Delightful dogfight as daring Brackley Town duel with determined Chester

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. James' Park (3500 seats)

Brackley Town are thought of as favourites to win this home game versus Chester, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or could we be eyeing a possible shock?

Insights:
  • Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Vanarama National League North
  • Chester have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Vanarama National League North

Chester is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Brackley Town form and stats

Brackley Town are steadily winning Vanarama National League North games and points here at St. James' Park. 15 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 20 games. Brackley are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at St. James' Park, having lost their two previous games here.

Brackley Town shared the glory with Hereford in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. A disappointing finish for Brackley Town in their match versus Hereford as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Blyth Spartans (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Brackley handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, six draws and three defeats.

Brackley Town has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 20 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively Brackley have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (9 in 20 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Chester form and stats

Chester have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League North, after 3-4-13 (20 played).

Chester have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Wyll Stanway. It's been 202 minutes since they last conceded in Vanarama National League North.

Chester are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the fixture against Bradford Park Avenue (placed 18th). As mentioned above, Chester was the only team on the pitch versus Bradford Park Avenue in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Alfreton Town that ended 0-0.

We have checked recent matches where Chester have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were zero victories, three draws and nine defeats.

Chester find the net regularly in their away games. 27 goals from 20 away fixtures in the league. For Chester, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Chester has visited these top teams six times, and 4 of 6 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the participants faced each other previously this season; Chester - Brackley 1-1. Last nine meetings involving these sides: Brackley Town won one, Chester were winners in two and we saw six draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Brackley TownL. Ndlovu
L. Ndlovu
14 goals
Brackley TownM. Lowe
M. Lowe
11 goals
ChesterD. Weeks
D. Weeks
9 goals

Brackley Town missing players

Chester missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brackley Town Chester
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
41 20 7 Played P 6 20 41
25 15 6 Won W 0 3 12
11 2 0 Drew D 1 4 10
5 3 1 Lost L 5 13 19
53 23 12 Scored S 6 27 70
23 9 5 Conceded C 15 44 71
83% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 90% 95%
46% 30% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 80%
29% 25% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 70% 68%
17% 10% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 60% 56%
7% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 30% 27%
27% 20% 43% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 59%
66% 70% 43% Clean Sheets C S 17% 15% 20%
24% 20% 14% Failed to Score F T 33% 35% 27%
 
5.4 5.9 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.3 5
4 3.5 3.1 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6 5.7
1 0.7 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.5 1.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 4
 
10.1 11.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 11.1 10.4
4.5 4.8 6.1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.4 4.7
29% 24% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 31% 37%
 
7.3 6.8 4.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 12.1 10
2.7 2.6 1.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.5 4.2
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Brackley Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town have the most clean sheets (14) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town have the most clean sheets (27) in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town have the most matches under the total-line (24) in Vanarama National League North
  • Chester have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chester have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) 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 41 28 7 6 97 46 20 17 1 2 51 18 21 11 6 4 46 28 51 91
2 Brackley Town 41 25 11 5 53 23 20 15 2 3 23 9 21 10 9 2 30 14 30 86
3 Fylde 41 23 8 10 67 37 20 13 3 4 35 18 21 10 5 6 32 19 30 77
4 Kidderminster Harriers 41 20 11 10 71 35 20 13 3 4 49 12 21 7 8 6 22 23 36 71
5 Chorley 41 17 14 10 62 47 21 12 5 4 44 25 20 5 9 6 18 22 15 65
6 York City 41 19 8 14 57 49 21 11 4 6 32 20 20 8 4 8 25 29 8 65
7 Kettering Town 41 16 12 13 53 47 21 9 7 5 30 21 20 7 5 8 23 26 6 60
8 Boston United 41 17 9 15 61 57 21 10 5 6 39 28 20 7 4 9 22 29 4 60
9 Alfreton Town 41 16 10 15 56 58 20 6 9 5 28 25 21 10 1 10 28 33 -2 58
10 Spennymoor Town 41 16 9 16 53 51 20 9 6 5 30 21 21 7 3 11 23 30 2 57
11 Hereford 41 15 10 16 50 50 21 10 5 6 28 23 20 5 5 10 22 27 0 55
12 Southport 41 13 15 13 55 55 21 8 11 2 35 20 20 5 4 11 20 35 0 54
13 Darlington 41 14 11 16 57 57 21 9 4 8 29 24 20 5 7 8 28 33 0 53
14 Curzon Ashton 41 13 12 16 50 62 20 7 6 7 23 26 21 6 6 9 27 36 -12 51
15 Leamington 41 12 12 17 39 46 21 10 5 6 25 20 20 2 7 11 14 26 -7 48
16 Chester 41 12 10 19 70 71 21 9 6 6 43 27 20 3 4 13 27 44 -1 46
17 Gloucester City 41 10 15 16 45 58 20 6 8 6 26 22 21 4 7 10 19 36 -13 45
18 Bradford Park Avenue 41 11 11 19 46 65 20 7 6 7 26 27 21 4 5 12 20 38 -19 44
19 Blyth Spartans 41 12 6 23 39 74 21 8 3 10 23 30 20 4 3 13 16 44 -35 42
20 Farsley Celtic 41 9 10 22 37 76 20 7 6 7 23 32 21 2 4 15 14 44 -39 37
21 AFC Telford United 41 7 15 19 47 64 20 7 6 7 30 24 21 0 9 12 17 40 -17 36
22 Guiseley 41 9 8 24 30 67 21 6 6 9 18 33 20 3 2 15 12 34 -37 35

