The lights are on for Vanarama National League North and Alfreton Town - Chester. In this article you'll get statistics, results, analysis, trends and stories!
- Alfreton Town is in the best form (5-1-0) in Vanarama National League North
- Chester have the fewest clean sheets (6) in Vanarama National League North
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Alfreton Town form and stats
6-8-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League North numbers at home for Alfreton Town so far this season. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
Alfreton Town's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Curzon Ashton (placed 14th). The home side are looking to build on that result. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
A strong away win before that one, visiting Leamington and winning 2-1.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 Alfreton Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost four.
There will be little rest for Alfreton after this match as they are travelling to Kettering Town for a Vanarama National League North game in only two days.
Alfreton Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 28 goals in 19 games. 25 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Chester form and stats
Chester have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League North, after 3-3-13 (19 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Chester are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Home advantage was not enough for Chester in their previous game as they lost hosting York City, 0-1.
Before that, Chester secured a home win against Farsley Celtic with the score 1-0.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 nine relevant matches. Results were four Chester wins, one draw and four defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bradford Park Avenue in just two days.
Chester have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 19 league away games 27 goals have been scored. Chester have conceded 44 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H encounter ended Chester - Alfreton Town 3-2, earlier this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's one Alfreton victory, two draws and six Chester wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() M. Rhead 12 goals | ![]() B. Hobson 11 goals | ![]() D. Weeks 8 goals |
Alfreton Town missing players
Chester missing players
| Alfreton Town | Chester | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 39 | 19 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 19 | 39 |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | 19 |
| 56 | 28 | 10 | Scored | S | 8 | 27 | 66 |
| 57 | 25 | 4 | Conceded | C | 14 | 44 | 71 |
| 90% | 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 95% | 97% |
| 72% | 63% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 79% | 82% |
| 56% | 47% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 74% | 69% |
| 36% | 42% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 63% | 56% |
| 28% | 26% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 32% | 28% |
| 51% | 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 63% | 62% |
| 23% | 26% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 11% | 15% |
| 36% | 37% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | 26% |
| 4 | 4.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9.9 | 10.4 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 11.1 | 10 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 32% | 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | 38% |
| 9.3 | 8.8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 12.1 | 10.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.3 |
- Alfreton Town is in the best form (5-1-0) in Vanarama National League North
- Chester have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chester have the fewest clean sheets (6) in Vanarama National League North
- Chester have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Vanarama National League North
| 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 | 39 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 92 | 43 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 26 | 49 | 87 |
| 2 | Brackley Town | 39 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 51 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 31 | 85 |
| 3 | Fylde | 39 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 66 | 35 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 31 | 76 |
| 4 | Kidderminster Harriers | 39 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 68 | 33 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 35 | 68 |
| 5 | Chorley | 39 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 59 | 44 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 63 |
| 6 | York City | 39 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 53 | 48 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 5 | 59 |
| 7 | Boston United | 39 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 59 | 55 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 58 |
| 8 | Alfreton Town | 39 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 56 | 57 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 32 | -1 | 57 |
| 9 | Kettering Town | 39 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 52 | 47 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 56 |
| 10 | Spennymoor Town | 39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 52 | 50 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 2 | 54 |
| 11 | Hereford | 39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 48 | 47 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 54 |
| 12 | Southport | 39 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 53 | 51 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 34 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 2 | 53 |
| 13 | Darlington | 39 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 56 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 0 | 51 |
| 14 | Curzon Ashton | 39 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 59 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 35 | -10 | 51 |
| 15 | Gloucester City | 39 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 56 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -13 | 43 |
| 16 | Bradford Park Avenue | 39 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 46 | 61 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 34 | -15 | 43 |
| 17 | Chester | 39 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 66 | 71 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 44 | -5 | 42 |
| 18 | Leamington | 39 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 25 | -10 | 42 |
| 19 | Blyth Spartans | 39 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 37 | 74 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 44 | -37 | 36 |
| 20 | Farsley Celtic | 39 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 73 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 43 | -37 | 36 |
| 21 | AFC Telford United | 39 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 62 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 39 | -17 | 34 |
| 22 | Guiseley | 39 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 64 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 31 | -35 | 32 |