Barton Town Old Boys vs Chorley Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting recent form

Barton Town Old Boys' sample here is small and almost entirely FA Cup football, six games stretching back to last season's qualifying rounds. They've won three, drawn two and lost just once, with nine scored and nine conceded, and two of those results only came after a replay following goalless or level first legs.

Barton Town Old Boys: 6 completed matches; Chorley: 20 completed matches.

Barton Town Old Boys

6 matches

Win

50% 3 / 6

Draw

33.3% 2 / 6

Loss

16.7% 1 / 6

Scored

9

Conceded

9

Difference

0

Chorley

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

30

Difference

-7

Chorley's picture is much bigger and messier. Across 20 matches spanning National League North, FA Cup and pre-season friendlies, they've won only six, drawn four and lost ten, shipping 29 goals against 23 scored. That includes a run of league defeats and a heavy 5-2 home loss to Darlington 1883 earlier this month, though a couple of those matches are friendlies and shouldn't be read as league-strength evidence on their own.

Chorley's overall numbers look shaky, but the sample mixes competitions, so it's not a clean like-for-like read against Barton's cup-only run.

Comparative Team Statistics: Barton Town Old Boys vs Chorley

How the tie might unfold

Barton's cup run so far has been tight rather than comfortable. Two of their last three ties needed a replay to be settled, including a 0-0 draw with North Ferriby before winning the rematch 2-0, and a 1-1 first leg against Loughborough University before edging through 2-1. That points to a side capable of digging in when games are close.

Chorley go into this one having lost more games than they've won recently, and their goals against tally suggests defensive problems that have shown up in league and cup alike. Whether that vulnerability carries over to a cup tie away from their normal level of competition is the open question, since Barton's opposition in recent rounds hasn't been at National League North level.