It's a fresh beginning in Vanarama National League North - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Alfreton Town and Chester did in their pre-season friendlies!
Alfreton Town form and stats
The previous season, Alfreton Town's league results were 17 wins, 10 draws and 15 losses, resulting in 9th position in the Vanarama National League North. During these 42 matches they scored 58 goals and gave away 59. Performing as the home team in the former season Alfreton Town produced 7-9-5 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 26 conceded.
This is expected to be a close game, with Alfreton Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Alfreton Town as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Alfreton Town has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Alfreton Town have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 1 victories, 1 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Alfreton Town have scored 2 goals and conceded 7 times.
Chester form and stats
Let's have a look at how Chester performed last season in the Vanarama National League North: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 11 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 70 and conceded 71 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 5 and lost 13 with 27/44 goals scored/conceded.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Chester playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 4 Chester wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Chester have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Alfreton-Chester H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Alfreton Town one win, Chester six wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Alfreton Town missing players
Chester missing players
| Alfreton Town | Chester | ||||||
| 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 |
| Alfreton Town | Last season | Chester | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 21 | 42 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 9 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Lost | L | 13 | 19 | ||
| 58 | 30 | Scored | S | 27 | 70 | ||
| 59 | 26 | Conceded | C | 44 | 71 | ||
| 88% | 81% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 69% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 79% | ||
| 55% | 48% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 33% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 55% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 26% | ||
| 50% | 52% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 57% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 19% | 21% | ||
| 38% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 29% | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 36% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Telford United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Alfreton Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Banbury United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Blyth Spartans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Boston United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Brackley Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Bradford Park Avenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Buxton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Chester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Chorley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Curzon Ashton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Darlington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Farsley Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Fylde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Gloucester City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Hereford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Kettering Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kidderminster Harriers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | King's Lynn Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Leamington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Peterborough Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Scarborough Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Southport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Spennymoor Town | 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 | Gateshead | 42 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 99 | 47 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 28 | 52 | 94 |
| 2 | Brackley Town | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 53 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 30 | 87 |
| 3 | Fylde | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 31 | 80 |
| 4 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 72 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 37 | 74 |
| 5 | York City | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 66 |
| 6 | Chorley | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 62 | 49 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 65 |
| 7 | Boston United | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 63 | 57 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 6 | 63 |
| 8 | Kettering Town | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 54 | 48 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 61 |
| 9 | Alfreton Town | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 58 | 59 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 33 | -1 | 61 |
| 10 | Spennymoor Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 55 | 51 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 60 |
| 11 | Southport | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 60 | 55 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 57 |
| 12 | Hereford | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 52 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 29 | -1 | 55 |
| 13 | Darlington | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 57 | 58 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 34 | -1 | 53 |
| 14 | Curzon Ashton | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 51 | 63 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 36 | -12 | 52 |
| 15 | Leamington | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 39 | 47 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 27 | -8 | 48 |
| 16 | Chester | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 70 | 71 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 44 | -1 | 47 |
| 17 | Gloucester City | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 47 | 60 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 36 | -13 | 46 |
| 18 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 46 | 70 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 38 | -24 | 44 |
| 19 | Blyth Spartans | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 41 | 76 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 46 | -35 | 43 |
| 20 | AFC Telford United | 42 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 48 | 65 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 40 | -17 | 37 |
| 21 | Farsley Celtic | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 78 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 44 | -41 | 37 |
| 22 | Guiseley | 42 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 69 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 36 | -38 | 35 |