Home advantage could prove decisive in Chester - Bradford Park Avenue battle

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Mon 02.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lookers Vauxhall Stadium (5376 seats)

Crucial fight in the lower section of the Vanarama National League North, with both Chester and Bradford Park Avenue experiencing more angst than joy. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the home side positioned 16th and the visiting team in 18th spot.

Insights:
  • Chester have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Vanarama National League North
  • Chester have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bradford Park Avenue have scored away.

Chester can neither be promoted or relegated from Vanarama National League North. For Bradford Park Avenue most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

It's no vacation for neither Chester nor Bradford Park Avenue as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Chester form and stats

Chester have played 21 Vanarama National League North games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-6-6 (wins-draws-losses). When Chester hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Chester, AFC Telford United, Guiseley, Farsley Celtic, Blyth Spartans, Leamington and Gloucester City), they have won 4 of 6 matches!

Chester are confident in defense, having played 202 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Chester's last game was hosting Bradford Park Avenue (placed 18th) and winning 4-0. As mentioned above, Chester "killed" Bradford Park Avenue in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

0-0 away at Alfreton Town before that.

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

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (43 in 21 games), Chester's attacking play is working. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Chester have conceded 27 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bradford Park Avenue form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bradford Park Avenue so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 4-5-12 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Bower, the Bradford manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Dockerty was the last player to score for the away team. Bradford Park Avenue haven't scored a league goal in the last 213 minutes.

There might be some fixture complaints from Bradford as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-4 against Chester. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Chester was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Darlington.

Bradford Park Avenue are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.

The visitors have scored 20 goals from 21 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Bradford Park Avenue have conceded 38 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent recorded history between these teams is the Chester - Bradford Park Avenue 4-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Chester four wins, three draws and Bradford Park Avenue three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bradford Park AvenueB. Dockerty
B. Dockerty
11 goals
ChesterD. Weeks
D. Weeks
9 goals
ChesterD. Stephenson
D. Stephenson
8 goals

Chester missing players

Bradford Park Avenue missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chester Bradford Park Avenue
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
41 21 6 Played P 6 21 41
12 9 4 Won W 1 4 11
10 6 1 Drew D 3 5 11
19 6 1 Lost L 2 12 19
70 43 12 Scored S 6 20 46
71 27 6 Conceded C 8 38 65
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 90% 85%
80% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 76% 73%
68% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 56%
56% 52% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 27%
27% 24% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 20%
59% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 48% 51%
20% 24% 17% Clean Sheets C S 17% 19% 27%
27% 19% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 37%
 
5 5.7 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.6 3.9
5.7 5.3 7.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.8 5.7
1.5 1.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.3 1.3
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.4 9.8 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 6.2 7.3
4.7 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 2.6 3.2
37% 42% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 36% 35%
 
10 8.1 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 13.5 12.8
4.2 2.9 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 6.1 5.4
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Bradford Park Avenue have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chester have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bradford Park Avenue have scored away.
  • Chester have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Vanarama National League North
  • 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 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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