Chelmsford City v Ebbsfleet United preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (3019 seats)

The Chelmsford City & Ebbsfleet United head coaches Simpson and Kutrieb are both fearful of and eagerly anticipating this important match in the top regions of the Vanarama National League South positions.

Insights:
  • Chelmsford City have the most clean sheets (15) in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have the most scored goals (78) in Vanarama National League South

The visiting Ebbsfleet United played their last game only four days ago, a Vanarama National League South match. That game, against St Albans City, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Ebbsfleet United.

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Chelmsford City form and stats

Chelmsford City have collected 32 points from their Vanarama National League South home games so far after 10-2-5. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at The Hawthorns.

The Chelmsford goalkeeper Eddie Beech is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the Vanarama National League South.

Chelmsford City's last game was hosting Tonbridge Angels (placed 11th) and winning 1-0. Some amazing scenes last match, when Trotter scored the winning goal six minutes into stoppage time.

Before that, Chelmsford played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Dover Athletic.

It should be noted that a look at the 10 most recent league fixtures reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Chelmsford City, as the Essex Senior Cup home game vs Braintree Town is only two days away.

Chelmsford City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 17 games. Chelmsford have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ebbsfleet United form and stats

Ebbsfleet United have an excellent away record in the Vanarama National League South so far with 11-3-2 from 16 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Ebbsfleet United as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Two away matches in a row for Ebbsfleet United, whose coach Kutrieb could celebrate last time after the win against St Albans City. Edser came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against St Albans City last time out, making the manager Kutrieb feel like a tactical genius.

Before that, Ebbsfleet secured a home win against Hampton & Richmond with the score 6-2.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 12 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ebbsfleet United manager Kutrieb as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Farnborough.

Ebbsfleet United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 30 goals from 16 games. As opposed to that, Ebbsfleet have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ebbsfleet United have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (4-1-0) when playing Chelmsford City.

This isn't the first time these parties get together this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent game: Ebbsfleet United - Chelmsford City 2-0.

Top Goalscorers

Ebbsfleet UnitedD. Poleon
D. Poleon
26 goals
Ebbsfleet UnitedR. Bingham
R. Bingham
15 goals
Ebbsfleet UnitedG. Cundle
G. Cundle
8 goals

Chelmsford City missing players

Ebbsfleet United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chelmsford City Ebbsfleet United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 5 Played P 5 16 33
16 10 3 Won W 3 11 24
7 2 1 Drew D 1 3 4
10 5 1 Lost L 1 2 5
39 24 8 Scored S 10 30 78
30 13 5 Conceded C 6 17 34
88% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
61% 59% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 88%
33% 24% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 67%
15% 18% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 38% 45%
6% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 27%
30% 24% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 62% 58%
45% 53% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 33%
36% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 19% 12%
 
4.8 5.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 5.2 6
4.8 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 3.1 3.2
1.9 1.8 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 1.5
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.4 11.8 9.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 10.6 13.3
3.9 4.8 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.6 4.5 6.3
30% 30% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 40% 37%
 
10.9 9 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.4 8.4 7.4
4.3 3.6 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.1 2.9
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Chelmsford City have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Vanarama National League South
  • Chelmsford City have the most clean sheets (15) in Vanarama National League South
  • Chelmsford City have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Chelmsford City have the most matches under the total-line (22) in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ebbsfleet United have the most points (36) away in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have the most points from losing position (16) in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have the most scored goals (78) in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have the most scored goals in the first half (37) in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have the most scored goals in the second half (41) in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have the the best goal difference (+13) away in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have the the best goal difference (+44) in Vanarama National League South

