Match Report
45 points separated the sides: Tranmere Rovers 2nd on 82, Chester 23rd on 37. Chester had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 15th in the league over the last five rounds against 23rd overall. Against a league average of 1.3 goals per team per game, Chester ran at 0.91 scored and 1.72 conceded, Tranmere Rovers at 1.7 and 1.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Chester. Momentum sat with Tranmere Rovers, winners of their last six, having scored in 10 consecutive games. Over the last five, Chester had taken 1 of 15 points to Tranmere Rovers's 15.
Lookers Vauxhall Stadium in Chester staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,400. On the scoreboard, Tranmere Rovers led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-2.