Chorley vs Blyth Spartans preview for football fans

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium (4100 seats)

Statistics people will highlight a pronounced difference in form between these sides based on the league table so far, with Chorley in front of Blyth Spartans by 24 points.

Insights:
  • Chorley have the most points from losing position (17) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have the most conceded goals (38) away in Vanarama National League North

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Vanarama National League North game only four days ago. That game, against Guiseley, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Blyth Spartans.

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Chorley form and stats

30 points is a decent return from 14 Vanarama National League North games here at The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium for Chorley. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

Chorley's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Southport (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that game, the home loss against Spennymoor Town with the scoreline 0-2.

Chorley are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League North match at Kidderminster Harriers awaits in three days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (34 in 14 games), Chorley's attacking play is working. Chorley's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Blyth Spartans so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-12 (win-draw-lose). With the Blyth Spartans losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

There might be some fixture complaints from Spartans as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-3 against Guiseley.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Chester.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Blyth Spartans played away with similar odds. This revealed twelve games. The visitors overcame the odds to win three times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected nine times.

A quick return to home after this game, as Spartans are hosting Bradford Park Avenue in the Vanarama National League North only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Blyth Spartans as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Spartans concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own. Blyth Spartans has visited these top teams five times, and 5 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Blyth Spartans - Chorley 0-2 was the story when these two participants formerly did battle, some time ago this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's six Chorley victories, zero draws and three Blyth Spartans wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blyth SpartansJ. O'Donnell
J. O'Donnell
11 goals
ChorleyC. Hall
C. Hall
9 goals

Chorley missing players

Blyth Spartans missing players

Chorley Blyth Spartans
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 5 15 31
14 9 4 Won W 1 2 8
9 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
6 2 0 Lost L 4 12 20
49 34 17 Scored S 4 11 28
34 17 3 Conceded C 16 38 59
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
72% 86% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 81%
55% 64% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 55%
28% 43% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 47% 32%
17% 29% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 27% 13%
55% 71% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 42%
28% 14% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 19%
28% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 47% 42%
 
4.7 5.3 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.9 4.2
3.8 3.7 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 6.2 5.5
1.6 1.6 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
13.1 13.6 17 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 9.1 9
5.4 6.1 7.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.9 3.5
31% 40% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 19% 26%
 
9.1 7.9 7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 14.9 12.6
3.8 3.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.4 6.5 5.2
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Blyth Spartans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blyth Spartans have the most conceded goals (38) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Chorley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chorley have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Blyth Spartans have scored away.
  • Chorley have the most points from losing position (17) 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 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

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).