Soccer betting preview: Braintree Town welcomes Chelmsford City in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Tue 08.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Cressing Road Stadium

Braintree Town are longing to add to their points total at home in this upcoming fixture against Chelmsford City.

Insights:
  • Braintree Town have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Chelmsford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Braintree Town and Chelmsford City.

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Braintree Town form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Vanarama National League South this season. Braintree Town have only managed 1 win, 5 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Cressing Road Stadium. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Braintree.

Stress levels are on the rise for Braintree Town's attacking players as they have now played 223 minutes without scoring in a league game. Holness was their last goal scorer. Nothing to worry about in defence for Braintree Town, as their goalkeeper William Johnson has completely shut out the opponents for 196 minutes in the Vanarama National League South.

The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus Eastbourne Borough last time out and are looking for a win here.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Bath City the opponent.

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 Braintree have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost two.

The manager Maxwell will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to St Albans City in only four days.

Braintree Town have conceded 16 from these games.

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Chelmsford City form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League South.

Two away matches in a row for Chelmsford City, whose manager Simpson could celebrate last time after the win against Dulwich Hamlet.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Chippenham Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Chelmsford City in our archives, and the results are: one win for Chelmsford City, four draws and nine defeats.

A new game in only four days for Chelmsford City, the Vanarama National League South home match versus Hampton & Richmond. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Chelmsford City's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Chelmsford have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Braintree Town and Chelmsford City have met already this season: Chelmsford City - Braintree Town 3-0. Braintree Town-Chelmsford City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Braintree Town one win, Chelmsford City four wins, five draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Chelmsford CityS. Jackson
S. Jackson
10 goals
Braintree TownL. Holness
L. Holness
7 goals
Chelmsford CityC. Sheringham
C. Sheringham
6 goals

Braintree Town missing players

Chelmsford City missing players

Braintree Town Chelmsford City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 4 11 23
3 1 1 Won W 2 4 6
9 5 1 Drew D 2 3 9
10 4 1 Lost L 0 4 8
23 10 4 Scored S 6 17 28
39 16 5 Conceded C 3 16 28
91% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 78%
82% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 82% 70%
55% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 52%
36% 40% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 26%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 13%
50% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 82% 61%
18% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 9% 30%
41% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 18% 30%
 
4.5 5.1 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.1 5.4
6 6.1 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.1 6.2
2.4 2.3 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9 9.3 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 9.5 10.2
3.9 3.8 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.4 4.5
27% 26% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 35% 27%
 
12.3 12.2 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10.8 11.2
6 5.5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3.5 3.7
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Braintree Town have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Chelmsford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Dorking Wanderers 25 16 3 6 63 36 12 10 0 2 35 15 13 6 3 4 28 21 27 51
2 Maidstone United 24 14 6 4 45 21 12 8 1 3 24 11 12 6 5 1 21 10 24 48
3 Oxford City 25 12 8 5 45 28 14 6 4 4 27 21 11 6 4 1 18 7 17 44
4 Dartford 24 12 8 4 42 25 12 6 6 0 20 10 12 6 2 4 22 15 17 44
5 Ebbsfleet United 23 13 2 8 45 34 11 8 1 2 26 8 12 5 1 6 19 26 11 41
6 Chippenham Town 26 10 8 8 43 33 13 6 1 6 26 22 13 4 7 2 17 11 10 38
7 St Albans City 21 11 4 6 38 27 12 6 2 4 23 16 9 5 2 2 15 11 11 37
8 Eastbourne Borough 24 10 6 8 47 37 11 5 3 3 24 18 13 5 3 5 23 19 10 36
9 Hungerford Town 24 11 3 10 43 37 12 5 2 5 19 18 12 6 1 5 24 19 6 36
10 Dulwich Hamlet 23 9 7 7 46 36 13 5 3 5 24 20 10 4 4 2 22 16 10 34
11 Hemel Hempstead Town 25 9 6 10 32 45 13 3 4 6 16 30 12 6 2 4 16 15 -13 33
12 Havant & Waterlooville 23 8 6 9 30 36 11 2 4 5 15 16 12 6 2 4 15 20 -6 30
13 Hampton & Richmond 25 8 5 12 40 42 12 4 2 6 19 18 13 4 3 6 21 24 -2 29
14 Slough Town 23 7 7 9 33 40 12 5 4 3 20 16 11 2 3 6 13 24 -7 28
15 Bath City 25 9 1 15 29 47 12 5 1 6 14 17 13 4 0 9 15 30 -18 28
16 Chelmsford City 23 6 9 8 28 28 12 2 6 4 11 12 11 4 3 4 17 16 0 27
17 Concord Rangers 24 7 6 11 31 46 11 5 2 4 12 19 13 2 4 7 19 27 -15 27
18 Tonbridge Angels 24 6 7 11 26 33 13 2 5 6 14 18 11 4 2 5 12 15 -7 25
19 Welling United 24 6 4 14 24 56 11 4 1 6 12 22 13 2 3 8 12 34 -32 22
20 Braintree Town 22 3 9 10 23 39 10 1 5 4 10 16 12 2 4 6 13 23 -16 18
21 Billericay Town 25 3 7 15 20 47 12 1 4 7 12 27 13 2 3 8 8 20 -27 16

Read more about Vanarama National League South

The National League South, formerly known as Conference South, is the sixth highest division in English football. It consists of teams located in the South West and South East of England, London and the southern parts of Wales, the Midlands and the East of England. 22 teams make up the league table.