Evenly matched teams: Chester vs Kettering Town match preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lookers Vauxhall Stadium (5376 seats)

Chester - Kettering Town : Statistics, team sheets, matches, the latest developments and reports. Read our thorough guide!

Insights:
  • Chester have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both contenders have had enough days rest since their previous match. Let's trust this will be an energetic match!

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Chester form and stats

Chester have collected 23 points from their Vanarama National League North home games so far after 6-5-5. Game days at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Chester as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Happy days for Chester in their previous game, a fixture away at Blyth Spartans (placed 19th) that ended with a 3-1 victory.

Ahead of that match, Chester lost 1-2 at home to Chorley.

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 three days.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Chester defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Kettering Town form and stats

6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Kettering Town playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season. Kettering seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Kettering Town play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Spennymoor Town (placed 10th).

Prior to that match, the Kettering Town manager Culverhouse faced defeat when travelling to Boston United and losing 2-3.

A new game in only three days for Kettering, the Vanarama National League North home match versus Hereford. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kettering Town have scored 21 goals in 15 league games away. As opposed to that, Kettering Town have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date reported scoreline between these contenders is the Kettering Town - Chester 0-0 played earlier this season. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Chester victories, two draws and zero Kettering Town wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 3 red cards from the last two duels.

Top Goalscorers

Kettering TownJ. Crawford
J. Crawford
6 goals
ChesterD. Stephenson
D. Stephenson
5 goals

Chester missing players

Kettering Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chester Kettering Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 16 6 Played P 6 15 29
8 6 2 Won W 4 6 11
7 5 1 Drew D 1 2 7
16 5 3 Lost L 1 7 11
50 32 11 Scored S 13 21 43
58 24 12 Conceded C 5 21 37
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
84% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 79%
71% 69% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 62%
55% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 34%
29% 31% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
65% 69% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 59%
10% 12% 17% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 31%
29% 19% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 17%
 
5.4 6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.5 5.9
6.3 5.8 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.9 4.3
1.5 1.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.7
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
10.4 9.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.8 11.1
4.5 4.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.1 4.3
35% 43% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 65% 45% 35%
 
10.7 8.8 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 9.1 8.2
4.6 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.9 3.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Chester have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Vanarama National League North
  • Chester have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Vanarama National League North
  • Chester haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kettering Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 31 22 4 5 71 35 15 13 0 2 36 12 16 9 4 3 35 23 36 70
2 Brackley Town 30 20 7 3 44 18 14 11 2 1 19 7 16 9 5 2 25 11 26 67
3 Kidderminster Harriers 30 17 6 7 53 27 14 10 1 3 34 10 16 7 5 4 19 17 26 57
4 Fylde 31 17 6 8 51 30 15 9 2 4 24 15 16 8 4 4 27 15 21 57
5 Chorley 29 14 9 6 49 34 14 9 3 2 34 17 15 5 6 4 15 17 15 51
6 Southport 30 13 9 8 46 34 15 8 6 1 29 13 15 5 3 7 17 21 12 48
7 York City 29 14 5 10 44 35 16 8 3 5 27 17 13 6 2 5 17 18 9 47
8 Boston United 30 13 6 11 46 44 16 9 3 4 33 20 14 4 3 7 13 24 2 45
9 Curzon Ashton 29 11 10 8 41 35 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 5 5 5 21 20 6 43
10 Spennymoor Town 30 12 7 11 43 42 14 6 5 3 24 17 16 6 2 8 19 25 1 43
11 Hereford 31 12 7 12 36 37 16 8 3 5 20 16 15 4 4 7 16 21 -1 43
12 Kettering Town 29 11 7 11 43 37 14 5 5 4 22 16 15 6 2 7 21 21 6 40
13 Darlington 31 11 7 13 49 46 16 7 3 6 25 18 15 4 4 7 24 28 3 40
14 Alfreton Town 29 10 7 12 40 46 15 4 6 5 19 21 14 6 1 7 21 25 -6 37
15 Leamington 31 9 10 12 32 38 16 8 4 4 21 17 15 1 6 8 11 21 -6 37
16 Bradford Park Avenue 30 9 6 15 37 53 15 7 2 6 25 25 15 2 4 9 12 28 -16 33
17 Chester 31 8 7 16 50 58 16 6 5 5 32 24 15 2 2 11 18 34 -8 31
18 Gloucester City 31 6 11 14 30 47 15 3 6 6 16 17 16 3 5 8 14 30 -17 29
19 Blyth Spartans 31 8 3 20 28 59 16 6 2 8 17 21 15 2 1 12 11 38 -31 27
20 Guiseley 29 7 5 17 24 46 16 5 4 7 15 23 13 2 1 10 9 23 -22 26
21 AFC Telford United 32 5 10 17 38 56 16 5 4 7 23 20 16 0 6 10 15 36 -18 25
22 Farsley Celtic 30 5 7 18 26 64 14 4 4 6 17 28 16 1 3 12 9 36 -38 22

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 31 22 4 5 71 35 15 13 0 2 36 12 16 9 4 3 35 23 36 70
2 Brackley Town 30 20 7 3 44 18 14 11 2 1 19 7 16 9 5 2 25 11 26 67
3 Kidderminster Harriers 30 17 6 7 53 27 14 10 1 3 34 10 16 7 5 4 19 17 26 57
4 Fylde 31 17 6 8 51 30 15 9 2 4 24 15 16 8 4 4 27 15 21 57
5 Chorley 29 14 9 6 49 34 14 9 3 2 34 17 15 5 6 4 15 17 15 51
6 Southport 30 13 9 8 46 34 15 8 6 1 29 13 15 5 3 7 17 21 12 48
7 York City 29 14 5 10 44 35 16 8 3 5 27 17 13 6 2 5 17 18 9 47
8 Boston United 30 13 6 11 46 44 16 9 3 4 33 20 14 4 3 7 13 24 2 45
9 Curzon Ashton 29 11 10 8 41 35 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 5 5 5 21 20 6 43
10 Spennymoor Town 30 12 7 11 43 42 14 6 5 3 24 17 16 6 2 8 19 25 1 43
11 Hereford 31 12 7 12 36 37 16 8 3 5 20 16 15 4 4 7 16 21 -1 43
12 Kettering Town 29 11 7 11 43 37 14 5 5 4 22 16 15 6 2 7 21 21 6 40
13 Darlington 31 11 7 13 49 46 16 7 3 6 25 18 15 4 4 7 24 28 3 40
14 Alfreton Town 29 10 7 12 40 46 15 4 6 5 19 21 14 6 1 7 21 25 -6 37
15 Leamington 31 9 10 12 32 38 16 8 4 4 21 17 15 1 6 8 11 21 -6 37
16 Bradford Park Avenue 30 9 6 15 37 53 15 7 2 6 25 25 15 2 4 9 12 28 -16 33
17 Chester 31 8 7 16 50 58 16 6 5 5 32 24 15 2 2 11 18 34 -8 31
18 Gloucester City 31 6 11 14 30 47 15 3 6 6 16 17 16 3 5 8 14 30 -17 29
19 Blyth Spartans 31 8 3 20 28 59 16 6 2 8 17 21 15 2 1 12 11 38 -31 27
20 Guiseley 29 7 5 17 24 46 16 5 4 7 15 23 13 2 1 10 9 23 -22 26
21 AFC Telford United 32 5 10 17 38 56 16 5 4 7 23 20 16 0 6 10 15 36 -18 25
22 Farsley Celtic 30 5 7 18 26 64 14 4 4 6 17 28 16 1 3 12 9 36 -38 22

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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).