Vanarama National League North fixture guide: Gloucester City vs Chorley

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: New Meadow Park

Chorley journey to Gloucester City and New Meadow Park packed with optimism, but the home team is not easy meat. More news on the game here!

Insights:
  • Gloucester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Chorley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Chorley are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Gloucester City form and stats

10-6-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League North numbers at home for Gloucester City so far this season. The Gloucester City fans aren't used to losing league-games here at New Meadow Park and will expect new points from this game. Gloucester City has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

In their previous game, the manager King led his Gloucester City to a defeat away at Farsley Celtic. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at New Meadow Park. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points through four league matches.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Alfreton Town.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gloucester have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 7 and lost 4.

The Gloucester City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 41 goals in 22 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Gloucester City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 29 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Chorley form and stats

Playing away, Chorley have won 6 games, drawn 8 and suffered 8 defeats in the Vanarama National League North this season.

Sampson scored in Chorley's previous match, the home game against Peterborough Sports that ended 1-0. Late drama in the previous game, when Sampson scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Peterborough Sports.

Prior to that result Chorley won their away game at Leamington. The scoreline was 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Chorley in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Chorley, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

The visiting Chorley have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 27 goals from 22 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Chorley have seen the ball go into their own net 27 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Chorley have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when facing Gloucester.

The dueling parties have fought previously this season: Chorley - Gloucester City 3-0.

Top Goalscorers

ChorleyC. Hall
C. Hall
20 goals
GloucesterK. Phillips
K. Phillips
14 goals
Gloucester CityD. McHale
D. McHale
12 goals

Gloucester City missing players

Chorley missing players

Gloucester City Chorley
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
18 10 1 Won W 2 6 17
11 6 2 Drew D 2 8 15
16 6 4 Lost L 3 8 13
71 41 7 Scored S 10 27 59
65 29 10 Conceded C 7 27 46
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 82% 84%
89% 91% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 73% 64%
56% 50% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 55% 44%
29% 32% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 18% 20%
13% 23% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 14% 13%
60% 64% 71% BTTS BTTS 57% 55% 44%
22% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 29% 27% 42%
18% 14% 29% Failed to Score F T 29% 36% 29%
 
4.5 5.3 5.9 Corners for (avg) C F 5.1 5.1 4.8
4.6 4.2 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.9 4.2 4.5
2.4 1.9 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.9 1.8
5 3 1 Red cards R C 1 4 7
 
9.3 12 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 11 11
4.6 6 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.2 4.6
34% 31% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 29% 29%
 
10.6 10.1 13.6 Shots against (avg) S A 8.4 8.6 7.9
4.1 3.8 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.2
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Chorley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gloucester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fylde 45 28 8 9 78 44 23 15 3 5 49 27 22 13 5 4 29 17 34 92
2 King's Lynn Town 45 26 12 7 82 43 22 16 3 3 46 20 23 10 9 4 36 23 39 90
3 Chester 45 21 18 6 68 41 22 8 9 5 30 21 23 13 9 1 38 20 27 81
4 Brackley Town 45 18 14 13 56 46 22 13 6 3 37 16 23 5 8 10 19 30 10 68
5 Alfreton Town 45 17 17 11 53 43 23 12 6 5 35 20 22 5 11 6 18 23 10 68
6 Scarborough Athletic 45 18 13 14 71 66 22 9 5 8 38 34 23 9 8 6 33 32 5 67
7 Buxton 45 18 13 14 55 50 23 10 7 6 29 25 22 8 6 8 26 25 5 67
8 Chorley 45 17 15 13 59 46 23 11 7 5 32 19 22 6 8 8 27 27 13 66
9 Kidderminster Harriers 45 18 12 15 46 42 22 6 7 9 20 21 23 12 5 6 26 21 4 66
10 Gloucester City 45 18 11 16 71 65 22 10 6 6 41 29 23 8 5 10 30 36 6 65
11 Curzon Ashton 45 18 11 16 58 53 23 10 5 8 33 27 22 8 6 8 25 26 5 65
12 Spennymoor Town 45 17 14 14 66 66 22 10 8 4 34 27 23 7 6 10 32 39 0 65
13 Darlington 45 17 13 15 71 64 23 9 7 7 36 32 22 8 6 8 35 32 7 64
14 Peterborough Sports 45 15 12 18 50 54 22 9 5 8 30 25 23 6 7 10 20 29 -4 57
15 Hereford 45 15 10 20 47 51 23 7 8 8 26 23 22 8 2 12 21 28 -4 55
16 Boston United 45 14 11 20 64 65 22 9 4 9 35 30 23 5 7 11 29 35 -1 53
17 Banbury United 45 13 14 18 52 59 23 6 10 7 25 24 22 7 4 11 27 35 -7 53
18 Southport 45 13 11 21 49 60 23 7 7 9 27 30 22 6 4 12 22 30 -11 50
19 Farsley Celtic 45 12 14 19 50 73 23 8 8 7 27 28 22 4 6 12 23 45 -23 50
20 Kettering Town 45 11 16 18 41 60 23 9 10 4 25 18 22 2 6 14 16 42 -19 49
21 Blyth Spartans 45 11 14 20 44 62 22 4 10 8 21 28 23 7 4 12 23 34 -18 47
22 Bradford Park Avenue 45 11 13 21 43 63 22 9 4 9 24 23 23 2 9 12 19 40 -20 46
23 Leamington 45 9 18 18 39 59 22 8 6 8 23 21 23 1 12 10 16 38 -20 45
24 AFC Telford United 45 6 14 25 34 72 23 3 8 12 20 36 22 3 6 13 14 36 -38 32

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).