Match Preview: Peterborough Sports v Chorley (Saturday, 3pm)

Chorley travel to Peterborough Sports on Saturday in the National League North.

The visitors come into the game on the back of a win in their last match, having beaten Banbury United 3-0 at home.

Peterborough Sports also won their last match, 1-0 against King’s Lynn Town.

With 78 goals in 45 games so far this season, Chorley are the league’s second-highest scorers with 1.7 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 49 goals at a rate of 1.1 per game.

Peterborough Sports, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.2 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.3. They have conceded 1.4 goals per game.

The Magpies are fourth in the table after 45 games, of which they have won 24 and drawn eight, earning 80 points.

The hosts are 11 places behind the away side in 15th, with 16 wins and 10 draws putting them on 58 points.

In the last three years, Peterborough Sports and Chorley have played each other on three occasions. Chorley won two of them and they drew once.

Their last meeting was on November 11, when Chorley won 2-0 at home.

Peterborough Sports are in mixed form in the National League North, with three wins and three losses from their last six games.

And also with three wins and three losses over that period, Chorley’s form is identical – they have both taken nine points from 18.

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Peterborough Sports v Chorley
National League North | Lincoln Road
Saturday, 20 April 2024 @ 3.00pm

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