Chester vs Curzon Ashton betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Sat 28.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lookers Vauxhall Stadium (5376 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Chester leading Curzon Ashton by 18 points.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Chester and Curzon Ashton.

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Chester form and stats

Chester have performed here at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium this season with 6 wins from 10 Vanarama National League North matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.

A good away victory last time out for Chester, who won 3-1 against Southport (placed 4th). Before that, Chester drew at home versus AFC Telford United.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Chester home games with this odds we find one game with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 0 matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Chester, as the Vanarama National League North home game vs Southport is only four days away.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (22 in 10 games), Chester's attacking play is working. 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 9 from 10 matches.

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Curzon Ashton form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Curzon Ashton so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-6 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Curzon Ashton are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Curzon Ashton are looking to quickly end their 243 minutes long goal drought in the Vanarama National League North.

Curzon Ashton failed to get anything from their last game, a Vanarama National League North home match vs Altrincham (placed 17th) that ended with defeat 0-1. A 0-3 defeat away at Brackley Town before that.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Curzon Ashton played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 5 times.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Curzon Ashton manager M. Bradshaw as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Altrincham.

The attacking power of Curzon Ashton when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. For Curzon Ashton, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Chester and Curzon Ashton have met before this season: Curzon Ashton - Chester 1-3. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 2 Chester victories, 1 draw and 2 Curzon Ashton wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChesterA. Asante
A. Asante
15 goals
 S. Miller
S. Miller
8 goals
ChesterB. Jackson
B. Jackson
4 goals

Chester missing players

Curzon Ashton missing players

Chester Curzon Ashton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 5 Played P 4 9 21
10 6 4 Won W 0 0 5
8 3 1 Drew D 1 3 5
3 1 0 Lost L 3 6 11
40 22 14 Scored S 2 7 22
23 9 3 Conceded C 9 19 32
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 89% 90%
86% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 78% 67%
62% 70% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 52%
43% 40% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 33%
10% 20% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 22% 14%
71% 60% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 43%
19% 30% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 11% 24%
14% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 43%
 
5.9 7.7 7.4 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 4.6 4.7
4 3.9 3.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.5 4.6 4.7
2 1.5 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.1
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
 
220 102 48 Total Shots T S 33 69 174
95 49 29 Shots on Target S O 11 23 61
42% 45% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 30% 36%
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Chester have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chester have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Chester have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Curzon Ashton have scored away.
  • Chester have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Curzon Ashton has the fewest points (3) away
  • Curzon Ashton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Curzon Ashton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Curzon Ashton have yet to win a game away.

  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 21 14 5 2 47 29 12 9 3 0 30 13 9 5 2 2 17 16 18 47
2 York City 22 12 8 2 33 13 10 5 4 1 12 5 12 7 4 1 21 8 20 44
3 Chester 21 10 8 3 40 23 10 6 3 1 22 9 11 4 5 2 18 14 17 38
4 Southport 22 11 4 7 31 20 12 7 2 3 19 11 10 4 2 4 12 9 11 37
5 Brackley Town 20 10 6 4 41 13 10 6 4 0 24 4 10 4 2 4 17 9 28 36
6 Spennymoor Town 21 9 7 5 37 25 9 7 1 1 23 10 12 2 6 4 14 15 12 34
7 Farsley Celtic 22 10 4 8 34 30 10 5 2 3 16 16 12 5 2 5 18 14 4 34
8 Boston United 19 9 4 6 30 21 7 5 2 0 14 3 12 4 2 6 16 18 9 31
9 Darlington 21 9 3 9 25 30 12 7 2 3 17 10 9 2 1 6 8 20 -5 30
10 Guiseley 21 8 5 8 35 31 11 5 2 4 17 12 10 3 3 4 18 19 4 29
11 Gateshead 19 7 6 6 24 21 11 6 2 3 18 11 8 1 4 3 6 10 3 27
12 Kidderminster Harriers 22 7 5 10 31 32 12 3 2 7 16 20 10 4 3 3 15 12 -1 26
13 AFC Telford United 21 7 5 9 31 34 12 4 3 5 20 21 9 3 2 4 11 13 -3 26
14 Leamington 21 7 5 9 33 37 11 5 3 3 18 12 10 2 2 6 15 25 -4 26
15 Alfreton Town 21 8 1 12 30 35 9 4 1 4 16 13 12 4 0 8 14 22 -5 25
16 Hereford 22 6 7 9 24 35 10 3 6 1 11 9 12 3 1 8 13 26 -11 25
17 Altrincham 18 6 6 6 29 26 8 5 2 1 22 9 10 1 4 5 7 17 3 24
18 Gloucester City 20 6 5 9 28 39 9 4 3 2 16 12 11 2 2 7 12 27 -11 23
19 Kettering Town 20 5 6 9 28 34 10 3 3 4 17 18 10 2 3 5 11 16 -6 21
20 Curzon Ashton 21 5 5 11 22 32 12 5 2 5 15 13 9 0 3 6 7 19 -10 20
21 Blyth Spartans 21 4 4 13 20 49 10 2 2 6 11 24 11 2 2 7 9 25 -29 16
22 Bradford Park Avenue 22 3 3 16 14 58 12 2 2 8 10 28 10 1 1 8 4 30 -44 12

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).