All the facts and stats for the Fa Trophy clash: Chorley - Matlock Town

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Competition: England Fa Trophy
Date: Tue 17.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Chorley or Matlock Town that keep their silverware dream alive.

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 Chorley and Matlock Town.

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Chorley form and stats

Chorley participated in Fa Trophy the last season, where they reached the 3rd round qualifying.

When playing at home in the Vanarama National League, Chorley have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 12 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here.

The home team returns after sharing the points with Matlock Town on their last time out; the Fa Trophy game ended 2-2. Heartbreak before that as Chorley lost 2-4 at Stockport County's place.

There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Matlock Town as C. Holroyd's goal in the 85th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a point.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Chorley, as the Vanarama National League home game vs Dover Athletic is only four days away.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Chorley here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 12 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Chorley defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Matlock Town form and stats

They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the 1st round qualifying.

3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Matlock Town playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Northern this season. Total Fa Trophy statistics for Matlock Town: 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Bitter travels for Matlock Town as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Whitby Town match. It's looking increasingly bleak for Matlock Town who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Mickleover Sports was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Matlock Town delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Chorley in their previous match; a Fa Trophy game. Preceding that game, the 2-5 loss visiting United of Manchester's place.

It looked so good for Matlock Town vs Chorley, but the job was not completed and two points were lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

Matlock Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Matlock Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Matlock Town - Chorley 2-2. Chorley-Matlock Town H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Chorley 5 wins, Matlock Town 2 wins, 1 draw. 4 of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ChorleyC. Holroyd
C. Holroyd
6 goals
ChorleyM. Carver
M. Carver
4 goals
ChorleyA. Newby
A. Newby
3 goals

Chorley missing players

Matlock Town missing players

Chorley Matlock Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   10 25
5 4   Won W   4 10
9 3   Drew D   2 5
11 5   Lost L   4 10
25 12   Scored S   13 34
44 19   Conceded C   14 33
80% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
68% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 72%
52% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 60%
40% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 24%
20% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 4%
52% 42%   BTTS BTTS   50% 64%
36% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 24%
32% 25%   Failed to Score F T   20% 12%
 
4.2 4.8   Corners For (avg) C F   4 4.6
4 3.8   Corners Against (avg) C A   3.7 3.2
1.8 1.6   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   0.6 1.3
2 0   Red Cards R C   0 2
 
