The Vanarama National League South league table tells the truth about these teams so far, with Chelmsford City leading Slough Town by 18 points. Here's our preview:
- Chelmsford City have the most clean sheets (12) in Vanarama National League South
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 Chelmsford City and Slough Town.
Chelmsford City form and stats
Chelmsford City have played 15 Vanarama National League South games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-2-5 (wins-draws-losses). Game days at The Hawthorns have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Chelmsford as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Stress levels are on the rise for Chelmsford City's attacking players as they have now played 241 minutes without scoring in a league game. Jones was their last goal scorer.
Chelmsford City lost their last game at Havant & Waterlooville (placed 3rd) after a 0-3 scoreline.
Before that game, a home win hosting Witham Town in the Essex Senior Cup. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Chelmsford matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 7 games).
The Chelmsford City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Chelmsford City are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Hawthorns in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches.
Slough Town form and stats
As the visiting team in Vanarama National League South matches, Slough Town have produced an overall stat of 3-5-5 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Slough Town, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Hampton & Richmond (placed 20th) last time out.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Dover Athletic.Take note! Both sides have scored at least once in 13 of this club's last 17 league games.
The visiting Slough have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 13 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Slough Town have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Slough Town - Chelmsford 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Chelmsford City four wins, two draws and Slough Town four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Jackson 7 goals |  T. Blackwell 6 goals |  J. Goddard 5 goals |
Chelmsford City missing players
Slough Town missing players
| Chelmsford City | Slough Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 36 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | 37 |
| 30 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | 53 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 63% | 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 83% |
| 37% | 27% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 57% | 59% |
| 17% | 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 36% | 41% |
| 7% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 33% | 27% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 64% | 69% |
| 40% | 47% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 17% |
| 37% | 33% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 21% | 21% |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 11.7 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 31% | 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 31% | 31% |
| 11 | 9 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 13.4 | 12.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.6 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
- Chelmsford City have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Vanarama National League South
- Chelmsford City have the most clean sheets (12) in Vanarama National League South
- Chelmsford City have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Vanarama National League South
- Chelmsford City have won significantly more corners at 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 | Ebbsfleet United | 29 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 67 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 37 | 66 |
| 2 | Dartford | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 60 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 58 |
| 3 | Havant & Waterlooville | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 18 | 53 |
| 4 | Oxford City | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 53 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 52 |
| 5 | Worthing | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 52 |
| 6 | St Albans City | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 48 |
| 7 | Chelmsford City | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 48 |
| 8 | Braintree Town | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 45 |
| 9 | Eastbourne Borough | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 50 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 45 |
| 10 | Tonbridge Angels | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -1 | 44 |
| 11 | Farnborough | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 39 |
| 12 | Bath City | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 39 |
| 13 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -4 | 38 |
| 14 | Welling United | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 37 |
| 15 | Dover Athletic | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 33 |
| 16 | Taunton Town | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 32 |
| 17 | Dulwich Hamlet | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 53 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 27 | -10 | 32 |
| 18 | Slough Town | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 24 | -17 | 30 |
| 19 | Cheshunt | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 51 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -18 | 27 |
| 20 | Hampton & Richmond | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 27 | -13 | 26 |
| 21 | Concord Rangers | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -18 | 26 |
| 22 | Chippenham Town | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -13 | 25 |
| 23 | Weymouth | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 32 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -23 | 24 |
| 24 | Hungerford Town | 29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 41 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 21 |
