Torquay United vs Chesterfield match preview: Even contest expected at Plainmoor Ground

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Plainmoor Ground (6104 seats)

This looks to be an intriguing match as Torquay United have their presumed home advantage, while Chesterfield lead them by 11 points in the National League standings.

Insights:
  • Torquay United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Chesterfield are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Torquay United form and stats

When playing at home in the National League, Torquay United have managed 10 wins, 6 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 21 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Torquay United.

Torquay United shared the glory with Dagenham & Redbridge in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

In the match before that, Torquay hosted Maidenhead United and drew the game 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Torquay United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost three.

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

Torquay have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Plainmoor Ground with 37 goals in 21 league matches. On the other hand, Torquay United have conceded 23 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Chesterfield form and stats

As the visiting team in National League matches, Chesterfield have produced an overall stat of 9-7-5 so far. Chesterfield has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The manager Cook was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Proact Stadium. Chesterfield suffered a 0-1 loss to Stockport County (placed 1st).

Prior to that match, the Chesterfield manager Cook faced defeat when travelling to Bromley and losing 2-4.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Chesterfield in our archives, and the results are: one win for Chesterfield, four draws and one defeat.

The travelling fans enjoy Chesterfield's attacking play in away games, having scored 33 goals in 21 league matches away. As opposed to that, Chesterfield have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head game ended Chesterfield - Torquay United 2-2, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Torquay wins - draws - Chesterfield wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Torquay UnitedA. Little
A. Little
14 goals
Torquay UnitedC. Lemonheigh-Evans
C. Lemonheigh-Evans
11 goals

Torquay United missing players

Chesterfield missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Torquay United Chesterfield
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
41 21 6 Played P 7 21 42
17 10 3 Won W 2 9 20
11 6 0 Drew D 2 7 13
13 5 3 Lost L 3 5 9
63 37 11 Scored S 12 33 69
52 23 10 Conceded C 11 23 49
90% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
80% 76% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 81% 76%
59% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 38% 48%
32% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 57% 33% 40%
12% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 14% 17%
56% 43% 67% BTTS BTTS 57% 52% 55%
29% 48% 17% Clean Sheets C S 29% 38% 36%
24% 24% 17% Failed to Score F T 14% 14% 14%
 
5.2 5 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.1 5.8
5 5 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.3 4.4
2 1.9 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.4 2.2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.3 9.1 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 9.6 10.8
4.1 4.4 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.9 4.6
37% 40% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 41% 35%
 
10.1 8.7 10 Shots against (avg) S A 7.6 7.1 7
4.3 4.2 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.1 2.7 3
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Torquay United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 41 28 4 9 84 35 20 13 3 4 41 17 21 15 1 5 43 18 49 88
2 Wrexham 42 25 10 7 88 43 21 14 6 1 44 18 21 11 4 6 44 25 45 85
3 Halifax Town 42 25 8 9 61 32 21 17 1 3 36 10 21 8 7 6 25 22 29 83
4 Solihull Moors 42 23 12 7 77 44 21 13 5 3 48 23 21 10 7 4 29 21 33 81
5 Notts County 42 22 10 10 77 52 21 14 5 2 44 22 21 8 5 8 33 30 25 76
6 Grimsby Town 41 22 7 12 62 39 20 14 2 4 36 16 21 8 5 8 26 23 23 73
7 Chesterfield 42 20 13 9 69 49 21 11 6 4 36 26 21 9 7 5 33 23 20 73
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 42 21 7 14 76 50 21 9 6 6 43 29 21 12 1 8 33 21 26 70
9 Boreham Wood 41 18 12 11 47 34 21 11 8 2 28 11 20 7 4 9 19 23 13 66
10 Torquay United 41 17 11 13 63 52 21 10 6 5 37 23 20 7 5 8 26 29 11 62
11 Bromley 41 17 11 13 54 48 20 11 5 4 33 20 21 6 6 9 21 28 6 62
12 Southend United 43 16 9 18 44 60 21 10 4 7 25 26 22 6 5 11 19 34 -16 57
13 Yeovil Town 42 14 13 15 40 44 21 7 6 8 18 23 21 7 7 7 22 21 -4 55
14 Altrincham 41 15 9 17 61 64 21 10 4 7 39 26 20 5 5 10 22 38 -3 54
15 Woking 42 16 4 22 58 59 21 8 0 13 27 34 21 8 4 9 31 25 -1 52
16 Maidenhead United 42 12 12 18 45 65 21 9 5 7 32 34 21 3 7 11 13 31 -20 48
17 Wealdstone 42 12 11 19 46 63 21 7 7 7 22 23 21 5 4 12 24 40 -17 47
18 Barnet 42 12 11 19 55 84 21 6 6 9 26 38 21 6 5 10 29 46 -29 47
19 Eastleigh 42 11 9 22 46 69 21 8 5 8 29 29 21 3 4 14 17 40 -23 42
20 Aldershot Town 42 11 9 22 44 69 21 4 5 12 18 37 21 7 4 10 26 32 -25 42
21 King's Lynn Town 43 8 10 25 46 77 22 4 4 14 22 38 21 4 6 11 24 39 -31 34
22 Weymouth 42 5 10 27 37 85 21 3 7 11 20 36 21 2 3 16 17 49 -48 25
23 Dover Athletic 42 2 6 34 34 97 21 1 3 17 12 39 21 1 3 17 22 58 -63 0

