Chester vs Chorley betting preview: Even match expected

Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lookers Vauxhall Stadium (5376 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Chester have their presumed home advantage while Chorley are ahead in the Vanarama National League North table with their 20 point advantage.

Chester have less rest than Chorley in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Vanarama National League North game only two days ago. There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are located only 0 kilometers from each other, at least in air distance. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Chester form and stats

The story so far for Chester at their home stadium (Lookers Vauxhall Stadium) is 10 wins, 9 draws and 2 defeats.

Happy days for Chester in their previous game, a Vanarama National League North match away at Darlington (placed 17th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Leamington.

Chester have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium with 35 goals in 21 matches. Chester have only conceded 17 in these games.

Last season, Chester's league statistics were 8 wins, 13 draws and 25 losses, resulting in a 23rd position in the league. Over these 46 matches they scored 42 goals and conceded 79. Playing at home last season Chester managed 5-5-13 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 37 conceded.

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Chorley form and stats

9 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Chorley, who have the most wins (22) in Vanarama National League North, playing as the away team this season.

The supporters enjoyed Chorley's previous game versus Leamington (placed 18th), a Vanarama National League North 3-0 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Boston United with the score of 2-0.

Chorley are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 35 times in 21 away games so far. Chorley are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 20 times in 21 matches.

Let's have a look at how Chorley performed last season in the league. They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 14 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 6 and lost 8 with 26/27 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Chorley - Chester 0-0 earlier this season. Last five meetings between the teams: Chester won 3, Chorley won 1 and 1 draw.

Top Goalscorers

M. Carver
13 goals
J. Wilson
13 goals
A. Newby
12 goals

Chester missing players

Chorley missing players

Chester Chorley
Total Home Statistic Away Total
35 17 Played 18 36
86% 82% Over 0.5 100% 97%
77% 76% Over 1.5 83% 81%
49% 59% Over 2.5 50% 53%
34% 41% Over 3.5 33% 33%
20% 29% Over 4.5 22% 19%
49% 65% Both teams to score 56% 44%
31% 29% Clean Sheet 33% 47%
34% 24% Failed To Score 11% 11%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Chorley 42 22 13 7 74 32 21 13 5 3 39 12 21 9 8 4 35 20 42 79
2 Stockport County 42 20 16 6 62 31 21 11 8 2 35 17 21 9 8 4 27 14 31 76
3 Brackley Town 42 18 16 8 64 37 21 11 8 2 39 19 21 7 8 6 25 18 27 70
4 Spennymoor Town 42 17 17 8 64 38 21 8 10 3 32 20 21 9 7 5 32 18 26 68
5 Bradford Park Avenue 42 17 16 9 66 50 21 8 8 5 27 23 21 9 8 4 39 27 16 67
6 Altrincham 42 16 16 10 65 47 21 7 9 5 30 19 21 9 7 5 35 28 18 64
7 AFC Telford United 42 16 16 10 57 49 21 10 8 3 28 18 21 6 8 7 29 31 8 64
8 Kidderminster Harriers 42 15 14 13 59 54 21 9 6 6 35 29 21 6 8 7 24 25 5 59
9 Chester 42 14 17 11 50 50 21 10 9 2 35 17 21 4 8 9 15 33 0 59
10 Boston United 42 14 13 15 54 51 21 6 6 9 23 27 21 8 7 6 31 24 3 55
11 Blyth Spartans 42 13 16 13 56 57 21 7 7 7 32 29 21 6 9 6 24 28 -1 55
12 Curzon Ashton 42 13 16 13 40 50 21 5 8 8 17 29 21 8 8 5 23 21 -10 55
13 Alfreton Town 42 13 15 14 46 50 21 5 9 7 23 26 21 8 6 7 23 24 -4 54
14 York City 42 13 14 15 48 56 21 8 7 6 28 24 21 5 7 9 20 32 -8 53
15 Southport 42 11 18 13 51 50 21 5 10 6 28 27 21 6 8 7 23 23 1 51
16 Hereford 42 10 19 13 40 50 21 7 7 7 23 26 21 3 12 6 17 24 -10 49
17 Darlington 42 9 19 14 50 58 21 5 8 8 21 20 21 4 11 6 29 38 -8 46
18 Leamington 42 9 19 14 46 56 21 5 10 6 23 24 21 4 9 8 23 32 -10 46
19 Guiseley 42 7 22 13 39 50 21 4 11 6 22 27 21 3 11 7 17 23 -11 43
20 United of Manchester 42 7 16 19 45 70 21 1 10 10 24 39 21 6 6 9 21 31 -25 37
21 Ashton United 42 8 12 22 37 78 21 3 7 11 13 38 21 5 5 11 24 40 -41 36
22 Nuneaton Town 42 3 14 25 31 80 21 1 6 14 14 43 21 2 8 11 17 37 -49 23

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