Chelmsford City and Braintree Town spectators can't wait for Vanarama National League South clash at Chelmsford Sport & Athletics Centre

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Chelmsford Sport & Athletics Centre (3019 seats)

Chelmsford City are welcoming Braintree Town for another important game after their 2-3 result against 16th-placed Bath City.

Insights:
  • Chelmsford City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Braintree Town has the fewest scored goals (10) in Vanarama National League South

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Chelmsford City form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Vanarama National League South this season. Chelmsford City have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Chelmsford Sport & Athletics Centre. It's been an uphill battle for Chelmsford in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Maidstone United game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Chelmsford City with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Welling United game, 56 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

In their previous game, the manager R. Simpson led his Chelmsford City to a defeat in the Fa Trophy match away at Bath City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Chelmsford Sport & Athletics Centre. Ahead of that match, Chelmsford lost 3-4 at home to Bath City.

Chelmsford aren't scoring a lot here at Chelmsford Sport & Athletics Centre in the league, with only 5 goals from 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Chelmsford defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Braintree Town form and stats

1 win, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Braintree Town, who have the fewest scored goals (10) in Vanarama National League South, playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League South this season.

Two away games in a row for Braintree, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Billericay Town in the Vanarama National League South. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Havant & Waterlooville's place.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Braintree, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Chelmsford won two, Braintree Town won three and five draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Chelmsford CityA. Morgan
A. Morgan
3 goals
Chelmsford CityA. Church
A. Church
2 goals
ChelmsfordA. Olowu
A. Olowu
1 goals

Chelmsford City missing players

Braintree Town missing players

Chelmsford City Braintree Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 1 5 11
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
6 4 1 Lost L 1 4 8
11 5 3 Scored S 1 4 10
15 10 4 Conceded C 3 10 24
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
27% 17% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 64%
27% 17% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 36%
9% 17% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
36% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 45%
27% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 18%
45% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.5
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.6 11 18 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.4 9.5
3.8 4.3 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 5.6 4.1
26% 19% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 14% 22%
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Braintree Town has the fewest scored goals (10) in Vanarama National League South
  • Braintree Town has the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Vanarama National League South
  • Braintree Town has the the worst goal difference (-14) in Vanarama National League South
  • Braintree Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Braintree Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Chelmsford City 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 St Albans City 11 8 3 0 17 5 6 5 1 0 12 4 5 3 2 0 5 1 12 27
2 Dartford 12 8 1 3 18 11 6 4 0 2 8 5 6 4 1 1 10 6 7 25
3 Hungerford Town 14 8 1 5 20 15 7 3 0 4 8 10 7 5 1 1 12 5 5 25
4 Dorking Wanderers 12 7 2 3 26 14 7 3 2 2 13 9 5 4 0 1 13 5 12 23
5 Hampton & Richmond 13 7 1 5 17 12 6 1 1 4 3 9 7 6 0 1 14 3 5 22
6 Eastbourne Borough 13 5 5 3 23 17 7 3 2 2 11 8 6 2 3 1 12 9 6 20
7 Havant & Waterlooville 9 5 2 2 18 11 6 3 2 1 12 8 3 2 0 1 6 3 7 17
8 Maidstone United 10 4 4 2 20 12 5 3 1 1 13 5 5 1 3 1 7 7 8 16
9 Oxford City 11 4 4 3 17 11 7 3 3 1 9 4 4 1 1 2 8 7 6 16
10 Dulwich Hamlet 12 4 4 4 15 15 4 1 1 2 3 7 8 3 3 2 12 8 0 16
11 Chippenham Town 13 4 4 5 13 18 7 1 3 3 7 11 6 3 1 2 6 7 -5 16
12 Hemel Hempstead Town 13 5 1 7 20 27 6 0 1 5 5 15 7 5 0 2 15 12 -7 16
13 Ebbsfleet United 10 4 3 3 14 13 5 1 2 2 4 7 5 3 1 1 10 6 1 15
14 Tonbridge Angels 11 4 1 6 12 19 5 1 1 3 5 8 6 3 0 3 7 11 -7 13
15 Billericay Town 10 3 2 5 16 19 6 2 0 4 9 13 4 1 2 1 7 6 -3 11
16 Bath City 12 3 1 8 14 22 4 1 0 3 4 8 8 2 1 5 10 14 -8 10
17 Concord Rangers 11 2 4 5 13 21 5 1 3 1 8 9 6 1 1 4 5 12 -8 10
18 Chelmsford City 11 2 3 6 11 15 6 1 1 4 5 10 5 1 2 2 6 5 -4 9
19 Slough Town 10 2 3 5 13 20 5 2 1 2 10 11 5 0 2 3 3 9 -7 9
20 Welling United 9 1 4 4 12 18 3 0 1 2 2 7 6 1 3 2 10 11 -6 7
21 Braintree Town 11 2 1 8 10 24 6 1 1 4 6 14 5 1 0 4 4 10 -14 7

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.