Only a few games have been played in the Vanarama National League North so far, with Chester placed 8th and Curzon Ashton sitting in the 10th position.
The hosts Chester saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the FA Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Marine, was also a home game here at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Chester form and stats
The hosts won their first Vanarama National League North game here at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Chester last season were 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses from 16 games.
The Chester fans got no joy from their last match, a FA Cup game also here at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Marine. Heartbreak before that as Chester lost 1-2 at Spennymoor Town's place.
There will be little rest for Chester after this match as they are travelling to Gloucester City for a Vanarama National League North game in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Chester's 1 home game: 3 goals, 2 conceded.
Curzon Ashton form and stats
One match played away so far in the Vanarama National League North for Curzon Ashton and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses from 17 games.
Curzon Ashton won their last game, 2-1 versus Farsley Celtic played at home. Before that, Curzon travelled to Brackley Town and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager S. Cunningham when D. Whitham scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
A quick return to home after this game, as Curzon Ashton are hosting Darlington in the Vanarama National League North only four days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Curzon Ashton has managed 2 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Chester victories, one draw and three Curzon Ashton wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Elliott 3 goals | D. Livesey 1 goals |  D. Whitham 1 goals |
Chester missing players
Curzon Ashton missing players
| Chester | Curzon Ashton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 4 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 31 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 60% | 150% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| Chester | Last season | Curzon Ashton | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 33 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 60 | 36 | Scored | S | 14 | 34 | ||
| 41 | 16 | Conceded | C | 25 | 42 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 82% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 67% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 42% | ||
| 42% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 9% | ||
| 64% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 42% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 30% | ||
| 18% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 39% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 322 | 154 | Total Shots | T S | 122 | 271 | ||
| 145 | 74 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 106 | ||
| 41% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Southport | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | AFC Telford United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Spennymoor Town | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Boston United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Kidderminster Harriers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Fylde | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Chester | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | York City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Curzon Ashton | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Hereford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Guiseley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Kettering Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Gateshead | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Alfreton Town | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Brackley Town | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 17 | Farsley Celtic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Blyth Spartans | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -12 | 1 |
| 19 | Bradford Park Avenue | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Darlington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 21 | Leamington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 22 | Chorley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | York City | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 52 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 24 | 66 |
| 2 | King's Lynn Town | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 63 | 39 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 22 | 24 | 64 |
| 3 | Brackley Town | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 61 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 36 | 60 |
| 4 | Boston United | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 58 |
| 5 | Altrincham | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 62 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 57 |
| 6 | Spennymoor Town | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 63 | 45 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 55 |
| 7 | Chester | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 54 |
| 8 | Gateshead | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 47 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 52 |
| 9 | Guiseley | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 50 |
| 10 | Farsley Celtic | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 48 |
| 11 | Darlington | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -7 | 48 |
| 12 | Southport | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -1 | 43 |
| 13 | AFC Telford United | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 51 | 56 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -5 | 42 |
| 14 | Alfreton Town | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 48 | 55 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 31 | -7 | 40 |
| 15 | Hereford | 35 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 56 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 36 | -17 | 39 |
| 16 | Kidderminster Harriers | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | -4 | 38 |
| 17 | Leamington | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 38 | -12 | 35 |
| 18 | Curzon Ashton | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -8 | 34 |
| 19 | Gloucester City | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 57 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 39 | -18 | 33 |
| 20 | Kettering Town | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -10 | 32 |
| 21 | Blyth Spartans | 33 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 32 | 78 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 41 | -46 | 23 |
| 22 | Bradford Park Avenue | 33 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 80 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 43 | -55 | 20 |