Vanarama National League South preview: Can Concord Rangers edge out victory against Cheshunt?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sun 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Impact Arena (3600 seats)

This match stars two sides dwelling in the cellar of the Vanarama National League South, Concord Rangers at 20th place and Cheshunt lying 21st. A nice opportunity for one of the contenders to upgrade their position.

Insights:
  • Concord Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cheshunt have the most conceded goals (44) in Vanarama National League South

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Concord Rangers form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Concord Rangers have to build on here at The Impact Arena in the Vanarama National League South. When Concord Rangers hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Hampton & Richmond, Chippenham Town, Hungerford Town, Weymouth, Slough Town, Concord Rangers and Dulwich Hamlet), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

The fans are hoping that Concord Rangers will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the match against Cheshunt (placed 21st). A goal frenzy last time out for Concord Rangers, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Cheshunt. Fun stuff to watch!

Before that, Concord played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Slough Town.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Concord Rangers handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

The Concord Rangers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. On the other hand, Concord Rangers have conceded 16 goals.

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Cheshunt form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cheshunt so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-8 (win-draw-lose).

The supporters enjoyed Cheshunt's previous fixture versus Concord Rangers (placed 20th), a 4-2 win played at home. A crazy, crazy match with plenty of goals last time out for Cheshunt, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that match, will this fixture be as exciting?

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Ebbsfleet United.

Cheshunt are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

The attacking power of Cheshunt when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cheshunt struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games. When Cheshunt is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Hampton & Richmond, Chippenham Town, Hungerford Town, Weymouth, Slough Town, Dulwich Hamlet and Cheshunt.

Head 2 Head

Cheshunt - Concord 4-2 was the end result in these squads' last H2H fixture, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Concord Rangers three wins, one draw and Cheshunt one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CheshuntR. Beckles
R. Beckles
5 goals
CheshuntR. Liburd
R. Liburd
4 goals
ConcordR. Blackman
R. Blackman
3 goals

Concord Rangers missing players

Cheshunt missing players

Concord Rangers Cheshunt
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 2 Played P 3 11 23
6 4 1 Won W 1 2 7
4 3 1 Drew D 1 1 1
11 4 0 Lost L 1 8 15
21 14 4 Scored S 3 8 28
35 16 2 Conceded C 4 18 44
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 96%
71% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 74%
48% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 55% 65%
29% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 35%
14% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 30%
48% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 45% 52%
24% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 17%
33% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 45% 35%
 
3.6 4.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.9 4.1
5.8 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 5.2
2 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
7.4 8.9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.2 9.9
3.1 4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.2 3.9
32% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 22% 32%
 
12.2 11.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 18.5 15.7 14.8
5.4 5.2 7.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.1 6
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Cheshunt have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cheshunt have the most conceded goals (44) in Vanarama National League South
  • Cheshunt have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Vanarama National League South
  • Cheshunt have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Concord Rangers 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 Dartford 25 16 3 6 50 25 12 9 1 2 27 10 13 7 2 4 23 15 25 51
2 Ebbsfleet United 22 15 3 4 50 22 12 8 1 3 30 13 10 7 2 1 20 9 28 48
3 Havant & Waterlooville 23 14 4 5 50 32 13 7 1 5 26 19 10 7 3 0 24 13 18 46
4 Chelmsford City 22 13 4 5 31 17 12 8 2 2 21 9 10 5 2 3 10 8 14 43
5 St Albans City 23 11 6 6 37 20 11 4 4 3 13 8 12 7 2 3 24 12 17 39
6 Eastbourne Borough 24 12 3 9 43 35 12 6 1 5 23 16 12 6 2 4 20 19 8 39
7 Oxford City 25 10 8 7 40 34 13 6 5 2 30 20 12 4 3 5 10 14 6 38
8 Worthing 23 10 8 5 38 34 13 4 5 4 19 26 10 6 3 1 19 8 4 38
9 Braintree Town 22 10 5 7 34 28 10 6 4 0 17 7 12 4 1 7 17 21 6 35
10 Tonbridge Angels 24 10 3 11 33 39 12 5 2 5 17 19 12 5 1 6 16 20 -6 33
11 Bath City 22 8 6 8 32 32 10 4 1 5 15 14 12 4 5 3 17 18 0 30
12 Welling United 22 7 8 7 29 33 11 3 3 5 16 17 11 4 5 2 13 16 -4 29
13 Dover Athletic 22 7 7 8 28 30 10 4 3 3 16 12 12 3 4 5 12 18 -2 28
14 Farnborough 20 7 6 7 21 21 9 3 3 3 10 9 11 4 3 4 11 12 0 27
15 Hemel Hempstead Town 23 7 6 10 25 33 12 4 3 5 13 16 11 3 3 5 12 17 -8 27
16 Taunton Town 18 6 7 5 18 17 8 4 4 0 11 4 10 2 3 5 7 13 1 25
17 Dulwich Hamlet 20 7 4 9 29 33 11 5 1 5 16 16 9 2 3 4 13 17 -4 25
18 Slough Town 23 6 5 12 25 43 12 3 2 7 13 23 11 3 3 5 12 20 -18 23
19 Hampton & Richmond 21 6 4 11 29 38 10 2 3 5 10 19 11 4 1 6 19 19 -9 22
20 Concord Rangers 21 6 4 11 21 35 11 4 3 4 14 16 10 2 1 7 7 19 -14 22
21 Cheshunt 23 7 1 15 28 44 12 5 0 7 20 26 11 2 1 8 8 18 -16 22
22 Chippenham Town 20 5 4 11 19 32 8 4 1 3 6 7 12 1 3 8 13 25 -13 19
23 Weymouth 22 5 3 14 24 42 11 1 2 8 5 19 11 4 1 6 19 23 -18 18
24 Hungerford Town 22 3 4 15 16 31 11 2 3 6 7 10 11 1 1 9 9 21 -15 13

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.