This match was marked in the calendar a long time ago by fans of both contenders, as it's the first Vanarama National League South fixture of the season. Both Chelmsford City and St Albans City are ready for a positive start to their league adventure.
- St Albans City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Chelmsford City nor St Albans City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Chelmsford City form and stats
The previous season, Chelmsford City's league statistics were 9 wins, 14 draws and 17 losses, producing 19th place in the Vanarama National League South. During these 40 matches they scored {46 goals} and gave away 53. Performing as the home side in the previous season Chelmsford City generated 4-9-7 (win-draw-lost) with {18 goals} and 21 conceded.
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 Chelmsford have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Some goal stats: A review of the 13 most recent league matches highlights that 11 of them had at least one goal from each team.
St Albans City form and stats
Let's have a look at how St Albans City performed last season in the Vanarama National League South: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 7 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded {58 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 25/30 goals scored/conceded.
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, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before in this season, with the match result Chelmsford City - St Albans City 0-0 written in the official records. Chelmsford-St Albans City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Chelmsford City two wins, St Albans City five wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  S. Jeffers 28 goals |  T. Blackwell 9 goals | Z. Banton 9 goals |
Chelmsford City missing players
St Albans City missing players
| Chelmsford City | St Albans City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 47 | 24 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 24 | 47 |
| 23 | 14 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 13 | 23 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 67 | 42 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 41 | 73 |
| 50 | 23 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 28 | 51 |
| 89% | 96% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 96% | 94% |
| 66% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 74% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 55% |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 13% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 11% |
| 45% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 55% |
| 34% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 30% |
| 32% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 21% |
| 5.9 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 12.1 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 34% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 34% |
| 11.3 | 9.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9.5 | 8.2 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
- St Albans City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