Table
  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 41 28 4 9 84 35 20 13 3 4 41 17 21 15 1 5 43 18 49 88
2 Wrexham 42 25 10 7 88 43 21 14 6 1 44 18 21 11 4 6 44 25 45 85
3 Halifax Town 42 25 8 9 61 32 21 17 1 3 36 10 21 8 7 6 25 22 29 83
4 Solihull Moors 42 23 12 7 77 44 21 13 5 3 48 23 21 10 7 4 29 21 33 81
5 Notts County 42 22 10 10 77 52 21 14 5 2 44 22 21 8 5 8 33 30 25 76
6 Grimsby Town 41 22 7 12 62 39 20 14 2 4 36 16 21 8 5 8 26 23 23 73
7 Chesterfield 42 20 13 9 69 49 21 11 6 4 36 26 21 9 7 5 33 23 20 73
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 42 21 7 14 76 50 21 9 6 6 43 29 21 12 1 8 33 21 26 70
9 Boreham Wood 41 18 12 11 47 34 21 11 8 2 28 11 20 7 4 9 19 23 13 66
10 Torquay United 41 17 11 13 63 52 21 10 6 5 37 23 20 7 5 8 26 29 11 62
11 Bromley 41 17 11 13 54 48 20 11 5 4 33 20 21 6 6 9 21 28 6 62
12 Southend United 43 16 9 18 44 60 21 10 4 7 25 26 22 6 5 11 19 34 -16 57
13 Yeovil Town 42 14 13 15 40 44 21 7 6 8 18 23 21 7 7 7 22 21 -4 55
14 Altrincham 41 15 9 17 61 64 21 10 4 7 39 26 20 5 5 10 22 38 -3 54
15 Woking 42 16 4 22 58 59 21 8 0 13 27 34 21 8 4 9 31 25 -1 52
16 Maidenhead United 42 12 12 18 45 65 21 9 5 7 32 34 21 3 7 11 13 31 -20 48
17 Wealdstone 42 12 11 19 46 63 21 7 7 7 22 23 21 5 4 12 24 40 -17 47
18 Barnet 42 12 11 19 55 84 21 6 6 9 26 38 21 6 5 10 29 46 -29 47
19 Eastleigh 42 11 9 22 46 69 21 8 5 8 29 29 21 3 4 14 17 40 -23 42
20 Aldershot Town 42 11 9 22 44 69 21 4 5 12 18 37 21 7 4 10 26 32 -25 42
21 King's Lynn Town 43 8 10 25 46 77 22 4 4 14 22 38 21 4 6 11 24 39 -31 34
22 Weymouth 42 5 10 27 37 85 21 3 7 11 20 36 21 2 3 16 17 49 -48 25
23 Dover Athletic 42 2 6 34 34 97 21 1 3 17 12 39 21 1 3 17 22 58 -63 0

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