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ebbsfleet United 33 24 4 5 78 34 17 13 1 3 48 17 16 11 3 2 30 17 44 76
2 Dartford 33 20 5 8 64 35 16 12 1 3 35 13 17 8 4 5 29 22 29 65
3 Havant & Waterlooville 31 18 5 8 63 43 17 10 2 5 36 23 14 8 3 3 27 20 20 59
4 Oxford City 34 16 11 7 60 42 17 10 5 2 41 22 17 6 6 5 19 20 18 59
5 Worthing 33 15 10 8 62 48 17 7 5 5 35 33 16 8 5 3 27 15 14 55
6 Braintree Town 33 15 10 8 50 40 17 9 8 0 28 15 16 6 2 8 22 25 10 55
7 Chelmsford City 33 16 7 10 39 30 17 10 2 5 24 13 16 6 5 5 15 17 9 55
8 St Albans City 32 15 7 10 51 36 15 6 4 5 20 15 17 9 3 5 31 21 15 52
9 Farnborough 29 14 6 9 38 28 13 6 3 4 19 13 16 8 3 5 19 15 10 48
10 Eastbourne Borough 33 15 3 15 55 52 17 8 1 8 29 25 16 7 2 7 26 27 3 48
11 Tonbridge Angels 33 14 6 13 50 51 17 7 5 5 28 25 16 7 1 8 22 26 -1 48
12 Bath City 32 12 9 11 45 42 16 6 3 7 23 21 16 6 6 4 22 21 3 45
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 32 11 9 12 36 42 16 6 5 5 18 18 16 5 4 7 18 24 -6 42
14 Welling United 31 10 10 11 42 49 15 4 4 7 22 26 16 6 6 4 20 23 -7 40
15 Dover Athletic 32 9 10 13 34 44 16 6 4 6 21 20 16 3 6 7 13 24 -10 37
16 Taunton Town 26 8 9 9 27 26 13 5 6 2 15 9 13 3 3 7 12 17 1 33
17 Slough Town 32 8 9 15 37 59 16 4 4 8 20 32 16 4 5 7 17 27 -22 33
18 Dulwich Hamlet 32 9 5 18 47 66 16 5 1 10 21 30 16 4 4 8 26 36 -19 32
19 Hampton & Richmond 31 7 8 16 39 56 14 3 5 6 14 23 17 4 3 10 25 33 -17 29
20 Chippenham Town 29 6 10 13 28 43 12 4 4 4 11 13 17 2 6 9 17 30 -15 28
21 Cheshunt 32 7 7 18 37 59 17 5 3 9 23 32 15 2 4 9 14 27 -22 28
22 Hungerford Town 31 7 6 18 29 41 17 5 5 7 17 15 14 2 1 11 12 26 -12 27
23 Concord Rangers 28 7 6 15 28 47 14 4 4 6 16 20 14 3 2 9 12 27 -19 27
24 Weymouth 31 7 4 20 34 60 16 3 3 10 11 25 15 4 1 10 23 35 -26 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ebbsfleet United 33 24 4 5 78 34 17 13 1 3 48 17 16 11 3 2 30 17 44 76
2 Dartford 33 20 5 8 64 35 16 12 1 3 35 13 17 8 4 5 29 22 29 65
3 Havant & Waterlooville 31 18 5 8 63 43 17 10 2 5 36 23 14 8 3 3 27 20 20 59
4 Oxford City 34 16 11 7 60 42 17 10 5 2 41 22 17 6 6 5 19 20 18 59
5 Worthing 33 15 10 8 62 48 17 7 5 5 35 33 16 8 5 3 27 15 14 55
6 Braintree Town 33 15 10 8 50 40 17 9 8 0 28 15 16 6 2 8 22 25 10 55
7 Chelmsford City 33 16 7 10 39 30 17 10 2 5 24 13 16 6 5 5 15 17 9 55
8 St Albans City 32 15 7 10 51 36 15 6 4 5 20 15 17 9 3 5 31 21 15 52
9 Farnborough 29 14 6 9 38 28 13 6 3 4 19 13 16 8 3 5 19 15 10 48
10 Eastbourne Borough 33 15 3 15 55 52 17 8 1 8 29 25 16 7 2 7 26 27 3 48
11 Tonbridge Angels 33 14 6 13 50 51 17 7 5 5 28 25 16 7 1 8 22 26 -1 48
12 Bath City 32 12 9 11 45 42 16 6 3 7 23 21 16 6 6 4 22 21 3 45
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 32 11 9 12 36 42 16 6 5 5 18 18 16 5 4 7 18 24 -6 42
14 Welling United 31 10 10 11 42 49 15 4 4 7 22 26 16 6 6 4 20 23 -7 40
15 Dover Athletic 32 9 10 13 34 44 16 6 4 6 21 20 16 3 6 7 13 24 -10 37
16 Taunton Town 26 8 9 9 27 26 13 5 6 2 15 9 13 3 3 7 12 17 1 33
17 Slough Town 32 8 9 15 37 59 16 4 4 8 20 32 16 4 5 7 17 27 -22 33
18 Dulwich Hamlet 32 9 5 18 47 66 16 5 1 10 21 30 16 4 4 8 26 36 -19 32
19 Hampton & Richmond 31 7 8 16 39 56 14 3 5 6 14 23 17 4 3 10 25 33 -17 29
20 Chippenham Town 29 6 10 13 28 43 12 4 4 4 11 13 17 2 6 9 17 30 -15 28
21 Cheshunt 32 7 7 18 37 59 17 5 3 9 23 32 15 2 4 9 14 27 -22 28
22 Hungerford Town 31 7 6 18 29 41 17 5 5 7 17 15 14 2 1 11 12 26 -12 27
23 Concord Rangers 28 7 6 15 28 47 14 4 4 6 16 20 14 3 2 9 12 27 -19 27
24 Weymouth 31 7 4 20 34 60 16 3 3 10 11 25 15 4 1 10 23 35 -26 25

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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.