Football match preview: Chester vs Southport

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Tue 13.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Lookers Vauxhall Stadium (5376 seats)

Chester have claimed 4 of their 8 in total here in their home stadium. Will they win more points versus Southport?

Insights:
  • Chester haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Southport have the most conceded goals (11) away in Vanarama National League North

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

The overall Vanarama National League North results at home this season for Chester are 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The home club members saw a 3-3 draw versus King's Lynn Town last time out and are looking for a victory here. Late drama in the game against King's Lynn Town as Chester were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Willoughby popped out and made it level in the 86th minute.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Curzon Ashton and winning 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chester handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Chester, as the FA Cup home game vs Pontefract Collieries is only four days away.

The Chester fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Southport form and stats

The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (11) away in Vanarama National League North, are W1-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League North. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Southport's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Two away games in a row for Southport, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Banbury United.

A 0-1 defeat away at Fylde before that.

Southport are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

The schedule is very tough for Southport now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A FA Cup game at Darlington is waiting in only four days.

Southport has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. Southport are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 6 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Chester four wins, three draws and Southport three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChesterK. Willoughby
K. Willoughby
4 goals
SouthportJ. Archer
J. Archer
2 goals
ChesterD. Weeks
D. Weeks
1 goals

Chester missing players

Southport missing players

Chester Southport
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 4 0 Played P 0 4 7
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 2 0 Lost L 0 3 4
11 5 0 Scored S 0 6 7
11 5 0 Conceded C 0 11 14
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 86%
71% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 57%
57% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 57%
43% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 75% 43%
29% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 14%
57% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 29%
14% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
29% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 57%
 
4.7 4.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.6
5 5.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.5 4.9
1 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.2 1.1
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.7 7.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6.8 6.6
4.4 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.3
35% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 30%
 
8.1 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12.8 11.1
3.7 3.2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 5
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Chester haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Southport have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Southport have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Southport have the most conceded goals (11) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Southport 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 7 5 2 0 15 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 3 1 0 10 4 9 17
2 Banbury United 7 5 1 1 13 6 4 3 1 0 9 3 3 2 0 1 4 3 7 16
3 Fylde 7 5 0 2 10 8 4 3 0 1 6 4 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 15
4 Darlington 8 4 2 2 13 9 4 3 0 1 8 5 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 14
5 Scarborough Athletic 7 4 2 1 12 8 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 3 0 1 8 5 4 14
6 Kidderminster Harriers 7 4 1 2 9 5 4 2 1 1 7 3 3 2 0 1 2 2 4 13
7 Leamington 7 3 3 1 8 3 4 3 0 1 6 1 3 0 3 0 2 2 5 12
8 Alfreton Town 7 2 4 1 10 6 4 1 2 1 7 5 3 1 2 0 3 1 4 10
9 Chorley 7 2 4 1 8 4 4 0 4 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 6 2 4 10
10 Peterborough Sports 7 3 1 3 13 10 4 2 1 1 9 5 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 10
11 Curzon Ashton 7 3 1 3 9 7 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 10
12 Spennymoor Town 7 2 4 1 8 9 3 0 3 0 2 2 4 2 1 1 6 7 -1 10
13 Brackley Town 7 3 1 3 6 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 1 1 2 2 4 -1 10
14 Gloucester City 7 3 0 4 9 11 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2 9
15 Chester 7 2 2 3 11 11 4 1 1 2 5 5 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 8
16 Hereford 7 2 2 3 9 11 3 1 1 1 6 6 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2 8
17 Buxton 7 1 4 2 7 9 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 0 2 1 2 4 -2 7
18 Blyth Spartans 7 2 1 4 6 11 3 1 0 2 3 3 4 1 1 2 3 8 -5 7
19 Southport 7 2 1 4 7 14 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 3 6 11 -7 7
20 Kettering Town 7 1 3 3 8 10 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 2 2 4 6 -2 6
21 AFC Telford United 7 1 3 3 4 11 3 1 1 1 2 5 4 0 2 2 2 6 -7 6
22 Farsley Celtic 7 1 2 4 7 12 4 0 2 2 4 7 3 1 0 2 3 5 -5 5
23 Bradford Park Avenue 8 0 3 5 4 10 4 0 0 4 1 6 4 0 3 1 3 4 -6 3
24 Boston United 7 0 3 4 8 16 3 0 1 2 5 10 4 0 2 2 3 6 -8 3

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).