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.
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.
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 | 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 | 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 |