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 Gateshead 41 28 7 6 97 46 20 17 1 2 51 18 21 11 6 4 46 28 51 91
2 Brackley Town 41 25 11 5 53 23 20 15 2 3 23 9 21 10 9 2 30 14 30 86
3 Fylde 41 23 8 10 67 37 20 13 3 4 35 18 21 10 5 6 32 19 30 77
4 Kidderminster Harriers 41 20 11 10 71 35 20 13 3 4 49 12 21 7 8 6 22 23 36 71
5 Chorley 41 17 14 10 62 47 21 12 5 4 44 25 20 5 9 6 18 22 15 65
6 York City 41 19 8 14 57 49 21 11 4 6 32 20 20 8 4 8 25 29 8 65
7 Kettering Town 41 16 12 13 53 47 21 9 7 5 30 21 20 7 5 8 23 26 6 60
8 Boston United 41 17 9 15 61 57 21 10 5 6 39 28 20 7 4 9 22 29 4 60
9 Alfreton Town 41 16 10 15 56 58 20 6 9 5 28 25 21 10 1 10 28 33 -2 58
10 Spennymoor Town 41 16 9 16 53 51 20 9 6 5 30 21 21 7 3 11 23 30 2 57
11 Hereford 41 15 10 16 50 50 21 10 5 6 28 23 20 5 5 10 22 27 0 55
12 Southport 41 13 15 13 55 55 21 8 11 2 35 20 20 5 4 11 20 35 0 54
13 Darlington 41 14 11 16 57 57 21 9 4 8 29 24 20 5 7 8 28 33 0 53
14 Curzon Ashton 41 13 12 16 50 62 20 7 6 7 23 26 21 6 6 9 27 36 -12 51
15 Leamington 41 12 12 17 39 46 21 10 5 6 25 20 20 2 7 11 14 26 -7 48
16 Chester 41 12 10 19 70 71 21 9 6 6 43 27 20 3 4 13 27 44 -1 46
17 Gloucester City 41 10 15 16 45 58 20 6 8 6 26 22 21 4 7 10 19 36 -13 45
18 Bradford Park Avenue 41 11 11 19 46 65 20 7 6 7 26 27 21 4 5 12 20 38 -19 44
19 Blyth Spartans 41 12 6 23 39 74 21 8 3 10 23 30 20 4 3 13 16 44 -35 42
20 Farsley Celtic 41 9 10 22 37 76 20 7 6 7 23 32 21 2 4 15 14 44 -39 37
21 AFC Telford United 41 7 15 19 47 64 20 7 6 7 30 24 21 0 9 12 17 40 -17 36
22 Guiseley 41 9 8 24 30 67 21 6 6 9 18 33 20 3 2 15 12 34 -37 35

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The National League North, formerly known as Conference North, is the sixth highest division in English football. It contains teams located in Northern England, Norfolk, the English Midlands and North Wales. The league table has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other (home and away).