The game between Chester City and Oxford United in the (Conference) Premier on Saturday, 27th February 2010 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.
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Oxford Utd. travel to take on Chester City at The Deva Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The U's will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Chester City was just over four years ago, in January 2006, with Oxford Utd. inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Blues in a League Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Tue 18 Aug | Oxford Utd. | 4 - 0 | Chester City | CONF |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 08 Apr | Oxford Utd. | 0 - 1 | Chester City | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 02 Jan | Chester City | 0 - 1 | Oxford Utd. | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 07 May | Oxford Utd. | 0 - 1 | Chester City | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 27 Nov | Chester City | 1 - 3 | Oxford Utd. | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 09 Dec | Chester City | 3 - 2 | Oxford Utd. | FAC |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 25 Feb | Oxford Utd. | 1 - 0 | Chester City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Chester City's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Blues have scored 5, a worringly large 8 have been leaked at the other end.
Oxford Utd.'s away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the U's, and 2 goals against.
Chester City find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 28 games have yielded only -3 points. Oxford Utd. are leading the way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, with their 31 games giving them a return of 69 points.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chester City | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Oxford Utd. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Oxford Utd. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Chester City | Been beaten in each of their previous 3 home matches. Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Latest 5 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 11 most recent games. |
| Oxford Utd. | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |
