Vanarama National League North match preview: Chester versus AFC Telford United

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lookers Vauxhall Stadium (5376 seats)

5th position in the Vanarama National League North table for Chester so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 12th-placed AFC Telford United visits Lookers Vauxhall Stadium.

Insights:
  • Chester has the most points from losing position (10) in Vanarama National League North
  • AFC Telford United has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Vanarama National League North

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Chester form and stats

Chester are steadily winning Vanarama National League North games and points here at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium. 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 6 games.

The Chester fans got no joy from their last match, a Vanarama National League North game also here at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Chorley (placed 9th). In the game before, an away victory match versus AFC Telford United with a 2-1 scoreline.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Guiseley are coming to town in three days.

Goals are plentiful at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium in the league this season as Chester has scored 15 goals here in 6 home games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Chester defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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AFC Telford United form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League North.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Vanarama National League North home defeat versus Chester with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Darlington (after extra-time, 5-3 on penalties).

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Telford have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. In the opposite end, Telford have conceded 12 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: AFC Telford United - Chester 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Chester six wins, three draws and AFC Telford United one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChesterD. Elliott
D. Elliott
6 goals
ChesterA. Dudley
A. Dudley
4 goals
AFC Telford UnitedJ. Oswell
J. Oswell
4 goals

Chester missing players

AFC Telford United missing players

Chester AFC Telford United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 4 Played P 2 7 14
6 4 2 Won W 0 2 5
3 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
5 2 2 Lost L 2 3 6
25 15 10 Scored S 3 8 16
21 10 9 Conceded C 7 12 17
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 71%
86% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 43%
21% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 29% 14%
14% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 29% 14%
86% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 50%
14% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 29%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.2 11 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.3 9.6
3.6 4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.6
49% 62% 71% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 32% 31%
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • AFC Telford United has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Vanarama National League North
  • AFC Telford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • All of Chester's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Chester has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Vanarama National League North
  • Chester has the most matches over the total-line (12) in Vanarama National League North
  • Chester has the most points from losing position (10) in Vanarama National League North
  • Chester have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chester have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Chester haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Gloucester City 15 9 3 3 31 18 8 5 2 1 21 10 7 4 1 2 10 8 13 30
2 Kidderminster Harriers 12 7 2 3 19 11 6 3 1 2 8 5 6 4 1 1 11 6 8 23
3 Boston United 11 6 3 2 17 7 5 2 2 1 6 5 6 4 1 1 11 2 10 21
4 York City 11 6 3 2 19 12 6 4 2 0 9 3 5 2 1 2 10 9 7 21
5 Chester 14 6 3 5 25 21 6 4 0 2 15 10 8 2 3 3 10 11 4 21
6 Fylde 12 6 3 3 17 15 6 5 1 0 12 6 6 1 2 3 5 9 2 21
7 Spennymoor Town 13 5 5 3 18 14 6 3 2 1 11 9 7 2 3 2 7 5 4 20
8 Brackley Town 12 5 5 2 17 15 6 3 2 1 9 8 6 2 3 1 8 7 2 20
9 Chorley 13 5 4 4 15 14 5 2 1 2 6 6 8 3 3 2 9 8 1 19
10 Leamington 13 4 6 3 19 18 7 2 4 1 9 11 6 2 2 2 10 7 1 18
11 Gateshead 13 5 3 5 16 15 7 3 1 3 9 8 6 2 2 2 7 7 1 18
12 AFC Telford United 14 5 3 6 16 17 7 3 1 3 8 5 7 2 2 3 8 12 -1 18
13 Farsley Celtic 15 4 6 5 18 23 7 2 4 1 9 10 8 2 2 4 9 13 -5 18
14 Hereford 11 4 4 3 17 15 6 2 2 2 10 10 5 2 2 1 7 5 2 16
15 Southport 14 4 4 6 16 19 8 1 3 4 6 10 6 3 1 2 10 9 -3 16
16 Bradford Park Avenue 14 4 4 6 22 26 7 2 1 4 9 11 7 2 3 2 13 15 -4 16
17 Curzon Ashton 16 4 4 8 17 25 8 3 1 4 8 12 8 1 3 4 9 13 -8 16
18 Darlington 9 4 1 4 17 8 5 1 1 3 8 6 4 3 0 1 9 2 9 13
19 Kettering Town 12 3 4 5 18 20 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 1 2 3 11 14 -2 13
20 Guiseley 13 3 3 7 17 20 7 2 1 4 13 14 6 1 2 3 4 6 -3 12
21 Alfreton Town 15 2 6 7 15 27 7 1 4 2 9 11 8 1 2 5 6 16 -12 12
22 Blyth Spartans 14 1 3 10 10 36 7 0 3 4 4 14 7 1 0 6 6 22 -26 6

Read more about Vanarama National League North

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).