Full preview: Chester likely to triumph over Bradford Park Avenue at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lookers Vauxhall Stadium (5376 seats)

It's time for Chester - Bradford Park Avenue! Even with their varied results, this fixture could be great fun!

Insights:
  • Chester haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

These are full days for the hosts, as they were in action only four days ago in the Vanarama National League North. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Spennymoor Town.

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Chester form and stats

Chester have played 8 Vanarama National League North games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Chester, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Spennymoor Town away with the result 3-0. Dudley and Burke (2) found the net in that victory.

In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Boston United.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Chester matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 5 games).

Chester are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League North match at Banbury United awaits in three days.

Chester has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. 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 7 from 8 matches.

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Bradford Park Avenue form and stats

There's been little loot from Bradford Park Avenue's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Vanarama National League North. Bradford Park Avenue only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.

Bradford Park Avenue had fun at their own home (Lookers Vauxhall Stadium) last time out, beating Gloucester City 2-1. Dockerty and Blyth scored.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Brackley Town.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Bradford playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 5 home wins.

A quick return to home after this game, as Bradford Park Avenue are hosting Peterborough Sports in the Vanarama National League North only two days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bradford Park Avenue as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bradford's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Chester won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Bradford Park Avenue managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.

Top Goalscorers

ChesterK. Willoughby
K. Willoughby
6 goals
ChesterA. Dudley
A. Dudley
4 goals
Bradford Park AvenueJ. Blyth
J. Blyth
3 goals

Chester missing players

Bradford Park Avenue missing players

Chester Bradford Park Avenue
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 1 Played P 3 7 15
6 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
5 2 0 Drew D 1 3 3
4 3 0 Lost L 2 3 8
25 11 4 Scored S 1 6 13
17 7 0 Conceded C 5 11 21
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 93%
67% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 57% 53%
53% 25% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 47%
40% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 43% 27%
20% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 7%
47% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 53%
33% 38% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 20%
27% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 29% 33%
 
5.1 5.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.9 4.6
5.5 5.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.7 5.5
1.5 0.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 1.9
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
7.9 7.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 3 5.7 7.4
4.3 3.6 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.1 3.1
39% 38% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 40% 28%
 
7.7 5.2 2 Shots against (avg) S A 11 12.1 10.9
3.3 2.4 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.3 4.6
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • 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 King's Lynn Town 14 9 3 2 28 13 7 6 1 0 16 5 7 3 2 2 12 8 15 30
2 Brackley Town 16 9 3 4 19 13 8 6 1 1 12 5 8 3 2 3 7 8 6 30
3 Darlington 16 8 4 4 25 18 8 5 2 1 14 8 8 3 2 3 11 10 7 28
4 Scarborough Athletic 15 8 3 4 28 20 8 5 3 0 19 9 7 3 0 4 9 11 8 27
5 Gloucester City 16 8 2 6 27 23 8 6 0 2 18 9 8 2 2 4 9 14 4 26
6 Alfreton Town 16 6 6 4 24 18 8 3 3 2 13 9 8 3 3 2 11 9 6 24
7 Fylde 14 7 3 4 19 16 7 5 1 1 12 7 7 2 2 3 7 9 3 24
8 Kidderminster Harriers 15 7 3 5 17 14 8 3 2 3 8 7 7 4 1 2 9 7 3 24
9 Chester 15 6 5 4 25 17 8 3 2 3 11 7 7 3 3 1 14 10 8 23
10 Leamington 16 5 7 4 17 13 8 5 1 2 12 6 8 0 6 2 5 7 4 22
11 Banbury United 15 6 4 5 21 18 7 4 2 1 12 6 8 2 2 4 9 12 3 22
12 Southport 15 7 1 7 21 23 6 3 1 2 7 8 9 4 0 5 14 15 -2 22
13 Chorley 15 5 6 4 20 15 8 3 5 0 12 7 7 2 1 4 8 8 5 21
14 Hereford 14 6 3 5 22 18 6 3 2 1 11 7 8 3 1 4 11 11 4 21
15 Curzon Ashton 14 5 4 5 15 13 6 2 1 3 7 8 8 3 3 2 8 5 2 19
16 Peterborough Sports 15 5 4 6 21 21 8 4 3 1 15 9 7 1 1 5 6 12 0 19
17 Buxton 14 4 6 4 15 17 7 2 4 1 8 7 7 2 2 3 7 10 -2 18
18 Spennymoor Town 16 3 8 5 17 23 8 1 4 3 4 8 8 2 4 2 13 15 -6 17
19 Kettering Town 16 4 4 8 15 28 8 4 2 2 11 10 8 0 2 6 4 18 -13 16
20 Boston United 15 4 3 8 20 26 8 2 1 5 13 18 7 2 2 3 7 8 -6 15
21 Bradford Park Avenue 15 4 3 8 13 21 8 3 0 5 7 10 7 1 3 3 6 11 -8 15
22 Farsley Celtic 15 3 4 8 18 29 8 1 3 4 8 14 7 2 1 4 10 15 -11 13
23 Blyth Spartans 15 2 5 8 14 26 8 1 4 3 9 10 7 1 1 5 5 16 -12 11
24 AFC Telford United 15 1 4 10 11 29 7 1 1 5 5 14 8 0 3 5 6 15 -18 7

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).