Can Kidderminster Harriers knock Chorley in Aggborough Stadium clash?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Tue 25.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Aggborough Stadium (6238 seats)

Kidderminster Harriers and Chorley have delivered a "par" performance up to now, to use a golfing expression. The teams both occupy mid-table positions in the Vanarama National League North.

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

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Kidderminster Harriers form and stats

The overall Vanarama National League North stats at home this season for Kidderminster Harriers are 2-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). The Kidderminster Harriers manager Penn might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 202 minutes without scoring a league goal. Ceesay was the last player to find the net.

Kidderminster Harriers's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Southport (placed 9th).

Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Fylde in the FA Cup. 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 Kidderminster have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 3 and lost 4.

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 12 most recent league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

There will be little rest for Kidderminster Harriers after this match as they are travelling to Banbury United for a Vanarama National League North game in only four days.

Early season league goal statistics from Kidderminster Harriers's 7 home games: {7 goals}, 7 conceded.

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Chorley form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League North travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The Chorley goalkeeper Matthew Urwin is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 199 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Chorley are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Peterborough Sports (placed 13th).

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Leamington.

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: 5 wins for Chorley, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Chorley are hosting Farsley Celtic in the Vanarama National League North only four days away.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Chorley have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. As opposed to that, Chorley have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Kidderminster Harriers won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Chorley managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.

Top Goalscorers

ChorleyC. Hall
C. Hall
7 goals
KidderminsterE. Freemantle
E. Freemantle
4 goals
ChorleyB. Ustabaşı
B. Ustabaşı
4 goals

Kidderminster Harriers missing players

Chorley missing players

Kidderminster Harriers Chorley
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 7 4 Played P 2 6 13
5 2 2 Won W 1 2 4
3 2 0 Drew D 1 1 6
4 3 2 Lost L 0 3 3
13 7 7 Scored S 2 8 16
10 7 5 Conceded C 0 7 11
83% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 77%
67% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 62%
25% 29% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 31%
8% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 23%
8% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 15%
25% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 38%
50% 43% 25% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 46%
42% 57% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 38%
 
5.1 5.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 6 5.2
3.5 3.4 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 1 2.2 3.3
1.4 1.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.6 12.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 12.7 12.3
4.2 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 5.2
26% 23% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 24%
 
5.8 5.4 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.3 6.6
2.5 2.3 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.2 2.5
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Chorley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chorley have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Kidderminster Harriers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 King's Lynn Town 12 8 3 1 24 10 6 5 1 0 13 4 6 3 2 1 11 6 14 27
2 Darlington 13 7 3 3 19 14 7 5 1 1 13 7 6 2 2 2 6 7 5 24
3 Scarborough Athletic 12 7 2 3 22 14 6 4 2 0 13 5 6 3 0 3 9 9 8 23
4 Gloucester City 13 7 1 5 23 19 7 5 0 2 16 8 6 2 1 3 7 11 4 22
5 Banbury United 12 6 3 3 20 14 6 4 2 0 12 5 6 2 1 3 8 9 6 21
6 Fylde 12 6 3 3 17 14 6 4 1 1 11 7 6 2 2 2 6 7 3 21
7 Brackley Town 13 6 3 4 14 12 6 4 1 1 9 5 7 2 2 3 5 7 2 21
8 Leamington 14 5 5 4 14 10 8 5 1 2 12 6 6 0 4 2 2 4 4 20
9 Southport 13 6 1 6 19 19 5 3 1 1 6 4 8 3 0 5 13 15 0 19
10 Chorley 13 4 6 3 16 11 7 2 5 0 8 4 6 2 1 3 8 7 5 18
11 Alfreton Town 13 4 6 3 20 16 7 2 3 2 11 9 6 2 3 1 9 7 4 18
12 Curzon Ashton 12 5 3 4 14 10 5 2 1 2 6 5 7 3 2 2 8 5 4 18
13 Peterborough Sports 12 5 3 4 21 18 7 4 2 1 15 9 5 1 1 3 6 9 3 18
14 Kidderminster Harriers 12 5 3 4 13 10 7 2 2 3 7 7 5 3 1 1 6 3 3 18
15 Chester 12 4 4 4 18 14 7 3 1 3 10 6 5 1 3 1 8 8 4 16
16 Spennymoor Town 13 3 7 3 15 17 6 1 4 1 4 4 7 2 3 2 11 13 -2 16
17 Hereford 12 4 3 5 17 16 5 2 2 1 9 6 7 2 1 4 8 10 1 15
18 Boston United 12 3 3 6 17 22 6 1 1 4 10 15 6 2 2 2 7 7 -5 12
19 Buxton 12 2 6 4 9 15 6 1 4 1 6 6 6 1 2 3 3 9 -6 12
20 Kettering Town 13 3 3 7 11 24 6 3 1 2 7 8 7 0 2 5 4 16 -13 12
21 Blyth Spartans 12 2 4 6 10 19 6 1 3 2 7 7 6 1 1 4 3 12 -9 10
22 Farsley Celtic 13 2 4 7 13 25 7 0 3 4 6 14 6 2 1 3 7 11 -12 10
23 Bradford Park Avenue 12 2 3 7 9 18 6 2 0 4 4 7 6 0 3 3 5 11 -9 9
24 AFC Telford United 13 1 4 8 9 23 5 1 1 3 3 8 8 0 3 5 6 15 -14 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).