Delightful dogfight as daring Chester duel with determined Peterborough Sports

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lookers Vauxhall Stadium (5376 seats)

The league table shows that 8 points split the pair of duelists in this Vanarama National League North match. Chester enjoy both the points- and home advantage.

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

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Chester form and stats

Chester have played 13 Vanarama National League North games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). Chester has a nice streak going on as they have played 15 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Curzon Ashton last time out and are looking for a victory here. Late drama in the game against Curzon Ashton as Chester were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Willoughby popped out and made it level in the 90th minute.

1-1 away at Brackley Town before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chester handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

There will be little rest for Chester after this match as they are travelling to Hereford for a Vanarama National League North game in only three days.

Chester are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. Chester have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Peterborough Sports form and stats

There's been little loot from Peterborough Sports's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Vanarama National League North. Peterborough Sports only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Peterborough Sports are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

There might be some fixture complaints from Peterborough Sports as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against King's Lynn Town.

Before that, Peterborough Sports secured a home win against Southport with the score 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Peterborough have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Possible goal fest! This side have played 5 consecutive league matches all with at least three goals scored (over 2.5 goals).

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Peterborough Sports have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also faced each other before this campaign: Peterborough Sports - Chester 3-2. One of the profiles has been Nicholson with 2 goals scored against Chester in these 1 games.

Top Goalscorers

ChesterK. Willoughby
K. Willoughby
13 goals
Peterborough SportsJ. Nicholson
J. Nicholson
6 goals
Peterborough SportsD. Sembie-Ferris
D. Sembie-Ferris
6 goals

Chester missing players

Peterborough Sports missing players

Chester Peterborough Sports
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 6 13 26
11 5 1 Won W 0 4 10
11 5 1 Drew D 0 1 6
4 3 1 Lost L 6 8 10
41 17 2 Scored S 3 13 34
25 11 2 Conceded C 12 20 34
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
69% 54% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 85% 81%
42% 23% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 54%
35% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 15% 23%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
50% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 54%
38% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 27%
19% 23% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 27%
 
4.8 4.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.2 3.7
4.7 4.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.7 4.2
1.4 0.9 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
8.4 7.4 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 8 8.5
3.9 3.5 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 3.6
40% 37% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 36% 36%
 
7.2 5.5 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 8.9 10.3
2.9 2.2 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.5 4
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Chester haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Peterborough Sports haven’t played a single 0-0 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 23 14 6 3 43 22 11 10 1 0 25 8 12 4 5 3 18 14 21 48
2 Fylde 23 15 3 5 39 22 12 9 1 2 25 10 11 6 2 3 14 12 17 48
3 Darlington 26 14 5 7 50 35 13 6 3 4 22 19 13 8 2 3 28 16 15 47
4 Brackley Town 25 13 8 4 31 19 13 9 3 1 20 8 12 4 5 3 11 11 12 47
5 Scarborough Athletic 26 13 6 7 48 42 13 7 4 2 30 23 13 6 2 5 18 19 6 45
6 Chester 26 11 11 4 41 25 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 6 6 1 24 14 16 44
7 Chorley 26 10 9 7 36 25 13 6 6 1 19 8 13 4 3 6 17 17 11 39
8 Gloucester City 27 11 5 11 40 42 14 7 1 6 26 22 13 4 4 5 14 20 -2 38
9 Banbury United 25 10 6 9 35 32 11 6 3 2 18 9 14 4 3 7 17 23 3 36
10 Southport 25 10 6 9 36 34 13 6 4 3 20 16 12 4 2 6 16 18 2 36
11 Peterborough Sports 26 10 6 10 34 34 13 6 5 2 21 14 13 4 1 8 13 20 0 36
12 Alfreton Town 24 8 10 6 30 24 12 5 5 2 18 10 12 3 5 4 12 14 6 34
13 Spennymoor Town 25 8 10 7 34 35 12 5 4 3 15 13 13 3 6 4 19 22 -1 34
14 Kidderminster Harriers 25 9 6 10 24 27 12 3 3 6 10 13 13 6 3 4 14 14 -3 33
15 Hereford 25 9 5 11 31 30 12 5 3 4 17 12 13 4 2 7 14 18 1 32
16 Leamington 25 5 14 6 21 22 13 5 5 3 14 10 12 0 9 3 7 12 -1 29
17 Curzon Ashton 24 7 7 10 24 27 12 4 3 5 13 14 12 3 4 5 11 13 -3 28
18 Bradford Park Avenue 26 7 7 12 26 35 13 5 2 6 13 15 13 2 5 6 13 20 -9 28
19 Boston United 26 7 5 14 36 44 14 5 2 7 23 24 12 2 3 7 13 20 -8 26
20 Buxton 25 6 8 11 24 35 14 3 6 5 15 19 11 3 2 6 9 16 -11 26
21 Kettering Town 25 6 8 11 23 39 11 5 3 3 13 11 14 1 5 8 10 28 -16 26
22 Farsley Celtic 24 5 6 13 26 43 12 3 4 5 15 19 12 2 2 8 11 24 -17 21
23 Blyth Spartans 24 4 7 13 24 39 12 2 6 4 14 14 12 2 1 9 10 25 -15 19
24 AFC Telford United 26 3 8 15 19 43 13 2 4 7 10 20 13 1 4 8 9 23 -24 17

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).