Match Report
5 points and 1 places separated them: Chester 23rd with 37, Torquay United 22nd with 42. Chester ranked 15th in the league on five-round form, well above their 23rd table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Chester 0.91 scored and 1.72 conceded per game, Torquay United 0.98 and 1.59, with the league averaging 1.3.
Chester's winless run stood at 6. Torquay United arrived on a run of three straight wins. The last-five ledger: Chester 1/15, Torquay United 10/15.
The match was played at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium in Chester (capacity 5,400). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Torquay United led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.




