |
| 66% | 65% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 32% |
| 34% | 35% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 15% |
| 20% | 18% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 60% | 59% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 38% | 29% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 44% |
| 29% | 24% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 38% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 9.7 | 11.2 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.9 | 10.3 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 34% | 32% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 31% | 30% |
| 11.2 | 10.1 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 12.9 | 11 |
| 4.7 | 3.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5 | 4.4 |
- Chelmsford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chelmsford City have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Vanarama National League South
- Chelmsford City have the most clean sheets (15) in Vanarama National League South
- Chelmsford City have the most matches under the total-line (23) in Vanarama National League South
- Chelmsford City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Eastbourne Borough haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 35 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 81 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 45 | 80 |
| 2 | Dartford | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 29 | 66 |
| 3 | Oxford City | 35 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 60 | 42 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 60 |
| 4 | Havant & Waterlooville | 33 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 63 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 59 |
| 5 | Worthing | 35 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 65 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 59 |
| 6 | Braintree Town | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 58 |
| 7 | Chelmsford City | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 55 |
| 8 | Tonbridge Angels | 35 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 52 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 1 | 54 |
| 9 | St Albans City | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 14 | 52 |
| 10 | Eastbourne Borough | 35 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 57 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 3 | 51 |
| 11 | Farnborough | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 49 |
| 12 | Bath City | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 48 |
| 13 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 42 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | -3 | 48 |
| 14 | Dover Athletic | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -8 | 43 |
| 15 | Welling United | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 51 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 23 | -8 | 41 |
| 16 | Slough Town | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 39 | 63 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -24 | 36 |
| 17 | Taunton Town | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 33 |
| 18 | Hampton & Richmond | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 41 | 57 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 33 | -16 | 32 |
| 19 | Dulwich Hamlet | 33 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 47 | 68 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 38 | -21 | 32 |
| 20 | Cheshunt | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 59 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -21 | 31 |
| 21 | Chippenham Town | 31 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 31 | -15 | 30 |
| 22 | Weymouth | 32 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 39 | 60 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 35 | -21 | 28 |
| 23 | Hungerford Town | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 30 | 43 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 28 | -13 | 27 |
| 24 | Concord Rangers | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -24 | 27 |
