Soccer match preview: Chesterfield confident before travelling to Barnet

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hive Stadium (5634 seats)

Barnet hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 13 points and a 22nd position in the National League table. Visiting Chesterfield holds 15th place with 36 pts.

Insights:
  • Barnet have the most conceded goals (63) in National League

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 Barnet and Chesterfield.

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Barnet form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the National League this season. Barnet, who have the most conceded goals (63) in National League, have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses from their games here at The Hive Stadium. With Barnet having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager T. Flowers.

Barnet lost their last game at Stockport County (placed 5th) after a 1-2 scoreline. A 2-2 draw away before that, with Bromley the opponent.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the National League game versus Maidenhead United in only three days. This game is also played here at The Hive Stadium.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Barnet here at The Hive Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 14 games). Barnet are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (28 from 14 played).

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Chesterfield form and stats

As the visiting team in National League matches, Chesterfield have produced an overall stat of 4-2-6 so far. Chesterfield seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

J. McCourt was the last player to score for the away team. Chesterfield haven't scored a league goal in the last 192 minutes.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a National League home defeat versus Sutton United with 0-1 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Maidenhead United wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Chesterfield has another fixture away, a National League game, against Aldershot Town in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Chesterfield find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 12 away fixtures 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. 17 goals have been conceded by Chesterfield in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Chesterfield - Barnet 6-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Barnet victories, two draws and five Chesterfield wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChesterfieldA. Asante
A. Asante
10 goals
ChesterfieldT. Denton
T. Denton
9 goals
BarnetJ. Hooper
J. Hooper
6 goals

Barnet missing players

Chesterfield missing players

Barnet Chesterfield
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 14 5 Played P 4 12 25
3 2 0 Won W 1 4 11
4 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
19 10 5 Lost L 2 6 11
21 8 4 Scored S 7 13 36
63 28 17 Conceded C 8 17 28
88% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
81% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 64%
65% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 56%
38% 21% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 24%
27% 14% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 16%
58% 43% 80% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 44%
15% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 44%
38% 50% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.1
4 3 2 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
8.2 8.6 6.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.9 10.2
3.4 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 4.7
24% 18% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 24% 31%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Barnet have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Barnet have the fewest points (8) at home in National League
  • Barnet have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in National League
  • Barnet have the most conceded goals (28) at home in National League
  • Barnet have the most conceded goals (63) in National League
  • Barnet have the most conceded goals in the first half (33) in National League
  • Barnet have the the worst goal difference (-20) at home in National League
  • Barnet have the the worst goal difference (-42) in National League
  • Barnet is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sutton United 26 17 5 4 45 22 14 9 3 2 30 11 12 8 2 2 15 11 23 56
2 Hartlepool United 29 14 8 7 38 27 15 9 3 3 22 13 14 5 5 4 16 14 11 50
3 Torquay United 27 14 6 7 47 29 13 6 3 4 21 13 14 8 3 3 26 16 18 48
4 Wrexham 29 13 8 8 40 29 14 7 5 2 22 9 15 6 3 6 18 20 11 47
5 Stockport County 27 13 7 7 39 23 13 6 5 2 16 9 14 7 2 5 23 14 16 46
6 Halifax Town 27 12 7 8 43 32 12 6 3 3 21 14 15 6 4 5 22 18 11 43
7 Notts County 25 12 6 7 32 21 14 7 2 5 22 14 11 5 4 2 10 7 11 42
8 Bromley 27 11 8 8 45 35 15 5 5 5 26 22 12 6 3 3 19 13 10 41
9 Eastleigh 27 10 10 7 35 28 14 6 5 3 17 11 13 4 5 4 18 17 7 40
10 Maidenhead United 25 11 6 8 40 36 12 6 2 4 25 19 13 5 4 4 15 17 4 39
11 Boreham Wood 29 9 12 8 33 29 13 3 6 4 13 14 16 6 6 4 20 15 4 39
12 Yeovil Town 29 11 5 13 43 45 14 7 1 6 22 18 15 4 4 7 21 27 -2 38
13 Altrincham 30 10 8 12 34 38 12 4 3 5 14 14 18 6 5 7 20 24 -4 38
14 Aldershot Town 26 11 4 11 38 37 12 6 1 5 17 17 14 5 3 6 21 20 1 37
15 Chesterfield 25 11 3 11 36 28 13 7 1 5 23 11 12 4 2 6 13 17 8 36
16 Dagenham & Redbridge 27 9 7 11 27 35 13 4 5 4 14 15 14 5 2 7 13 20 -8 34
17 Solihull Moors 25 9 5 11 28 31 11 6 1 4 15 12 14 3 4 7 13 19 -3 32
18 Woking 26 8 7 11 30 30 14 5 6 3 17 10 12 3 1 8 13 20 0 31
19 Wealdstone 26 8 5 13 34 52 13 6 2 5 24 24 13 2 3 8 10 28 -18 29
20 Weymouth 27 6 6 15 27 42 15 4 2 9 16 26 12 2 4 6 11 16 -15 24
21 King's Lynn Town 26 6 6 14 33 53 14 3 5 6 20 24 12 3 1 8 13 29 -20 24
22 Barnet 26 3 4 19 21 63 14 2 2 10 8 28 12 1 2 9 13 35 -42 13
23 Dover Athletic 15 3 1 11 12 35 9 3 1 5 9 18 6 0 0 6 3 17 -23 10

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The National League is the fifth highest level of the English football league system. 24 professional and semi-professional teams play a total of 552 fixtures to top the league table. The National League is the top division of the National League System which contains division levels five to eleven.