Soccer betting preview: Chorley welcomes Southport in what could be a tight duel

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

This should be quite a game, with Chorley in 5th and Southport at 6th. Here's news and statistics!

Insights:
  • Chorley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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

L W L L D

Chorley form and stats

Chorley are steadily winning Vanarama National League North games and points here at The Chorley Group Victory Park Stadium. 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games.

Chorley's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Spennymoor Town (placed 13th).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Chester with a 2-1 scoreline.

This is expected to be a close game, with Chorley perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chorley as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Chorley has won four of these, drawn two and lost five.

Goals decide football matches and Chorley are scoring many of them at home; 32 on target from 13 league matches. Chorley's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

D W L D D

Southport form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League North.

197 minutes! That's how long the Southport goalkeeper Cameron Mason and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Southport played 0-0 against Brackley Town in their previous match.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Hereford with the score of 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Southport playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two Southport wins, three draws and two defeats.

Southport have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. Southport have conceded 19 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Southport - Chorley 0-0 was the end result in these squads' previous head-to-head fixture, played this season. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: one - three - four (Chorley wins - draws - Southport wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SouthportJ. Archer
J. Archer
10 goals
ChorleyC. Hall
C. Hall
9 goals

Chorley missing players

Southport missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chorley Southport
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 3 14 29
13 8 0 Won W 0 5 13
9 3 2 Drew D 0 3 9
6 2 1 Lost L 3 6 7
47 32 3 Scored S 2 16 45
33 16 4 Conceded C 6 19 32
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 86%
71% 85% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 72%
54% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 52%
29% 46% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 21% 31%
18% 31% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 21%
54% 69% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 48%
29% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 45%
29% 15% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 21% 21%
 
4.6 5.1 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 7.3 4.9 5.1
3.9 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 9.3 5.9 5.3
1.6 1.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.9 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.9 13.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 8.6 10.1
5.3 6 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.5 3.9
32% 41% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 33% 40%
 
9.4 8.3 6 Shots against (avg) S A 16 11.4 10.6
3.8 4 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 4.6 4
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Chorley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 30 21 4 5 67 33 15 13 0 2 36 12 15 8 4 3 31 21 34 67
2 Brackley Town 29 19 7 3 42 17 13 10 2 1 17 6 16 9 5 2 25 11 25 64
3 Kidderminster Harriers 28 17 5 6 53 26 13 10 1 2 34 9 15 7 4 4 19 17 27 56
4 Fylde 29 16 5 8 49 29 14 9 1 4 23 14 15 7 4 4 26 15 20 53
5 Chorley 28 13 9 6 47 33 13 8 3 2 32 16 15 5 6 4 15 17 14 48
6 Southport 29 13 9 7 45 32 15 8 6 1 29 13 14 5 3 6 16 19 13 48
7 York City 28 14 4 10 44 35 15 8 2 5 27 17 13 6 2 5 17 18 9 46
8 Hereford 30 12 6 12 36 37 16 8 3 5 20 16 14 4 3 7 16 21 -1 42
9 Boston United 28 12 5 11 44 43 16 9 3 4 33 20 12 3 2 7 11 23 1 41
10 Kettering Town 28 11 7 10 42 35 14 5 5 4 22 16 14 6 2 6 20 19 7 40
11 Darlington 31 11 7 13 49 46 16 7 3 6 25 18 15 4 4 7 24 28 3 40
12 Curzon Ashton 27 10 9 8 38 33 14 6 5 3 20 15 13 4 4 5 18 18 5 39
13 Spennymoor Town 28 11 6 11 41 41 12 5 4 3 22 16 16 6 2 8 19 25 0 39
14 Leamington 30 9 9 12 32 38 15 8 3 4 21 17 15 1 6 8 11 21 -6 36
15 Alfreton Town 27 10 5 12 39 45 13 4 4 5 18 20 14 6 1 7 21 25 -6 35
16 Bradford Park Avenue 29 9 6 14 35 50 14 7 2 5 23 22 15 2 4 9 12 28 -15 33
17 Gloucester City 30 6 11 13 28 43 14 3 6 5 14 13 16 3 5 8 14 30 -15 29
18 Chester 30 7 7 16 47 57 16 6 5 5 32 24 14 1 2 11 15 33 -10 28
19 Blyth Spartans 29 8 3 18 26 53 15 6 2 7 16 18 14 2 1 11 10 35 -27 27
20 AFC Telford United 30 5 9 16 36 53 16 5 4 7 23 20 14 0 5 9 13 33 -17 24
21 Guiseley 27 6 5 16 21 44 14 4 4 6 12 21 13 2 1 10 9 23 -23 23
22 Farsley Celtic 29 5 6 18 26 64 14 4 4 6 17 28 15 1 2 12 9 36 -38 21

Table
  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 30 21 4 5 67 33 15 13 0 2 36 12 15 8 4 3 31 21 34 67
2 Brackley Town 29 19 7 3 42 17 13 10 2 1 17 6 16 9 5 2 25 11 25 64
3 Kidderminster Harriers 28 17 5 6 53 26 13 10 1 2 34 9 15 7 4 4 19 17 27 56
4 Fylde 29 16 5 8 49 29 14 9 1 4 23 14 15 7 4 4 26 15 20 53
5 Chorley 28 13 9 6 47 33 13 8 3 2 32 16 15 5 6 4 15 17 14 48
6 Southport 29 13 9 7 45 32 15 8 6 1 29 13 14 5 3 6 16 19 13 48
7 York City 28 14 4 10 44 35 15 8 2 5 27 17 13 6 2 5 17 18 9 46
8 Hereford 30 12 6 12 36 37 16 8 3 5 20 16 14 4 3 7 16 21 -1 42
9 Boston United 28 12 5 11 44 43 16 9 3 4 33 20 12 3 2 7 11 23 1 41
10 Kettering Town 28 11 7 10 42 35 14 5 5 4 22 16 14 6 2 6 20 19 7 40
11 Darlington 31 11 7 13 49 46 16 7 3 6 25 18 15 4 4 7 24 28 3 40
12 Curzon Ashton 27 10 9 8 38 33 14 6 5 3 20 15 13 4 4 5 18 18 5 39
13 Spennymoor Town 28 11 6 11 41 41 12 5 4 3 22 16 16 6 2 8 19 25 0 39
14 Leamington 30 9 9 12 32 38 15 8 3 4 21 17 15 1 6 8 11 21 -6 36
15 Alfreton Town 27 10 5 12 39 45 13 4 4 5 18 20 14 6 1 7 21 25 -6 35
16 Bradford Park Avenue 29 9 6 14 35 50 14 7 2 5 23 22 15 2 4 9 12 28 -15 33
17 Gloucester City 30 6 11 13 28 43 14 3 6 5 14 13 16 3 5 8 14 30 -15 29
18 Chester 30 7 7 16 47 57 16 6 5 5 32 24 14 1 2 11 15 33 -10 28
19 Blyth Spartans 29 8 3 18 26 53 15 6 2 7 16 18 14 2 1 11 10 35 -27 27
20 AFC Telford United 30 5 9 16 36 53 16 5 4 7 23 20 14 0 5 9 13 33 -17 24
21 Guiseley 27 6 5 16 21 44 14 4 4 6 12 21 13 2 1 10 9 23 -23 23
22 Farsley Celtic 29 5 6 18 26 64 14 4 4 6 17 28 15 1 2 12 9 36 -38 21

More from England - Vanarama National League North

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).