Chester manager McIntyre looking for three points in Boston United showdown

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lookers Vauxhall Stadium (5376 seats)

There's seemingly a noteworthy difference in performance between these sides based on the matches played so far, with Chester leading Boston United by 19 points.

Insights:
  • Chester haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Boston United have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Vanarama National League North

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Chester form and stats

5-6-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League North numbers at home for Chester so far this season.

It's back home for Chester, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating King's Lynn Town away with the result 1-0. Hughes found the net in that victory. What a relief, as that was the first league win after failing to win seven consecutive matches.

Ahead of that match, Chester lost 1-2 at home to Spennymoor Town.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chester handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Low on goals? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have seen two goals or less.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Chester as they are travelling to their away game against Gloucester City in the Vanarama National League North. That match is three days after this one.

Chester are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games. Chester are not conceding a lot of goals here at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.

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Boston United form and stats

There's been little loot from Boston United's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 14 away games in the Vanarama National League North. Boston United only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws. Bitter travels for Boston as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Peterborough Sports match.

The fans enjoyed Boston United's previous match versus Darlington (placed 4th), a 3-1 win played at home. Hooray; their first win in the league after eight matches not winning.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Alfreton Town wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Boston United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 3 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Take note that 12 of this club's 14 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.

After this away game Boston return home for a Vanarama National League North game against Brackley Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Boston United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 16 goals have been scored. As for defending, Boston United rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Boston United - Chester 2-3 was the output when these two contenders formerly met, some time ago this season. Chester-Boston United H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Chester five wins, Boston United two wins, two draws. five of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ChesterK. Willoughby
K. Willoughby
14 goals
Boston UnitedS. Pollock
S. Pollock
14 goals
Boston UnitedJ. Wright
J. Wright
7 goals

Chester missing players

Boston United missing players

Chester Boston United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 14 30
12 5 3 Won W 0 2 8
13 6 2 Drew D 1 3 6
5 4 0 Lost L 4 9 16
45 19 8 Scored S 5 16 44
29 14 2 Conceded C 11 26 53
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
70% 60% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 86% 83%
40% 27% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 57% 63%
30% 20% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 36% 40%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 29% 27%
53% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 71% 63%
37% 33% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 20%
17% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 21% 20%
 
5 5.1 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.2 4.2
4.6 4.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.9 4.7
1.4 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 1.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
8.9 8.3 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 8.7 9.8
4 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 4.1
37% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 34% 36%
 
7.4 5.3 4.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 12.9 10.7
3 2.2 1.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.3 4.6
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Boston United have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Vanarama National League North
  • Boston United have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Vanarama National League North
  • Boston United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 Fylde 28 18 5 5 48 25 14 10 2 2 29 12 14 8 3 3 19 13 23 59
2 King's Lynn Town 29 17 7 5 53 27 14 12 1 1 30 10 15 5 6 4 23 17 26 58
3 Brackley Town 30 15 10 5 38 23 15 10 4 1 25 9 15 5 6 4 13 14 15 55
4 Darlington 30 16 6 8 57 41 16 8 4 4 28 22 14 8 2 4 29 19 16 54
5 Scarborough Athletic 31 14 8 9 53 48 16 7 5 4 32 27 15 7 3 5 21 21 5 50
6 Chester 30 12 13 5 45 29 15 5 6 4 19 14 15 7 7 1 26 15 16 49
7 Chorley 31 12 11 8 41 29 15 7 6 2 21 10 16 5 5 6 20 19 12 47
8 Kidderminster Harriers 32 13 7 12 34 34 16 4 4 8 15 18 16 9 3 4 19 16 0 46
9 Alfreton Town 29 10 12 7 37 28 15 7 5 3 24 13 14 3 7 4 13 15 9 42
10 Gloucester City 31 12 6 13 50 53 16 8 2 6 33 25 15 4 4 7 17 28 -3 42
11 Southport 30 11 8 11 39 39 13 6 4 3 20 16 17 5 4 8 19 23 0 41
12 Spennymoor Town 30 10 11 9 42 43 15 6 5 4 19 17 15 4 6 5 23 26 -1 41
13 Peterborough Sports 29 11 7 11 38 37 15 7 5 3 24 16 14 4 2 8 14 21 1 40
14 Banbury United 27 11 6 10 38 37 12 6 3 3 18 12 15 5 3 7 20 25 1 39
15 Hereford 31 11 6 14 36 35 15 6 4 5 21 15 16 5 2 9 15 20 1 39
16 Curzon Ashton 29 10 7 12 36 37 15 6 3 6 22 20 14 4 4 6 14 17 -1 37
17 Buxton 31 9 9 13 30 38 16 4 6 6 16 20 15 5 3 7 14 18 -8 36
18 Kettering Town 30 8 10 12 29 43 14 6 5 3 16 13 16 2 5 9 13 30 -14 34
19 Bradford Park Avenue 31 8 9 14 32 44 15 6 3 6 16 16 16 2 6 8 16 28 -12 33
20 Farsley Celtic 29 8 7 14 34 51 14 5 4 5 18 20 15 3 3 9 16 31 -17 31
21 Boston United 30 8 6 16 44 53 16 6 3 7 28 27 14 2 3 9 16 26 -9 30
22 Leamington 29 5 14 10 22 30 16 5 5 6 14 15 13 0 9 4 8 15 -8 29
23 Blyth Spartans 31 6 9 16 31 50 16 3 7 6 17 20 15 3 2 10 14 30 -19 27
24 AFC Telford United 32 3 10 19 22 55 16 2 6 8 12 25 16 1 4 11 10 30 -33 19

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).