Tension and suspense is likely at St. James' Park when Brackley Town challenge Chester in what promises to be a fine match. Here's all you need to know!
- Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Vanarama National League North
- Chester have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both contenders have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an in-your-face fixture!
Brackley Town form and stats
Brackley Town are steadily winning Vanarama National League North games and points here at St. James' Park. 9 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games. The Brackley Town fans aren't used to losing league-games here at St. James' Park and will expect new points from this game. Brackley Town has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
Happy days for Brackley in their previous game, a fixture away at Banbury United (placed 7th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. The victory against Banbury United came after Amantchi's winning goal. The Brackley Town manager Johnson was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 73rd minute.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Banbury United that ended 1-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Brackley have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Brackley Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at St. James' Park with 19 goals in 12 league matches. Brackley Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at St. James' Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 12 matches.
Chester form and stats
The visitors are W6-D5-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League North. In general it has been a productive period now for Chester as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
Chester played 1-1 against AFC Telford United in their previous match. As mentioned above, Chester drew the match against AFC Telford United. Manager McIntyre brought on Lynch to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Before that, Chester travelled to AFC Telford United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.Chester are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Chester's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 12 league matches away. Chester have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Chester have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (1-3-0) when playing Brackley.Brackley Town and Chester have met previously this season: Chester - Brackley Town 2-0.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Willoughby 11 goals |   C. Stead 9 goals | J. Armson 5 goals |
Brackley Town missing players
Chester missing players
| Brackley Town | Chester | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 30 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 23 | 38 |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 42% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 38% | 33% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 58% | 46% |
| 50% | 58% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 42% | 42% |
| 21% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.1 | 9.4 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.8 | 8.5 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 33% | 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 42% | 39% |
| 6.2 | 5.3 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 9.3 | 7.3 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3 |
- Brackley Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Vanarama National League North
- Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Vanarama National League North
- Brackley Town have the most clean sheets (12) in Vanarama National League North
- Brackley Town have the most points (29) at home in Vanarama National League North
- Brackley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Chester have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Darlington | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 47 |
| 2 | Brackley Town | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 46 |
| 3 | King's Lynn Town | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Chester | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 42 |
| 5 | Scarborough Athletic | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 42 |
| 6 | Fylde | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 39 |
| 7 | Banbury United | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 36 |
| 8 | Southport | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Chorley | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 34 |
| 10 | Gloucester City | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 34 |
| 11 | Peterborough Sports | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | Kidderminster Harriers | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -3 | 32 |
| 13 | Alfreton Town | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 30 |
| 14 | Spennymoor Town | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | -2 | 30 |
| 15 | Leamington | 24 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 16 | Bradford Park Avenue | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 27 |
| 17 | Hereford | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
| 18 | Buxton | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 25 |
| 19 | Boston United | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -8 | 25 |
| 20 | Curzon Ashton | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 24 |
| 21 | Kettering Town | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -16 | 24 |
| 22 | Farsley Celtic | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -14 | 21 |
| 23 | Blyth Spartans | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -14 | 18 |
| 24 | AFC Telford United | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -26 | 12 |
