Open game expected at Cressing Road Stadium: Braintree Town vs St Albans City preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Tue 27.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Cressing Road Stadium

This is it, this is Vanarama National League South and this is Braintree Town - St Albans City. Prepare with our comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • Braintree Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • St Albans City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Vanarama National League South

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Braintree Town and St Albans City.

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Braintree Town form and stats

The story so far in the Vanarama National League South for Braintree Town at their home stadium (Cressing Road Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

Braintree drew their last game, also a home match. Slough Town (placed 11th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.

Preceding that match, a home victory against Heybridge Swifts in the FA Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Braintree Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 3.

The manager Harrop will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to AFC Hornchurch in only four days.

The Braintree Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. Braintree are not conceding a lot of goals here at Cressing Road Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.

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St Albans City form and stats

3-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for St Albans City in their Vanarama National League South matches away.

Two away matches in a row for St Albans City, whose coach Allinson could celebrate last time after the win against Farnborough.

A defeat, in the FA Cup away at AFC Sudbury, before that. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by St Albans City in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for St Albans City, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

Albans has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Braintree Town victories, three draws and four St Albans City wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Braintree TownL. Amantchi
L. Amantchi
4 goals
BraintreeL. Reynolds
L. Reynolds
3 goals
Braintree TownA. Matthews
A. Matthews
2 goals

Braintree Town missing players

St Albans City missing players

Braintree Town St Albans City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 0 4 8
4 2 0 Won W 0 3 3
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
3 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
17 7 1 Scored S 0 7 7
13 3 1 Conceded C 0 4 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
67% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 38%
56% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
3.8 4.2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 3.9
6.8 7.2 11 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3.5
1.7 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.9 11.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.5 8.4
5.2 6.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3.8
36% 27% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 23%
 
10.4 10.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7.8 7.6
4.2 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.8 3
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • All of Braintree Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of St Albans City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Braintree Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Braintree Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Braintree Town have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Braintree Town have scored more than double the goals of St Albans City.
  • Braintree Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St Albans City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • St Albans City have not yet lost a game away.
  • St Albans City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St Albans City have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • St Albans City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Vanarama National League South
  • St Albans City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ebbsfleet United 9 9 0 0 26 8 5 5 0 0 17 3 4 4 0 0 9 5 18 27
2 Havant & Waterlooville 9 7 2 0 24 13 4 4 0 0 12 4 5 3 2 0 12 9 11 23
3 Worthing 9 5 4 0 16 8 4 1 3 0 5 4 5 4 1 0 11 4 8 19
4 Chelmsford City 9 5 3 1 13 7 5 3 1 1 9 6 4 2 2 0 4 1 6 18
5 Welling United 9 5 2 2 18 12 5 2 1 2 12 9 4 3 1 0 6 3 6 17
6 Bath City 9 5 2 2 20 15 4 3 0 1 10 5 5 2 2 1 10 10 5 17
7 Tonbridge Angels 9 5 1 3 17 16 4 2 0 2 7 8 5 3 1 1 10 8 1 16
8 Dartford 9 5 0 4 15 11 4 2 0 2 6 6 5 3 0 2 9 5 4 15
9 Braintree Town 9 4 2 3 17 13 4 2 2 0 7 3 5 2 0 3 10 10 4 14
10 Chippenham Town 9 4 2 3 7 9 5 4 1 0 6 2 4 0 1 3 1 7 -2 14
11 Slough Town 9 4 2 3 12 15 5 3 1 1 7 5 4 1 1 2 5 10 -3 14
12 Eastbourne Borough 9 4 1 4 18 16 5 2 0 3 10 10 4 2 1 1 8 6 2 13
13 Oxford City 9 4 1 4 14 13 4 2 1 1 11 6 5 2 0 3 3 7 1 13
14 St Albans City 8 3 3 2 7 6 4 0 2 2 0 2 4 3 1 0 7 4 1 12
15 Taunton Town 9 3 3 3 6 5 4 2 2 0 5 2 5 1 1 3 1 3 1 12
16 Dover Athletic 9 3 1 5 13 16 4 2 0 2 7 5 5 1 1 3 6 11 -3 10
17 Hemel Hempstead Town 9 2 3 4 9 15 4 1 1 2 4 6 5 1 2 2 5 9 -6 9
18 Hampton & Richmond 9 2 2 5 13 15 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 1 0 4 8 10 -2 8
19 Farnborough 9 2 1 6 7 12 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 0 4 4 8 -5 7
20 Concord Rangers 8 2 1 5 7 16 5 1 1 3 6 10 3 1 0 2 1 6 -9 7
21 Hungerford Town 9 1 2 6 4 10 5 1 1 3 3 4 4 0 1 3 1 6 -6 5
22 Dulwich Hamlet 9 1 2 6 10 17 4 1 0 3 5 8 5 0 2 3 5 9 -7 5
23 Cheshunt 9 1 0 8 12 24 5 1 0 4 7 14 4 0 0 4 5 10 -12 3
24 Weymouth 9 0 2 7 6 19 6 0 1 5 3 13 3 0 1 2 3 6 -13 2

Read more about Vanarama National League South

The National League South, formerly known as Conference South, is the sixth highest division in English football. It consists of teams located in the South West and South East of England, London and the southern parts of Wales, the Midlands and the East of England. 22 teams make up the league table.