Football betting preview: Torquay United favourites when Chelmsford City visits

Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Date: Tue 02.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Plainmoor Ground (6104 seats)

Torquay United and Chelmsford City are both riding high in the Vanarama National League South with their 1st and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

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 Torquay United and Chelmsford City.

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Torquay United form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Plainmoor Ground as Torquay United has scored 48 goals to get 41 points from 18 games. The overall stats are 13-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Torquay United has won four games in a row. The Weston-super-Mare match was the last time out without a victory. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Torquay United after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Torquay United's last game was hosting Wealdstone and winning 3-2. In the game before, an away victory match versus Concord Rangers with a 1-0 scoreline.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Torquay United as they are travelling to their away game against Woking in the Vanarama National League South. That match is three days after this one.

Torquay United are showing their attacking force in their home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (48 goals in 18 games). On the other hand, Torquay United have conceded 21 goals.

Last season, Torquay United's league statistics were 10 wins, 12 draws and 24 losses, resulting in a 22nd position in the Vanarama National League. Over these 46 matches they scored 45 goals and conceded 73. Playing at home last season Torquay United managed 5-6-12 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 36 conceded.

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Chelmsford City form and stats

As the visiting team Chelmsford City have produced an overall stat of 8-8-5 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Chelmsford City as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Chelmsford City won their last game, 2-1 versus Oxford City played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Truro City with the score of 3-0.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Chelmsford City manager R. Stringer as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against St Albans City.

The travelling fans enjoy Chelmsford City's attacking play in away games, having scored 30 goals in 17 away matches. Chelmsford City have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Let's have a look at how Chelmsford City performed last season in the Vanarama National League North. They landed a 26th position in the league table after playing out 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 0 and conceded 1 goal in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 0 and lost 0 with 0/0 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Chelmsford City - Torquay United 0-0. Numbers for the last one meeting between these two teams are: 0 wins for Torquay United, 1 draw and 0 wins for Chelmsford City.

Top Goalscorers

J. Reid
25 goals
R. Murphy
21 goals
S. Janneh
15 goals

Torquay United missing players

Chelmsford City missing players

Torquay United Chelmsford City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
36 18 Played 17 36
80 48 Scored 30 63
34 21 Conceded 19 39
92% 100% Over 0.5 94% 92%
81% 89% Over 1.5 76% 72%
56% 67% Over 2.5 47% 50%
42% 56% Over 3.5 29% 33%
25% 33% Over 4.5 18% 19%
47% 61% Both teams to score 41% 47%
42% 28% Clean Sheet 29% 33%
19% 11% Failed To Score 35% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Torquay United 36 24 6 6 80 34 18 13 2 3 48 21 18 11 7 3 32 13 46 78
2 Woking 37 22 8 7 68 39 18 12 1 5 33 18 19 10 9 2 35 21 29 74
3 Welling United 37 20 7 10 61 41 18 12 4 2 37 21 19 8 5 8 24 20 20 67
4 Chelmsford City 36 19 9 8 63 39 19 11 5 3 33 20 17 8 8 5 30 19 24 66
5 Bath City 37 18 10 9 54 31 19 11 4 4 32 15 18 7 9 5 22 16 23 64
6 Concord Rangers 37 16 13 8 60 43 19 10 7 2 37 17 18 6 9 6 23 26 17 61
7 Dartford 37 17 10 10 48 45 19 11 6 2 30 19 18 6 7 8 18 26 3 61
8 Billericay Town 37 17 8 12 64 56 18 9 3 6 29 27 19 8 7 6 35 29 8 59
9 Wealdstone 37 15 12 10 52 44 18 7 5 6 25 27 19 8 9 4 27 17 8 57
10 St Albans City 37 15 10 12 58 56 18 10 4 4 29 20 19 5 8 8 29 36 2 55
11 Slough Town 37 14 10 13 46 44 19 8 6 5 24 18 18 6 7 8 22 26 2 52
12 Chippenham Town 37 14 7 16 51 57 18 9 4 5 31 24 19 5 5 11 20 33 -6 49
13 Oxford City 37 14 5 18 58 57 18 8 2 8 32 23 19 6 5 10 26 34 1 47
14 Hemel Hempstead Town 37 12 11 14 48 58 19 6 6 7 26 33 18 6 8 7 22 25 -10 47
15 Dulwich Hamlet 37 10 9 18 42 58 19 7 4 8 24 27 18 3 8 10 18 31 -16 39
16 Hampton & Richmond 37 10 9 18 40 58 19 5 3 11 16 30 18 5 9 7 24 28 -18 39
17 Eastbourne Borough 37 9 11 17 43 58 18 5 6 7 25 30 19 4 7 10 18 28 -15 38
18 Hungerford Town 37 10 7 20 41 66 18 6 4 8 22 28 19 4 5 12 19 38 -25 37
19 Truro City 37 9 9 19 55 76 18 5 3 10 25 35 19 4 8 9 30 41 -21 36
20 Gloucester City 37 8 11 18 25 45 19 2 10 7 13 20 18 6 4 11 12 25 -20 35
21 East Thurrock United 37 9 6 22 34 53 19 7 4 8 20 21 18 2 5 14 14 32 -19 33
22 Weston-super-Mare 37 5 10 22 41 74 18 1 6 11 15 32 19 4 6 11 26 42 -33 25

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