A very important match in Vanarama National League North as both sides are struggling for the top spots. With Brackley Town in 4th position and Chorley placed 7th, this has all the looks of an exciting battle. Read on to learn more!
- Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Vanarama National League North
- Chorley have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Vanarama National League North
Chorley could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Vanarama National League North game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Blyth Spartans, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Chorley.
Brackley Town form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at St. James' Park as Brackley Town have scored 24 goals to get 33 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Vanarama National League North are 10-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Brackley Town tasted defeat here at St. James' Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.
Stress levels are on the rise for Brackley Town's attacking players as they have now played 183 minutes without scoring in a league game. Amantchi was their last goal scorer.
Brackley are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Peterborough Sports. This club enjoyed a 18 league fixtures long run without a loss until that game!
0-0 away at Scarborough Athletic before that.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 Brackley Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 10 league games, 8 have produced two goals or less.
There will be little rest for Brackley Town after this match as they are travelling to Kidderminster Harriers for a Vanarama National League North game in only three days.
The Brackley fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 14 league matches. From these home matches, Brackley Town have conceded only 8 goals.
Chorley form and stats
5-4-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Chorley in their Vanarama National League North matches away.
Two away matches in a row for Chorley, whose manager Preece could celebrate last time after the win against Blyth Spartans.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Southport.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Chorley in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Chorley, 5 draws and 8 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Chorley have scored 19 goals in 15 league games away. 18 goals have been conceded by Chorley in these games.
Head 2 Head
Brackley have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when facing Chorley.The newest logged scoreline between these contenders is the Chorley - Brackley Town 0-0 played earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Hall 14 goals |  C. Stead 10 goals | B. Ustabaşı 7 goals |
Brackley Town missing players
Chorley missing players
| Brackley Town | Chorley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 14 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 35 | 24 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | 40 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | 28 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 83% |
| 68% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 73% | 67% |
| 32% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 53% | 43% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 13% | 10% |
| 36% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 47% | 40% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 27% | 43% |
| 25% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 40% | 33% |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
| 3.2 | 2.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 9.7 | 9.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 11.6 | 12 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| 32% | 41% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 25% |
| 6.5 | 5.5 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 8.1 | 7.2 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
- Brackley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Brackley Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Vanarama National League North
- Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Vanarama National League North
- Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Vanarama National League North
- Brackley Town have the most clean sheets (14) in Vanarama National League North
- Brackley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Chorley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chorley have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (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 | King's Lynn Town | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 24 | 55 |
| 2 | Fylde | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 55 |
| 3 | Darlington | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 54 |
| 4 | Brackley Town | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 51 |
| 5 | Scarborough Athletic | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 50 |
| 6 | Chester | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 44 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 46 |
| 7 | Chorley | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 46 |
| 8 | Kidderminster Harriers | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 43 |
| 9 | Gloucester City | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 47 | 49 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -2 | 42 |
| 10 | Alfreton Town | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 41 |
| 11 | Spennymoor Town | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 41 |
| 12 | Southport | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 0 | 41 |
| 13 | Banbury United | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 39 |
| 14 | Peterborough Sports | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 39 |
| 15 | Hereford | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 38 |
| 16 | Curzon Ashton | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 34 |
| 17 | Buxton | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -9 | 32 |
| 18 | Kettering Town | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 43 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 30 | -14 | 32 |
| 19 | Bradford Park Avenue | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | -14 | 30 |
| 20 | Leamington | 27 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 29 |
| 21 | Farsley Celtic | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -18 | 28 |
| 22 | Boston United | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 41 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -11 | 27 |
| 23 | Blyth Spartans | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 30 | -19 | 26 |
| 24 | AFC Telford United | 30 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -27 | 19 |
