1. Back to back wins for the first time since last November.
By following up last week's win over FC Halifax Town with another victory over Chorley, Torquay United secured back-to-back wins for the first time since early November 2019. Ironically that sequence included a win over FC Halifax - and that point the Gulls were fifth in the table, and firmly in play-off contention. If they can keep their current winning going then United could be able to mount a late charge for the top seven.
2. Robbie Cundy's first goal for the club.
United centre back Robbie Cundy was in the right place at the right time as he connected with Joe Lewis' free-kick to head the Gulls in front on the stroke of half-time. As well as being Cundy's maiden effort for the club, it was also the seventh United goal scored by a defender: Kyle Cameron 2, Liam Davis 2, Ben Wynter 1, Jean Yves Koue Niate 1.
3. Joe Lewis' assist and all-round display.
Throughout his loan spell with United from Swansea City, Wales Under-21 international Joe Lewis has played in the variety of different positions - at both right and left back as well central midfield. However, on Saturday, he excelled in his preferred position of centre back, alongside Robbie Cundy and Kyle Cameron against Chorley and he also provided the assist for Cundy's opener from a free-kick just inside the Chorley half.
4. The Azeez-Reid partnership is working - it just needs a few more finishing touches.
The burgeoning partnership between leading scorer Jamie Reid and Ade Azeez is working for United so far. Against Chorley, the duo showed on more than one occasion that they were on the same wavelength as each other and linked up well, but they contrived to miss three golden opportunities early in the second half after picking each other out - Azeez on 49 minutes and Reid in the 50th and 55th minutes respectively. In their defence, the wet surface and the windy conditions probably didn't help and Reid did eventually find the target for his 21st of the campaign when he tapped home Ben Whitfield's cross on 80 minutes. This now means the duo have averaged one goal a game since they started playing together.
5. Four clean sheets in six.
If scoring goals was United's forte in the first half of the campaign, keeping clean sheets is starting to become their speciality in the second half of the 2019-20 season. As well as being their second clean sheet in a row, the Gulls' shutdown against Chorley was also their fourth clean sheet in their last six matches. Also during this run, United gave only conceded four goals - two against AFC Fylde, where they won 3-2, and two against Barrow, when they went down 2-1.
