National League preview: Can Chesterfield edge out victory against Boreham Wood?

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Technique Stadium (10504 seats)

Edgy top table potboiler in National League as Boreham Wood have come the 124 miles required to reach Chesterfield at their Technique Stadium.

Insights:
  • Chesterfield have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Boreham Wood have the most points (18) away in National League

It's no vacation for neither Chesterfield nor Boreham Wood as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Chesterfield form and stats

15 points is a decent return from 7 National League games here at Technique Stadium for Chesterfield. The data says 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

Chesterfield shared the glory with York City in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Bromley.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chesterfield handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Some stats: A review of the 12 most recent league matches shows that 11 of them had at least one goal from each team.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Gateshead are coming to town in three days.

Goals decide football matches and Chesterfield are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. On the other hand, Chesterfield have conceded 10 goals.

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Boreham Wood form and stats

Boreham Wood have an excellent away record in the National League so far with 5-3-0 from 8 games.

Boreham Wood are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Dagenham & Redbridge (placed 13th).

A draw for Boreham Wood before that, at their own venue hosting Wrexham (1-1).

Boreham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

Low on goals? 9 of this side's most recent 12 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.

Boreham Wood has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

Chesterfield have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (2-4-0) when facing Boreham Wood.

Top Goalscorers

ChesterfieldJ. King
J. King
5 goals
Boreham WoodT. Marsh
T. Marsh
5 goals
Boreham WoodL. Ndlovu
L. Ndlovu
5 goals

Chesterfield missing players

Boreham Wood missing players

Chesterfield Boreham Wood
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 1 8 15
8 5 3 Won W 1 5 7
4 0 0 Drew D 0 3 6
3 2 0 Lost L 0 0 2
29 15 8 Scored S 1 13 22
21 10 4 Conceded C 0 5 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 80%
73% 71% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 33%
47% 57% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 20%
20% 43% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 7%
80% 71% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 67%
20% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 38% 27%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
6.3 7.7 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 1 5.5 5.6
4.9 4.6 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 10 5.6 4.3
1.7 1.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.7
3 1 1 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
12.1 12.4 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 3 10.2 10.6
6.1 6.3 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.8 4.3
32% 34% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 34% 34%
 
9.8 7.7 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.9 9.7
4.7 3.9 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.9 4.3
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Boreham Wood have not yet lost a game away.
  • Boreham Wood have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Boreham Wood have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in National League
  • Boreham Wood have the most points (18) away in National League
  • Boreham Wood haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Chesterfield have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Chesterfield have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Chesterfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Notts County 15 11 3 1 40 14 7 6 1 0 15 3 8 5 2 1 25 11 26 36
2 Wrexham 15 10 3 2 42 17 7 7 0 0 30 9 8 3 3 2 12 8 25 33
3 Solihull Moors 15 8 4 3 32 16 8 4 4 0 18 7 7 4 0 3 14 9 16 28
4 Chesterfield 15 8 4 3 29 21 7 5 0 2 15 10 8 3 4 1 14 11 8 28
5 Boreham Wood 15 7 6 2 22 14 7 2 3 2 9 9 8 5 3 0 13 5 8 27
6 Woking 15 7 3 5 28 18 7 4 1 2 16 9 8 3 2 3 12 9 10 24
7 Bromley 15 7 3 5 23 19 8 5 2 1 12 5 7 2 1 4 11 14 4 24
8 Southend United 15 6 5 4 18 11 8 4 2 2 9 4 7 2 3 2 9 7 7 23
9 York City 16 6 5 5 20 15 8 3 3 2 9 8 8 3 2 3 11 7 5 23
10 Barnet 15 7 2 6 32 34 7 5 0 2 13 11 8 2 2 4 19 23 -2 23
11 Eastleigh 15 6 4 5 16 18 7 5 2 0 9 4 8 1 2 5 7 14 -2 22
12 Dorking Wanderers 15 6 3 6 30 34 8 4 2 2 17 16 7 2 1 4 13 18 -4 21
13 Dagenham & Redbridge 16 5 5 6 25 33 8 4 3 1 18 15 8 1 2 5 7 18 -8 20
14 Wealdstone 15 5 4 6 16 22 8 2 3 3 8 13 7 3 1 3 8 9 -6 19
15 Altrincham 15 4 6 5 23 28 7 3 3 1 12 8 8 1 3 4 11 20 -5 18
16 Aldershot Town 15 5 2 8 21 23 8 3 1 4 13 13 7 2 1 4 8 10 -2 17
17 Maidenhead United 15 5 2 8 14 20 8 3 2 3 8 8 7 2 0 5 6 12 -6 17
18 Oldham Athletic 15 4 4 7 16 23 8 4 1 3 14 13 7 0 3 4 2 10 -7 16
19 Halifax Town 15 4 3 8 12 23 7 3 1 3 6 9 8 1 2 5 6 14 -11 15
20 Scunthorpe United 15 3 5 7 22 30 8 3 2 3 15 16 7 0 3 4 7 14 -8 14
21 Yeovil Town 15 2 7 6 12 18 8 2 3 3 7 9 7 0 4 3 5 9 -6 13
22 Gateshead 15 2 6 7 18 26 8 1 4 3 11 13 7 1 2 4 7 13 -8 12
23 Maidstone United 15 3 3 9 17 36 7 2 2 3 8 12 8 1 1 6 9 24 -19 12
24 Torquay United 15 2 4 9 13 28 7 0 3 4 9 16 8 2 1 5 4 12 -15 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.