Chorley vs Boreham Wood Predictions

There’s Saturday evening action in the National League, with Chorley taking on Boreham Wood live on TV. These two fifth tier sides have each made tough starts to the season at this level, but can either claim vital points when they meet this weekend? The Duo will be kicking off later with a chance to gain some ground on the sides around them, but which of these two will edge their meeting at Victory Park Stadium?

Newly promoted Chorley are hoping to stay up this term, but they’ve failed to win any of their opening seven matches in the National League. They come into this one with two draws in three home games since going up, while their home record last term saw them in fantastic form on their way to the fifth tier. They were able to win 15 times at home, keeping a clean sheet in 57% of their matches at home.

Boreham Wood will see a familiar pattern emerging ahead of this trip on Saturday. They’ve won just once all season, with goals not coming that easy for the visitors. They’ve hit nine goals in seven, while they could struggle against a Chorley side who have put together some decent form at the back so far, despite struggling for points.

The hosts saw half of their games last season finish with three or more goals, thanks to their 83-goal haul across the season. However, they have scored only five times this term – finding the net only once in their home games so far. On the plus side, they’ve managed to keep two clean sheets here in two 0-0 draws. With a fellow struggler heading to Chorley, we expect the hosts to grind out a result this weekend.

When you take a look through the form of both sides, it’s hard to see them edging a victory. Neither of the pair have got the scoring edge which they need to decide a crunch battle like this one. The visitors finished last season with just 39% of their away trips finishing with over 2.5 goals scored. We expect another low scoring clash given how the hosts are getting on at this ground, so we are going with under 2.5 goals as our tip here. On top of that, we think a 0-0 draw is the best correct score pick for this clash.