244 115   Total Shots T S   38 157
92 46   Shots on Target S O   15 62
27% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barrow 24 15 2 7 46 27 12 8 1 3 18 10 12 7 1 4 28 17 19 47
2 Yeovil Town 25 13 5 7 42 29 13 7 3 3 22 14 12 6 2 4 20 15 13 44
3 Bromley 25 12 8 5 43 31 12 6 5 1 26 16 13 6 3 4 17 15 12 44
4 Woking 25 11 8 6 37 31 13 5 5 3 16 16 12 6 3 3 21 15 6 41
5 Solihull Moors 24 12 4 8 37 25 11 9 0 2 22 9 13 3 4 6 15 16 12 40
6 Harrogate Town 25 11 7 7 38 34 13 8 3 2 20 12 12 3 4 5 18 22 4 40
7 Halifax Town 24 11 5 8 32 30 11 5 2 4 16 14 13 6 3 4 16 16 2 38
8 Stockport County 25 11 5 9 35 39 13 7 1 5 20 21 12 4 4 4 15 18 -4 38
9 Boreham Wood 25 10 7 8 36 28 12 5 3 4 17 13 13 5 4 4 19 15 8 37
10 Barnet 24 9 7 8 36 33 13 6 4 3 21 15 11 3 3 5 15 18 3 34
11 Torquay United 25 10 4 11 43 43 12 6 1 5 20 20 13 4 3 6 23 23 0 34
12 Notts County 24 8 9 7 36 28 13 5 6 2 20 13 11 3 3 5 16 15 8 33
13 Eastleigh 24 8 9 7 30 32 13 5 6 2 18 14 11 3 3 5 12 18 -2 33
14 Hartlepool United 24 8 8 8 37 34 11 3 4 4 17 18 13 5 4 4 20 16 3 32
15 Dover Athletic 23 9 5 9 29 32 13 2 4 7 16 22 10 7 1 2 13 10 -3 32
16 Maidenhead United 25 9 4 12 32 35 12 2 3 7 12 18 13 7 1 5 20 17 -3 31
17 Dagenham & Redbridge 25 8 6 11 30 33 13 5 3 5 22 20 12 3 3 6 8 13 -3 30
18 Fylde 24 7 7 10 29 38 11 4 4 3 12 14 13 3 3 7 17 24 -9 28
19 Sutton United 25 6 9 10 26 31 12 2 4 6 14 18 13 4 5 4 12 13 -5 27
20 Aldershot Town 25 7 6 12 26 36 12 4 3 5 16 16 13 3 3 7 10 20 -10 27
21 Wrexham 25 6 8 11 30 35 13 5 5 3 16 13 12 1 3 8 14 22 -5 26
22 Ebbsfleet United 25 5 8 12 36 48 12 2 4 6 18 26 13 3 4 6 18 22 -12 23
23 Chesterfield 25 5 8 12 33 47 13 3 2 8 17 25 12 2 6 4 16 22 -14 23
24 Chorley 25 4 11 10 23 43 12 3 4 5 10 19 13 1 7 5 13 24 -20 23
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lancaster City 21 11 6 4 36 26 10 6 4 0 14 6 11 5 2 4 22 20 10 39
2 South Shields 18 11 3 4 28 15 10 6 2 2 18 6 8 5 1 2 10 9 13 36
3 Basford United 19 10 5 4 36 25 8 6 1 1 21 11 11 4 4 3 15 14 11 35
4 Warrington Town 18 9 6 3 31 20 10 5 2 3 18 13 8 4 4 0 13 7 11 33
5 Radcliffe Borough 17 10 2 5 22 13 9 6 2 1 14 4 8 4 0 4 8 9 9 32
6 Stalybridge Celtic 20 10 2 8 29 27 9 5 0 4 19 17 11 5 2 4 10 10 2 32
7 Witton Albion 19 8 6 5 25 20 10 7 1 2 18 10 9 1 5 3 7 10 5 30
8 United of Manchester 18 8 5 5 37 27 10 5 1 4 24 16 8 3 4 1 13 11 10 29
9 Nantwich Town 17 8 3 6 32 27 9 6 1 2 19 12 8 2 2 4 13 15 5 27
10 Hyde United 21 7 6 8 34 33 10 4 4 2 22 13 11 3 2 6 12 20 1 27
11 Scarborough Athletic 21 7 6 8 25 30 10 3 6 1 11 7 11 4 0 7 14 23 -5 27
12 Morpeth Town 14 7 4 3 22 18 6 4 2 0 11 5 8 3 2 3 11 13 4 25
13 Mickleover Sports 19 7 3 9 24 30 9 4 1 4 10 12 10 3 2 5 14 18 -6 24
14 Bamber Bridge 22 7 3 12 33 41 11 6 2 3 24 15 11 1 1 9 9 26 -8 24
15 Whitby Town 16 6 3 7 24 23 8 3 2 3 10 10 8 3 1 4 14 13 1 21
16 Matlock Town 17 6 3 8 21 23 9 3 2 4 12 12 8 3 1 4 9 11 -2 21
17 Grantham Town 18 5 6 7 25 38 10 5 2 3 15 16 8 0 4 4 10 22 -13 21
18 Atherton Collieries 16 5 3 8 23 31 8 3 1 4 16 17 8 2 2 4 7 14 -8 18
19 Ashton United 16 4 3 9 20 31 7 1 2 4 6 14 9 3 1 5 14 17 -11 14
20 Buxton 19 2 7 10 25 35 10 2 3 5 17 13 9 0 4 5 8 22 -10 13
21 Stafford Rangers 17 2 6 9 14 24 8 1 4 3 6 8 9 1 2 6 8 16 -10 12
22 Gainsborough Trinity 17 2 5 10 21 30 9 2 3 4 12 13 8 0 2 6 9 17 -9 11