Kidderminster Harriers manager Penn looking for three points in Chester showdown

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Wed 07.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Aggborough Stadium (6238 seats)

Top-drawer Chester come to Kidderminster Harriers after their 1-0-result against Blyth Spartans. Get out our thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Kidderminster Harriers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Vanarama National League North
  • Chester have the most points (19) away in Vanarama National League North

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Kidderminster Harriers form and stats

3-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League North numbers at home for Kidderminster Harriers so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Kidderminster Harriers, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

An away draw last time out for Kidderminster Harriers, facing Alfreton Town in a game that ended 1-1.

Ahead of that match, Kidderminster lost 0-1 at home to Gloucester City.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kidderminster Harriers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Vanarama National League North game versus Blyth Spartans in only three days. This game is also played here at Aggborough Stadium.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Kidderminster here at Aggborough Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games).

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Chester form and stats

The visitors, who have the most points (19) away in Vanarama National League North, are W5-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League North. In general it has been a productive period now for Chester as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Chester had fun at their own home (Aggborough Stadium) last time out, beating Blyth Spartans 1-0.

Prior to that result Chester won their away game at Scarborough Athletic. The scoreline was 3-1.

We have checked recent matches where Chester have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 0 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

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

The Chester manager McIntyre has got the team scoring on the road, with 21 away goals in 10 league matches. Chester have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Kidderminster won three, Chester were winners in five and we saw two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ChesterK. Willoughby
K. Willoughby
11 goals
Kidderminster HarriersE. Freemantle
E. Freemantle
6 goals
ChesterA. Dudley
A. Dudley
5 goals

Kidderminster Harriers missing players

Chester missing players

Kidderminster Harriers Chester
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
8 3 1 Won W 1 5 10
4 2 1 Drew D 2 4 7
9 5 1 Lost L 0 1 4
22 9 3 Scored S 7 21 35
24 10 2 Conceded C 6 13 21
90% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
67% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 67%
38% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 48%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 38%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 14%
38% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 70% 48%
38% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 38%
33% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 19%
 
4.9 5.3 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.8 4.4
4.3 3.9 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 5 4.7
1.3 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.2 12.2 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 9.3 8.3
4.2 4.7 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.2
25% 19% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 44% 40%
 
7.5 7.3 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 9.8 7.5
3.3 3.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.3 3.1
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Chester have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chester have scored at least twice as many goals away as Kidderminster Harriers have scored home.
  • Chester have the most points (19) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Chester have the most scored goals (21) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Chester have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Kidderminster Harriers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Vanarama National League North

  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 21 12 5 4 28 17 11 9 1 1 18 6 10 3 4 3 10 11 11 41
2 King's Lynn Town 18 11 5 2 37 18 9 8 1 0 21 6 9 3 4 2 16 12 19 38
3 Darlington 21 11 5 5 35 25 11 6 3 2 20 13 10 5 2 3 15 12 10 38
4 Chester 21 10 7 4 35 21 11 5 3 3 14 8 10 5 4 1 21 13 14 37
5 Fylde 18 11 3 4 29 19 9 7 1 1 18 8 9 4 2 3 11 11 10 36
6 Scarborough Athletic 21 10 6 5 38 30 10 5 4 1 23 15 11 5 2 4 15 15 8 36
7 Peterborough Sports 21 9 6 6 29 24 11 5 5 1 18 11 10 4 1 5 11 13 5 33
8 Banbury United 21 9 5 7 33 25 10 6 3 1 18 8 11 3 2 6 15 17 8 32
9 Southport 21 9 5 7 31 28 11 5 4 2 17 13 10 4 1 5 14 15 3 32
10 Chorley 20 8 6 6 28 20 11 6 5 0 19 7 9 2 1 6 9 13 8 30
11 Gloucester City 21 9 2 10 31 32 11 6 0 5 21 15 10 3 2 5 10 17 -1 29
12 Kidderminster Harriers 21 8 4 9 22 24 10 3 2 5 9 10 11 5 2 4 13 14 -2 28
13 Alfreton Town 20 6 8 6 26 24 10 3 5 2 14 10 10 3 3 4 12 14 2 26
14 Leamington 21 5 10 6 19 20 10 5 2 3 13 9 11 0 8 3 6 11 -1 25
15 Boston United 21 7 4 10 31 34 11 5 1 5 21 19 10 2 3 5 10 15 -3 25
16 Bradford Park Avenue 22 7 4 11 20 28 11 5 0 6 11 13 11 2 4 5 9 15 -8 25
17 Hereford 19 7 3 9 25 25 8 3 2 3 12 10 11 4 1 6 13 15 0 24
18 Curzon Ashton 19 6 5 8 18 19 9 3 2 4 10 10 10 3 3 4 8 9 -1 23
19 Spennymoor Town 20 4 9 7 22 28 9 2 4 3 7 8 11 2 5 4 15 20 -6 21
20 Buxton 18 5 6 7 18 25 10 2 4 4 10 15 8 3 2 3 8 10 -7 21
21 Kettering Town 21 5 6 10 19 35 10 5 3 2 13 10 11 0 3 8 6 25 -16 21
22 Blyth Spartans 20 4 6 10 20 31 10 2 5 3 13 11 10 2 1 7 7 20 -11 18
23 Farsley Celtic 19 4 4 11 21 37 10 2 3 5 11 17 9 2 1 6 10 20 -16 16
24 AFC Telford United 21 2 4 15 14 40 10 2 1 7 8 18 11 0 3 8 6 22 -26 10

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).