Football tips: Sutton United vs Chesterfield - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 08.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)

The league table in National League tells a story about these teams so far, with Sutton United leading Chesterfield by 16 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Sutton United has the the best goal difference (+10) at home in National League
  • Chesterfield has the most dropped points from leading position (15) in National League

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the National League. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Chesterfield have had more rest.

It should be mentioned that Chesterfield play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Chesterfield on artifical turf are 0 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat from two games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 1-5. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Sutton United form and stats

Sutton United, who have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in National League, have performed here this season with 4 wins from 6 National League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sutton United after consecutive victories at their own ground.

A nice win for Sutton last time playing, versus Solihull Moors. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with D. Ajiboye, T. Sho-Silva and A. Simpson scoring for the victors. A strong away win before that one, visiting Woking and winning 1-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sutton United's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won one match, drawn four and lost one.

There will be little rest for Sutton United after this match as they are travelling to Stockport County for a National League game in only four days.

The Sutton manager M. Gray has got the team scoring with 14 from 6 home games in the league. From these home matches, Sutton have conceded only 4 goals.

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Chesterfield form and stats

2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Chesterfield playing as the away team in the National League this season.

There were no winners in Chesterfield's previous match, a National League home game that ended 0-0 vs Aldershot Town (placed 13th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Weymouth with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Chesterfield playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, zero draws and two home wins.

Chesterfield are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Chesterfield have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - one - two (Sutton United wins - draws - Chesterfield wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChesterfieldT. Denton
T. Denton
7 goals
Sutton UnitedH. Beautyman
H. Beautyman
5 goals
Sutton UnitedC. Eastmond
C. Eastmond
3 goals

Sutton United missing players

Chesterfield missing players

Sutton United Chesterfield
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 3 5 11
8 4 1 Won W 0 2 3
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 3 3 7
23 14 6 Scored S 5 8 17
13 4 2 Conceded C 8 9 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
58% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 82%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 36%
25% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 40% 27%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 73%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 27%
17% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 9%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12 13.5 18 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10 9.9
5.7 6.5 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 5.4 4.7
34% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 30% 33%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Chesterfield has the most dropped points from leading position (15) in National League
  • Chesterfield have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Chesterfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sutton United has the the best goal difference (+10) at home in National League
  • Sutton United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sutton United 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 Torquay United 11 9 1 1 25 9 5 4 1 0 9 3 6 5 0 1 16 6 16 28
2 Sutton United 12 8 2 2 23 13 6 4 1 1 14 4 6 4 1 1 9 9 10 26
3 Notts County 11 6 2 3 18 11 5 4 0 1 13 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 7 20
4 Maidenhead United 12 6 2 4 16 19 5 2 1 2 9 11 7 4 1 2 7 8 -3 20
5 Bromley 12 5 4 3 21 15 7 2 2 3 11 11 5 3 2 0 10 4 6 19
6 Altrincham 13 5 3 5 12 13 6 2 1 3 6 7 7 3 2 2 6 6 -1 18
7 Wealdstone 13 5 3 5 20 25 6 3 1 2 14 15 7 2 2 3 6 10 -5 18
8 Eastleigh 9 5 2 2 19 11 5 2 2 1 7 5 4 3 0 1 12 6 8 17
9 Woking 12 5 2 5 17 14 6 3 2 1 9 4 6 2 0 4 8 10 3 17
10 Wrexham 12 5 2 5 14 12 6 3 1 2 7 3 6 2 1 3 7 9 2 17
11 Stockport County 8 5 1 2 15 7 4 2 1 1 6 3 4 3 0 1 9 4 8 16
12 Solihull Moors 9 5 1 3 14 9 4 4 0 0 9 0 5 1 1 3 5 9 5 16
13 Aldershot Town 11 4 3 4 15 13 5 2 1 2 5 7 6 2 2 2 10 6 2 15
14 Hartlepool United 11 4 3 4 13 14 6 1 2 3 4 10 5 3 1 1 9 4 -1 15
15 Halifax Town 11 3 4 4 16 11 6 2 2 2 10 7 5 1 2 2 6 4 5 13
16 King's Lynn Town 11 4 1 6 17 28 6 2 1 3 10 14 5 2 0 3 7 14 -11 13
17 Boreham Wood 10 3 3 4 9 8 4 1 1 2 1 2 6 2 2 2 8 6 1 12
18 Chesterfield 11 3 1 7 17 18 6 1 1 4 9 9 5 2 0 3 8 9 -1 10
19 Dagenham & Redbridge 10 2 3 5 6 11 4 1 2 1 2 2 6 1 1 4 4 9 -5 9
20 Barnet 11 2 3 6 10 24 6 1 2 3 3 10 5 1 1 3 7 14 -14 9
21 Weymouth 9 2 1 6 8 15 5 1 0 4 4 10 4 1 1 2 4 5 -7 7
22 Dover Athletic 9 2 0 7 6 24 5 2 0 3 5 13 4 0 0 4 1 11 -18 6
23 Yeovil Town 10 0 5 5 9 16 6 0 1 5 5 12 4 0 4 0 4 4 -7 5

Read more about National League

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.