Dartford favourites for feisty fight facing Chelmsford City

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Tue 06.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Princes Park (4100 seats)

This is the Vanarama National League South season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Dartford or Chelmsford City get that important first win?

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Dartford form and stats

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dartford handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and three defeats.

The manager S. King will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hampton & Richmond in only four days.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Dartford, who have participated in five training matches. Dartford have won 3 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 0 games.

Last season, Dartford's league statistics were 16 wins, 8 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Vanarama National League South. Over these 34 matches they scored 60 goals and conceded 46. Playing at home last season Dartford managed 8-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 20 conceded.

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Chelmsford City form and stats

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

A new game in only four days for Chelmsford, the Vanarama National League South home match versus Oxford City. Busy days.

It's a day of discovery for Chelmsford City as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Chelmsford City have played four with the results W1-D0-L3 (win-draw-lost). In these games Chelmsford City has scored 4 goals and conceded 6 times.

Let's have a look at how Chelmsford City performed last season in the Vanarama National League South: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 11 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 56 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 10 with 19/31 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Dartford won three, Chelmsford City won six and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Dartford missing players

Chelmsford City missing players

Dartford Chelmsford City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top 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 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Dartford Last season Chelmsford City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
37 18   Played P   17 34
18 8   Won W   4 11
9 6   Drew D   3 11
10 4   Lost L   10 12
65 33   Scored S   19 55
47 20   Conceded C   31 56
95% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
84% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 88%
65% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 59%
32% 28%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 38%
19% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 24%
57% 61%   BTTS BTTS   59% 74%
32% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 15%
16% 11%   Failed to Score F T   29% 15%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
6 3   Red cards R C   2 4
 
396 204   Total Shots T S   218 442
167 84   Shots on Target S O   71 157
36% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bath City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Billericay Town 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 Concord Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Dartford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dorking Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Dulwich Hamlet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Eastbourne Borough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Ebbsfleet United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Hampton & Richmond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Havant & Waterlooville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Hemel Hempstead Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Hungerford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Maidstone United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Oxford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Slough Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 St Albans City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Tonbridge Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Welling United 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 Wealdstone 33 22 4 7 69 35 17 15 0 2 39 12 16 7 4 5 30 23 34 70
2 Havant & Waterlooville 34 19 10 5 64 37 17 8 4 5 28 20 17 11 6 0 36 17 27 67
3 Weymouth 35 17 12 6 60 35 18 11 4 3 36 17 17 6 8 3 24 18 25 63
4 Bath City 35 18 9 8 50 37 17 10 5 2 28 15 18 8 4 6 22 22 13 63
5 Slough Town 35 17 9 9 51 38 17 9 5 3 22 14 18 8 4 6 29 24 13 60
6 Dartford 34 16 8 10 60 46 18 8 6 4 33 20 16 8 2 6 27 26 14 56
7 Dorking Wanderers 35 14 8 13 58 56 18 9 4 5 32 22 17 5 4 8 26 34 2 50
8 Hampton & Richmond 33 14 5 14 51 50 17 6 4 7 28 25 16 8 1 7 23 25 1 47
9 Maidstone United 33 12 9 12 48 44 17 7 6 4 29 19 16 5 3 8 19 25 4 45
10 Chelmsford City 34 11 11 12 55 56 17 7 8 2 36 25 17 4 3 10 19 31 -1 44
11 Hemel Hempstead Town 34 12 8 14 36 43 17 8 3 6 19 17 17 4 5 8 17 26 -7 44
12 Chippenham Town 35 10 12 13 39 45 18 7 6 5 22 24 17 3 6 8 17 21 -6 42
13 Welling United 34 12 6 16 38 46 17 8 2 7 25 22 17 4 4 9 13 24 -8 42
14 Oxford City 34 11 9 14 47 60 17 6 3 8 24 37 17 5 6 6 23 23 -13 42
15 Eastbourne Borough 33 8 14 11 38 54 17 6 6 5 26 27 16 2 8 6 12 27 -16 38
16 Dulwich Hamlet 35 9 10 16 51 50 18 5 4 9 29 29 17 4 6 7 22 21 1 37
17 Concord Rangers 32 10 7 15 44 48 17 6 4 7 28 23 15 4 3 8 16 25 -4 37
18 Billericay Town 32 8 13 11 46 55 14 6 7 1 25 17 18 2 6 10 21 38 -9 37
19 St Albans City 35 9 10 16 41 54 17 3 6 8 17 27 18 6 4 8 24 27 -13 37
20 Tonbridge Angels 31 9 9 13 46 54 13 6 3 4 26 23 18 3 6 9 20 31 -8 36
21 Braintree Town 35 10 5 20 44 67 18 5 4 9 21 28 17 5 1 11 23 39 -23 35
22 Hungerford Town 33 8 4 21 38 64 16 4 2 10 14 24 17 4 2 11 24 40 -26 28

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.