It's the National League season debut for these sides, whom are finally battling for points again. Will Dorking Wanderers or Chesterfield get that very important first three points?
Dorking Wanderers form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Dorking Wanderers as they were promoted from Vanarama National League South last season. Happy days that were secured through 25 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses from 40 games. The team scored 61 goals at home last season and conceded 23. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Dorking Wanderers friendly games in pre-season: Wanderers played six friendlies, won 4, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Dorking Wanderers scored 19 goals and conceded 9 in these six games.
Chesterfield form and stats
Let's have a look at how Chesterfield performed last season in the National League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 14 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 69 and conceded 51 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 7 and lost 6 with 33/25 goals scored/conceded.
That defeat was their first after five consecutive league rounds winning points.
It's a day of discovery for Chesterfield as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Chesterfield have played three with the results W3-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Chesterfield has scored 7 goals and conceded 0 times.
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Dorking Wanderers missing players
Chesterfield missing players
| Dorking Wanderers | Chesterfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dorking Wanderers | Last season | Chesterfield | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 24 | 46 | ||
| 25 | 17 | Won | W | 10 | 21 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 7 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 101 | 61 | Scored | S | 36 | 72 | ||
| 53 | 23 | Conceded | C | 29 | 55 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 96% | 93% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 75% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 57% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 39% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 15% | ||
| 68% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 54% | ||
| 28% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 35% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 17% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.7 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 41% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 34% | ||
| 8.9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 7.3 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aldershot Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Altrincham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Barnet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Boreham Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Bromley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Chesterfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Dorking Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Eastleigh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Gateshead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Halifax Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Maidenhead United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Maidstone United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Notts County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Solihull Moors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Southend United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Torquay United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Wealdstone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Woking | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Wrexham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Yeovil Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | York City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maidstone United | 40 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 80 | 38 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 42 | 87 |
| 2 | Dorking Wanderers | 40 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 101 | 53 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 61 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 48 | 81 |
| 3 | Ebbsfleet United | 40 | 24 | 4 | 12 | 78 | 53 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 25 | 76 |
| 4 | Dartford | 40 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 75 | 42 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 24 | 33 | 74 |
| 5 | Oxford City | 40 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 71 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 25 | 69 |
| 6 | Eastbourne Borough | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 73 | 67 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 36 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 6 | 60 |
| 7 | Chippenham Town | 40 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 61 | 50 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 59 |
| 8 | Havant & Waterlooville | 40 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 58 | 55 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 3 | 57 |
| 9 | St Albans City | 40 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 55 | 58 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 30 | -3 | 52 |
| 10 | Dulwich Hamlet | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 63 | 60 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 3 | 51 |
| 11 | Hampton & Richmond | 40 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 56 | 56 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 0 | 51 |
| 12 | Hungerford Town | 40 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 59 | 68 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 34 | -9 | 49 |
| 13 | Slough Town | 40 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 51 | 69 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 31 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 38 | -18 | 49 |
| 14 | Concord Rangers | 40 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 53 | 72 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 31 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 41 | -19 | 49 |
| 15 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 40 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 49 | 72 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 30 | -23 | 48 |
| 16 | Tonbridge Angels | 40 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 43 | 53 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 33 | -10 | 45 |
| 17 | Braintree Town | 40 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 54 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 30 | -16 | 45 |
| 18 | Bath City | 40 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 45 | 68 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 42 | -23 | 45 |
| 19 | Chelmsford City | 40 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 46 | 53 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 32 | -7 | 41 |
| 20 | Welling United | 40 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 46 | 87 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 47 | -41 | 38 |
| 21 | Billericay Town | 40 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 41 | 68 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 30 | -27 | 36 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stockport County | 44 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 87 | 38 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 21 | 49 | 94 |
| 2 | Wrexham | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 91 | 46 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 45 | 88 |
| 3 | Solihull Moors | 44 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 83 | 45 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 38 | 87 |
| 4 | Halifax Town | 44 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 62 | 35 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 84 |
| 5 | Notts County | 44 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 81 | 52 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 29 | 82 |
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 44 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 68 | 46 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 77 |
| 7 | Chesterfield | 44 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 69 | 51 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 18 | 74 |
| 8 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 44 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 80 | 53 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 24 | 27 | 73 |
| 9 | Boreham Wood | 44 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 67 |
| 10 | Bromley | 44 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 61 | 53 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 67 |
| 11 | Torquay United | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 66 | 54 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 66 |
| 12 | Yeovil Town | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 43 | 46 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 21 | -3 | 59 |
| 13 | Southend United | 44 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 45 | 61 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 34 | -16 | 58 |
| 14 | Altrincham | 44 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 62 | 69 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 42 | -7 | 55 |
| 15 | Woking | 44 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 59 | 61 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 25 | -2 | 53 |
| 16 | Wealdstone | 44 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 51 | 65 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 41 | -14 | 53 |
| 17 | Maidenhead United | 44 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 48 | 67 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 32 | -19 | 51 |
| 18 | Barnet | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 59 | 89 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 42 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 47 | -30 | 50 |
| 19 | Eastleigh | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 52 | 74 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 41 | -22 | 46 |
| 20 | Aldershot Town | 44 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 46 | 73 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 33 | -27 | 43 |
| 21 | King's Lynn Town | 44 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 47 | 79 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 38 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 41 | -32 | 34 |
| 22 | Weymouth | 44 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 40 | 88 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 50 | -48 | 28 |
| 23 | Dover Athletic | 44 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 37 | 101 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 41 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 60 | -64 | 1 |