BLUES MATCH PREVIEW: Chester FC v Banbury United

A productive seven days on the road have seen the Blues climb to third, and they will look to keep building this weekend against Banbury United.

Trips to Gloucester City, Bradford (PA) and Hereford yielded a superb return of seven points, with back-to-back 2-1 victories seeing Calum McIntyre’s men jump above Scarborough and Brackley to sit third in the National League North table.

The points were shared when the two teams last met back in November. Kurt Willoughby opened the scoring with a penalty, before Anthony Dudley popped up with two minutes to play to ensure the game finished level.

Banbury United sit 12th in the table, but have as many as four games in hand on those above them, and will be hoping to make a late charge towards the play-off places.

Kick off on Saturday is 3pm.

THE FORM GUIDE:

Chester | 3rd in NLN | W15 D14 L5 | F51 A32

Recent League Results

vs Gloucester City (a) | Drew 1-1 | Scorer: Adam Thomas

vs Bradford (PA) (a) | Won 2-1 | Scorers: Charlie Caton, Kurt Willoughby

vs Hereford (a) | Won 2-1 | Scorers: Charlie Caton, Kurt Willoughby

Banbury | 12th in NLN | W12 D8 L11 | F44 A42

Recent League Results

vs King’s Lynn Town (h) | Lost 0-1 | Scorers: None

vs Farsley Celtic (h) | Drew 2-2 | Scorers: Jack Stevens (2)

vs Leamington (h) | Drew 2-2 | Scorers: Jack Stevens, Slavi Spasov