Early sportsbook action hint to Chorley superiority versus Kettering Town

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium (4100 seats)

Pre-match most people would expect a pronounced gap in quality between these sides based on the league table so far, with Chorley leading Kettering Town by 5 points.

Insights:
  • Chorley have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Kettering Town have the fewest points (2) away in Vanarama National League North

It's no vacation for neither Chorley nor Kettering Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Chorley form and stats

The story so far in the Vanarama National League North for Chorley at their home stadium (The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Chorley here at The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The Chorley fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Spennymoor Town and win 2-0.

Prior to that, an away loss at Southport.

The Chorley fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Chorley are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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Kettering Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Kettering Town's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 9 away games in the Vanarama National League North. Kettering Town only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. Bitter travels for Kettering Town as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Buxton match.

The followers enjoyed Kettering's previous match versus Hereford (placed 15th), a 2-0 win played at home.

A 0-3 defeat away at Brackley Town before that.

Stats flash: 9 of the last 11 league games featuring this side have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

Goals are few and far between in Kettering Town's away league games. Only {4 goals} from 9 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Kettering Town, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Kettering has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Data for the preceeding two meetings featuring these two participants are: one win for Chorley, zero draws and one win for Kettering Town. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: zero games. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Hall with 3 goals scored against Kettering Town in these 2 encounters.

Top Goalscorers

ChorleyC. Hall
C. Hall
8 goals
ChorleyB. Ustabaşı
B. Ustabaşı
6 goals
ChorleyJ. Sampson
J. Sampson
3 goals

Chorley missing players

Kettering Town missing players

Chorley Kettering Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 4 Played P 3 9 18
6 4 2 Won W 0 0 5
6 5 2 Drew D 0 2 4
5 0 0 Lost L 3 7 9
23 14 7 Scored S 0 4 17
17 7 4 Conceded C 12 21 31
82% 78% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
65% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 78%
35% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 50%
24% 22% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 28%
18% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 11%
41% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 39%
41% 56% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 22%
35% 22% 25% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 44%
 
5.1 4.2 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.9 3.4
3.5 4.1 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.3 5.4
1.8 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.4
5 3 3 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.9 11.9 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 3.7 6.1 7.6
5.1 5.7 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.7 2.4 3.2
27% 27% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 18% 30%
 
7.4 5.7 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 14.2 13.6
2.9 2.1 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 6.6 5.5
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Chorley have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Chorley have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kettering Town have scored away.
  • Chorley have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Kettering Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Kettering Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Kettering Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kettering Town have the fewest points (2) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town have the most conceded goals (21) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town have yet to win a game away.
  • Kettering Town 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 Darlington 18 10 4 4 30 20 9 6 2 1 17 9 9 4 2 3 13 11 10 34
2 Brackley Town 18 10 4 4 24 15 9 7 1 1 15 5 9 3 3 3 9 10 9 34
3 King's Lynn Town 15 9 4 2 31 16 7 6 1 0 16 5 8 3 3 2 15 11 15 31
4 Scarborough Athletic 17 8 5 4 32 24 9 5 4 0 22 12 8 3 1 4 10 12 8 29
5 Chester 17 7 6 4 28 19 9 4 2 3 12 7 8 3 4 1 16 12 9 27
6 Gloucester City 18 8 2 8 27 27 9 6 0 3 18 10 9 2 2 5 9 17 0 26
7 Southport 17 8 2 7 25 26 8 4 2 2 11 11 9 4 0 5 14 15 -1 26
8 Chorley 17 6 6 5 23 17 9 4 5 0 14 7 8 2 1 5 9 10 6 24
9 Alfreton Town 17 6 6 5 25 21 8 3 3 2 13 9 9 3 3 3 12 12 4 24
10 Leamington 18 5 9 4 18 14 9 5 2 2 13 7 9 0 7 2 5 7 4 24
11 Fylde 14 7 3 4 19 16 7 5 1 1 12 7 7 2 2 3 7 9 3 24
12 Kidderminster Harriers 17 7 3 7 19 18 9 3 2 4 9 9 8 4 1 3 10 9 1 24
13 Banbury United 17 6 5 6 24 23 8 4 3 1 14 8 9 2 2 5 10 15 1 23
14 Peterborough Sports 17 6 5 6 24 23 9 4 4 1 16 10 8 2 1 5 8 13 1 23
15 Hereford 15 6 3 6 22 20 6 3 2 1 11 7 9 3 1 5 11 13 2 21
16 Buxton 15 5 6 4 16 17 7 2 4 1 8 7 8 3 2 3 8 10 -1 21
17 Curzon Ashton 15 5 5 5 15 13 7 2 2 3 7 8 8 3 3 2 8 5 2 20
18 Spennymoor Town 18 4 8 6 20 25 9 2 4 3 7 8 9 2 4 3 13 17 -5 20
19 Boston United 17 5 4 8 23 28 9 3 1 5 15 19 8 2 3 3 8 9 -5 19
20 Kettering Town 18 5 4 9 17 31 9 5 2 2 13 10 9 0 2 7 4 21 -14 19
21 Farsley Celtic 16 4 4 8 21 30 9 2 3 4 11 15 7 2 1 4 10 15 -9 16
22 Bradford Park Avenue 17 4 3 10 14 24 9 3 0 6 8 12 8 1 3 4 6 12 -10 15
23 Blyth Spartans 16 3 5 8 17 26 9 2 4 3 12 10 7 1 1 5 5 16 -9 14
24 AFC Telford United 16 1 4 11 11 32 7 1 1 5 5 14 9 0 3 6 6 18 -21 7

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).