Dover Athletic vs Chesterfield match preview

Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Perrys Crabble Stadium (6500 seats)

Season ticket holders at The Perrys Crabble Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Dover Athletic languishing in the 20th position so far. The guesting Chesterfield will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Dover Athletic form and stats

The story so far for Dover Athletic at their home stadium (The Perrys Crabble Stadium) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats.

Dover Athletic manager J. Leberl and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Solihull Moors in the Vanarama National League. Before that match, a win away at Dagenham & Redbridge.

This is expected to be a close game, with Dover Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Dover Athletic as a small favourite), we find four games. Dover Athletic has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Dover Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 27 goals in 20 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 30 goals have been conceded.

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Chesterfield form and stats

6 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Chesterfield playing as the away team this season.

Chesterfield won their last game, 2-0 versus Dagenham & Redbridge played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Sutton United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 22 similar matches played by Chesterfield in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Chesterfield, 8 draws and 6 defeats.

Chesterfield have scored 27 goals on their travels this season, 20 away games. 25 goals have been conceded by Chesterfield in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Chesterfield - Dover Athletic 0-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last one meeting): Dover Athletic won 0 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Chesterfield has 0 wins.

Top Goalscorers

I. Effiong
8 goals
S. Boden
8 goals
M. Brundle
7 goals

Dover Athletic missing players

Chesterfield missing players

Playername Goals Assist Starts % Started

Dover Athletic Chesterfield
Total Home Statistic Away Total
41 20 Played 20 41
50 27 Scored 27 48
62 30 Conceded 25 47
93% 95% Over 0.5 100% 90%
78% 90% Over 1.5 75% 66%
56% 55% Over 2.5 35% 34%
32% 20% Over 3.5 30% 24%
10% 15% Over 4.5 15% 12%
56% 65% Both teams to score 65% 46%
20% 15% Clean Sheet 20% 34%
32% 25% Failed To Score 15% 29%
Key stats this season:
  • Chesterfield hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Chesterfield is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  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 Leyton Orient 40 22 11 7 64 30 19 12 4 3 32 11 21 10 7 4 32 19 34 77
2 Salford City 41 22 10 9 67 39 21 13 5 3 40 20 20 9 5 6 27 19 28 76
3 Solihull Moors 41 22 9 10 66 40 21 11 7 3 35 15 20 11 2 7 31 25 26 75
4 Wrexham 41 21 9 11 49 34 20 14 3 3 30 11 21 7 6 8 19 23 15 72
5 Fylde 40 18 15 7 64 35 20 13 4 3 40 17 20 5 11 4 24 18 29 69
6 Harrogate Town 41 19 11 11 73 51 21 10 6 5 39 26 20 9 5 6 34 25 22 68
7 Eastleigh 40 20 7 13 52 51 21 9 5 7 25 25 19 11 2 6 27 26 1 67
8 Ebbsfleet United 41 18 11 12 59 39 21 10 3 8 32 21 20 8 8 4 27 18 20 65
9 Gateshead 40 18 8 14 50 41 19 8 6 5 23 16 21 10 2 9 27 25 9 62
10 Sutton United 41 16 13 12 50 51 21 9 8 4 27 24 20 7 5 8 23 27 -1 61
11 Barrow 41 15 11 15 46 47 21 8 6 7 26 25 20 7 5 8 20 22 -1 56
12 Bromley 41 15 9 17 58 61 20 10 4 6 33 25 21 5 5 11 25 36 -3 54
13 Barnet 40 14 11 15 39 44 21 7 7 7 22 23 19 7 4 8 17 21 -5 53
14 Chesterfield 41 12 16 13 48 47 21 6 8 7 21 22 20 6 8 6 27 25 1 52
15 Hartlepool United 41 13 13 15 50 56 20 7 6 7 26 26 21 6 7 8 24 30 -6 52
16 Halifax Town 41 11 18 12 35 36 21 7 10 4 19 10 20 4 8 8 16 26 -1 51
17 Maidenhead United 41 15 5 21 42 63 20 8 3 9 24 32 21 7 2 12 18 31 -21 50
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 41 13 9 19 46 53 20 7 6 7 28 28 21 6 3 12 18 25 -7 48
19 Boreham Wood 41 11 15 15 44 54 20 7 6 7 20 26 21 4 9 8 24 28 -10 48
20 Dover Athletic 41 12 11 18 50 62 20 7 4 9 27 30 21 5 7 9 23 32 -12 47
21 Havant & Waterlooville 41 9 12 20 56 72 20 7 5 8 33 25 21 2 7 12 23 47 -16 39
22 Aldershot Town 41 9 9 23 31 63 21 6 5 10 16 25 20 3 4 13 15 38 -32 36
23 Braintree Town 41 8 7 26 41 74 21 4 3 14 21 43 20 4 4 12 20 31 -33 31
24 Maidstone United 40 8 6 26 32 69 19 2 4 13 15 32 21 6 2 13 17 37 -37 30