Vanarama National League South duel: Close contest expected between Hemel Hempstead Town and St Albans City

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vauxhall Road

St Albans City will not envision any pleasantries from their host Hemel Hempstead Town in this Vanarama National League South match. Here's the comprehensive match guide!

Insights:
  • Hemel Hempstead Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • St Albans City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Hemel Hempstead Town and St Albans City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Hemel Hempstead Town form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Hemel Hempstead Town have to build on here at Vauxhall Road in the Vanarama National League South.

Hemel Hempstead Town's previous game was also a home event, the defeat 2-3 versus Maidenhead United (in Fa Trophy).

Ahead of that match, Hempstead won a home game hosting Bath City (1-0).

This is expected to be a close game, with Hemel Hempstead Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hemel Hempstead Town as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Hemel Hempstead Town has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.

The Hemel Hempstead Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. On the other hand, Hempstead have conceded 13 goals.

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St Albans City form and stats

6 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of St Albans City playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League South this season.

Impressive finishing from Jeffers secured the home win 3-0 against Chelmsford City in their previous game. Jeffers certainly enjoyed St Albans City's last game versus Chelmsford City, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-0 victory.

A 1-1 draw at Dover Athletic's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by St Albans City in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for St Albans City, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy St Albans City's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 11 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the prior ten meetings between these two participants are: three wins for Hempstead, four draws and three wins for St Albans City. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

St Albans CityS. Jeffers
S. Jeffers
17 goals
Hemel Hempstead TownJ. Castiglione
J. Castiglione
5 goals
Hemel Hempstead TownM. Oluwadara Dada
M. Oluwadara Dada
3 goals

Hemel Hempstead Town missing players

St Albans City missing players

Hemel Hempstead Town St Albans City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 4 11 22
7 4 0 Won W 3 6 10
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 6
9 4 2 Lost L 0 3 6
24 12 2 Scored S 8 21 34
30 13 5 Conceded C 3 11 19
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
73% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 68%
41% 27% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 64% 50%
27% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 18%
9% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
55% 55% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 64% 50%
27% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 32%
23% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 27%
 
5 5.8 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.7 4.4
5.6 5.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.5 4.7
1.9 1.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.2 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.4 11.8 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10 10.3
3.9 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.1
30% 24% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 37%
 
10.4 9.9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8.3 7.9
4.5 3.8 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Hemel Hempstead Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • St Albans City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 21 15 3 3 49 18 11 8 1 2 29 9 10 7 2 1 20 9 31 48
2 Dartford 24 15 3 6 46 24 12 9 1 2 27 10 12 6 2 4 19 14 22 48
3 Havant & Waterlooville 22 14 4 4 49 30 12 7 1 4 25 17 10 7 3 0 24 13 19 46
4 Chelmsford City 21 12 4 5 29 17 11 7 2 2 19 9 10 5 2 3 10 8 12 40
5 Oxford City 24 10 8 6 39 31 12 6 5 1 29 17 12 4 3 5 10 14 8 38
6 St Albans City 22 10 6 6 34 19 11 4 4 3 13 8 11 6 2 3 21 11 15 36
7 Eastbourne Borough 23 11 3 9 41 34 12 6 1 5 23 16 11 5 2 4 18 18 7 36
8 Braintree Town 21 10 5 6 34 26 10 6 4 0 17 7 11 4 1 6 17 19 8 35
9 Worthing 22 9 8 5 34 31 12 3 5 4 15 23 10 6 3 1 19 8 3 35
10 Tonbridge Angels 23 10 3 10 33 38 11 5 2 4 17 18 12 5 1 6 16 20 -5 33
11 Bath City 21 8 6 7 31 29 9 4 1 4 14 11 12 4 5 3 17 18 2 30
12 Dover Athletic 21 7 6 8 27 29 10 4 3 3 16 12 11 3 3 5 11 17 -2 27
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 22 7 6 9 24 30 11 4 3 4 12 13 11 3 3 5 12 17 -6 27
14 Farnborough 19 7 5 7 20 20 9 3 3 3 10 9 10 4 2 4 10 11 0 26
15 Welling United 21 6 8 7 28 33 11 3 3 5 16 17 10 3 5 2 12 16 -5 26
16 Dulwich Hamlet 19 7 3 9 28 32 10 5 0 5 15 15 9 2 3 4 13 17 -4 24
17 Taunton Town 17 5 7 5 15 16 8 4 4 0 11 4 9 1 3 5 4 12 -1 22
18 Hampton & Richmond 20 6 4 10 26 34 10 2 3 5 10 19 10 4 1 5 16 15 -8 22
19 Concord Rangers 20 6 4 10 19 31 11 4 3 4 14 16 9 2 1 6 5 15 -12 22
20 Slough Town 22 5 5 12 22 42 12 3 2 7 13 23 10 2 3 5 9 19 -20 20
21 Cheshunt 22 6 1 15 24 42 11 4 0 7 16 24 11 2 1 8 8 18 -18 19
22 Weymouth 21 5 3 13 23 39 10 1 2 7 4 16 11 4 1 6 19 23 -16 18
23 Chippenham Town 19 4 4 11 16 31 8 4 1 3 6 7 11 0 3 8 10 24 -15 16
24 Hungerford Town 21 3 3 15 15 30 10 2 2 6 6 9 11 1 1 9 9 21 -15 12

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.