It's finally time for the Vanarama National League South season opener for these contenders, whom look forward to playing for points again. Will Chelmsford City or Farnborough get that crucial first three points?
Chelmsford City form and stats
The previous season, Chelmsford City's league statistics were 23 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses, results that produced 5th position in the Vanarama National League South. From these 46 matches they scored {67 goals} and gave away 49. Playing at home in the last season Chelmsford City generated 14-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with {42 goals} and 22 conceded.
This is expected to be a close game, with Chelmsford City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chelmsford City as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Chelmsford City has won 7 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Chelmsford City have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 2 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Chelmsford City have scored {5 goals} and conceded 1 time.
Farnborough form and stats
Let's have a look at how Farnborough performed last season in the Vanarama National League South: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 9 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 59 and conceded {52 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 3 and lost 10 with 26/28 goals scored/conceded.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Farnborough playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 5 Farnborough wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Just as the home team, Farnborough have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Farnborough win, 4 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Chelmsford City have won every one of the 5 most recent games against this side. Something to take note of?Chelmsford City missing players
Farnborough missing players
| Chelmsford City | Farnborough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelmsford City | Last season | Farnborough | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 47 | 24 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Won | W | 10 | 19 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 10 | 18 | ||
| 67 | 42 | Scored | S | 26 | 59 | ||
| 50 | 23 | Conceded | C | 28 | 52 | ||
| 89% | 96% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 96% | 93% | ||
| 66% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 65% | ||
| 47% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 50% | ||
| 23% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 22% | ||
| 13% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 9% | ||
| 45% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 48% | 52% | ||
| 34% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 26% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 28% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 27% | ||
| 11.3 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 7.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aveley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Bath City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Braintree Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Chelmsford City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Chippenham Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Dartford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Dover Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Eastbourne Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Farnborough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Hampton & Richmond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Havant & Waterlooville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Maidstone United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Slough Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | St Albans City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Taunton Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Tonbridge Angels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Torquay United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Truro City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Welling United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Weston-super-Mare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Weymouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Worthing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Yeovil Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 46 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 110 | 47 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 70 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 63 | 103 |
| 2 | Dartford | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 82 | 50 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 32 | 83 |
| 3 | Oxford City | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 83 | 56 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 53 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 78 |
| 4 | Worthing | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 92 | 72 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 41 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 31 | 20 | 78 |
| 5 | Chelmsford City | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 67 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 18 | 78 |
| 6 | St Albans City | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 72 | 51 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 21 | 75 |
| 7 | Braintree Town | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 66 | 55 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 35 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 11 | 74 |
| 8 | Eastbourne Borough | 46 | 22 | 5 | 19 | 74 | 66 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 41 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 35 | 8 | 71 |
| 9 | Tonbridge Angels | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 68 | 69 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 35 | -1 | 70 |
| 10 | Havant & Waterlooville | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 80 | 70 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 10 | 69 |
| 11 | Bath City | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 64 | 57 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 7 | 67 |
| 12 | Farnborough | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 59 | 52 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 66 |
| 13 | Chippenham Town | 46 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 57 | 66 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 38 | -9 | 62 |
| 14 | Taunton Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 50 | 55 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 28 | -5 | 61 |
| 15 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 49 | 57 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | -8 | 60 |
| 16 | Welling United | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 57 | 63 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 31 | -6 | 58 |
| 17 | Hampton & Richmond | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 59 | 71 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 32 | 42 | -12 | 54 |
| 18 | Slough Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 58 | 78 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 39 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 39 | -20 | 51 |
| 19 | Weymouth | 46 | 14 | 6 | 26 | 59 | 78 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 44 | -19 | 48 |
| 20 | Dover Athletic | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 42 | 68 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 35 | -26 | 48 |
| 21 | Dulwich Hamlet | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 61 | 89 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 55 | -28 | 48 |
| 22 | Concord Rangers | 46 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 45 | 85 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 37 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 48 | -40 | 44 |
| 23 | Cheshunt | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 48 | 74 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 37 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 37 | -26 | 43 |
| 24 | Hungerford Town | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 48 | 72 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 25 | 51 | -24 | 40 |