Football background guide: Chorley odds-on when Alfreton Town visit

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Fri 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium (4100 seats)

A look at the Vanarama National League North table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but the outcome is not given. Check out our Chorley - Alfreton Town match preview!

Insights:
  • Chorley have the most points from losing position (19) in Vanarama National League North
  • Alfreton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Chorley saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Vanarama National League North. Thankfully the previous game, versus York City, was also a home game here at The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Chorley form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium as Chorley have scored 40 goals to get 37 points from 18 games. The overall stats in the Vanarama National League North are 11-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The home regulars saw a 2-2 draw versus York City last time out and are looking for a victory here.

0-0 away at Bradford Park Avenue before that.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Chorley as they are travelling to their away game against Curzon Ashton in the Vanarama National League North. That match is three days after this one.

Goals decide football matches and Chorley are scoring many of them at home; 40 on target from 18 league matches. Chorley's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Alfreton Town form and stats

As the visiting team in Vanarama National League North matches, Alfreton Town have produced an overall stat of 8-1-9 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Alfreton Town are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Alfreton goalkeeper George Willis is eager to challenge this, with his 190 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Alfreton Town played 0-0 against Darlington in their previous match.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kidderminster Harriers at their stadium, the result 1-0.

After this away game Alfreton Town return home for a Vanarama National League North game against York City. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Alfreton Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 24 away goals from 18 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Alfreton have conceded 30 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have met each other previously this season, with the match result Alfreton Town - Chorley 0-1 entered in the official records. Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Chorley won five, Alfreton Town were winners in three and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ChorleyC. Hall
C. Hall
10 goals
Alfreton TownB. Hobson
B. Hobson
10 goals
Alfreton TownM. Rhead
M. Rhead
9 goals

Chorley missing players

Alfreton Town missing players

Chorley Alfreton Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 35
16 11 5 Won W 2 8 12
12 4 0 Drew D 0 1 9
8 3 1 Lost L 4 9 14
57 40 14 Scored S 5 24 45
41 21 10 Conceded C 9 30 53
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 89%
72% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 69%
53% 61% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 61% 51%
25% 39% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 33% 37%
14% 22% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 33% 29%
56% 67% 83% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 49%
28% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 22% 23%
28% 17% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 39% 40%
 
4.6 5.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.7 4.1
3.9 4 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5 4.7
1.5 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.3 2.1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.8 13.2 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.3 9.8
4.9 5.4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4 4.2
32% 41% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 33% 31%
 
9 8.1 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.9 9.4
3.6 3.4 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.7 4.5
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Alfreton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chorley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chorley have the most points from losing position (19) in Vanarama National League North
  • Chorley haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Brackley Town 36 24 9 3 49 19 18 15 2 1 23 7 18 9 7 2 26 12 30 81
2 Gateshead 36 25 5 6 81 40 18 15 1 2 44 15 18 10 4 4 37 25 41 80
3 Fylde 36 21 6 9 60 33 18 12 2 4 32 17 18 9 4 5 28 16 27 69
4 Kidderminster Harriers 36 19 8 9 65 30 18 12 2 4 46 12 18 7 6 5 19 18 35 65
5 Chorley 36 16 12 8 57 41 18 11 4 3 40 21 18 5 8 5 17 20 16 60
6 York City 35 15 7 13 50 44 18 9 3 6 28 18 17 6 4 7 22 26 6 52
7 Boston United 36 15 7 14 55 51 18 9 4 5 35 23 18 6 3 9 20 28 4 52
8 Darlington 36 14 9 13 54 48 18 9 3 6 28 19 18 5 6 7 26 29 6 51
9 Southport 36 13 12 11 52 48 18 8 8 2 33 18 18 5 4 9 19 30 4 51
10 Kettering Town 36 14 9 13 50 46 18 7 6 5 27 20 18 7 3 8 23 26 4 51
11 Spennymoor Town 36 14 8 14 48 48 18 7 6 5 26 21 18 7 2 9 22 27 0 50
12 Hereford 36 13 9 14 44 44 18 8 4 6 22 19 18 5 5 8 22 25 0 48
13 Alfreton Town 35 12 9 14 45 53 17 4 8 5 21 23 18 8 1 9 24 30 -8 45
14 Curzon Ashton 35 11 11 13 42 53 18 6 6 6 21 24 17 5 5 7 21 29 -11 44
15 Bradford Park Avenue 36 11 9 16 43 56 18 7 4 7 26 27 18 4 5 9 17 29 -13 42
16 Leamington 37 10 11 16 34 43 18 9 4 5 22 18 19 1 7 11 12 25 -9 41
17 Gloucester City 36 9 12 15 41 54 18 5 7 6 24 21 18 4 5 9 17 33 -13 39
18 Chester 35 10 8 17 62 65 17 7 5 5 36 24 18 3 3 12 26 41 -3 38
19 AFC Telford United 37 7 13 17 45 60 19 7 5 7 29 23 18 0 8 10 16 37 -15 34
20 Farsley Celtic 36 8 9 19 33 70 18 6 6 6 21 30 18 2 3 13 12 40 -37 33
21 Blyth Spartans 36 9 5 22 34 69 18 6 2 10 19 28 18 3 3 12 15 41 -35 32
22 Guiseley 36 8 6 22 27 56 18 5 5 8 15 25 18 3 1 14 12 31 -29 30

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).