CHELMSFORD, England (Interstat) — Chelmsford will host Farnborough on Friday in a National League South football match, with both teams seeking a lift from difficult recent results. Chelmsford will be the home team and Farnborough the visiting team.

Farnborough enters with a record of 5 wins, 8 losses and 2 draws across all competitions. Its most recent outing was a 6-0 home loss to Ebbsfleet. Farnborough also has suffered a 5-0 home defeat to Horsham FC and a 4-0 loss at Billericay in recent weeks. Farnborough did produce a 2-1 home win over Weston-super-Mare, and Mason Bloomfield is the player to watch. Bloomfield scored twice in 90 minutes in that 2-1 result. Farnborough also has a 2-0 win at Braintree, a 2-2 draw at Walton & Hersham and a 2-0 home win over Dag & Red, but the club has absorbed several heavy defeats. Other results this season include a 2-0 loss at Folkestone, a 1-0 home loss to Dover, a 2-0 loss at H&R Borough and a 4-0 home loss to Tonbridge.

Chelmsford is 5-2-9 across all competitions, a record shaped by nine draws. The home side most recently lost 2-0 at home to Farnham. Chelmsford has a 3-1 win at AFC Totton, a 1-0 win at Dover, a 5-0 win at Chesham and a 2-0 win at Brackley Town. Its draws include 0-0 at home with Horsham FC, 1-1 at H&R Borough, 3-3 at Dorking, 3-3 at home with Tonbridge and 1-1 at home with Salisbury. Chelmsford also lost 1-0 at Wimborne.

Both sides have National League South fixtures ahead, but the focus is on Friday’s meeting. Farnborough’s next 10 games include a home match against Salisbury, trips to Slough and Dorking, home matches against Truro and Maidstone, a trip to Hemel, a home match against Farnham, trips to AFC Totton and Torquay and a home match against Billericay. Chelmsford’s next 10 games include a home match against Ebbsfleet, a trip to Walton & Hersham, a home match against Maidstone, a trip to Torquay, a home match against Slough, a home match against Hemel, a trip to Truro, a home match against Braintree, a trip to Billericay and a trip to Dagenham. The schedule stretches across the coming weeks, but the match offers Chelmsford a chance to add to its win total and Farnborough an opportunity to reverse a difficult stretch.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Chelmsford 2, Farnborough 1. Interstat’s ELO system gives Chelmsford a 78.5 percent probability to win.