Vanarama National League South match information and stats: St Albans City meet Braintree Town

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Fri 07.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Clarence Park (4500 seats)

Fasten your seatbelt before the show! The main antagonists are St Albans City and Braintree Town, victory is the prize and 90 minutes the length.

Insights:
  • Braintree Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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St Albans City form and stats

8 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what St Albans City have to build on here at Clarence Park in the Vanarama National League South. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Clarence Park.

St Albans City drew their last game, 1-1 away at Chippenham Town (placed 14th).

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Havant & Waterlooville.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how St Albans City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 5.

There will be little rest for St Albans City after this match as they are travelling to Concord Rangers for a Vanarama National League South game in only three days.

Albans are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 27 goals in 20 games. St Albans City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Braintree Town form and stats

Playing away, Braintree Town have won 7 games, drawn 4 and suffered 9 defeats in the Vanarama National League South this season. It's a growing despair in Braintree Town as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Braintree Town might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Dover Athletic proved too strong as Braintree slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Ironmongery Direct Stadium.

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Taunton Town.

Braintree Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 5 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

After this away game Braintree Town return home for a Vanarama National League South game against Ebbsfleet United. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Braintree are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 27 away goals from 20 games (in the league). Braintree Town have conceded 30 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H game ended Braintree Town - St Albans City 1-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Albans wins - draws - Braintree Town wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

St Albans CityS. Jeffers
S. Jeffers
24 goals
Braintree TownA. Blair
A. Blair
11 goals
St Albans CityZ. Banton
Z. Banton
9 goals

St Albans City missing players

Braintree Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
St Albans City Braintree Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
41 20 5 Played P 5 20 41
19 8 1 Won W 1 7 17
9 5 1 Drew D 1 4 13
13 7 3 Lost L 3 9 11
64 27 5 Scored S 4 27 57
46 21 5 Conceded C 12 30 50
93% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 88%
73% 70% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 80% 76%
56% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 65% 51%
22% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 40% 34%
12% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 10% 12%
59% 55% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 55% 59%
27% 35% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 30% 32%
22% 20% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 25% 22%
 
4.2 4.8 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4 4.3
4.6 4.4 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.2 5
1.4 1.4 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
10.2 10.1 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 6.6 6.8 8.9
4.4 4.3 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.2 3.7
35% 31% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 42% 37%
 
8.2 7.1 7.6 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 8.5 9
3.5 2.8 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4 3.7
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Braintree Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 41 29 7 5 95 41 20 15 2 3 59 21 21 14 5 2 36 20 54 94
2 Dartford 39 22 7 10 74 42 20 14 2 4 43 16 19 8 5 6 31 26 32 73
3 Oxford City 41 19 14 8 73 48 21 12 6 3 49 26 20 7 8 5 24 22 25 71
4 Chelmsford City 40 20 8 12 55 40 20 12 2 6 33 17 20 8 6 6 22 23 15 68
5 St Albans City 41 19 9 13 64 46 20 8 5 7 27 21 21 11 4 6 37 25 18 66
6 Braintree Town 41 17 13 11 57 50 21 10 9 2 30 20 20 7 4 9 27 30 7 64
7 Farnborough 40 18 9 13 53 42 20 8 6 6 29 21 20 10 3 7 24 21 11 63
8 Worthing 40 17 12 11 75 67 20 9 5 6 42 39 20 8 7 5 33 28 8 63
9 Havant & Waterlooville 40 18 8 14 71 59 20 10 4 6 39 27 20 8 4 8 32 32 12 62
10 Eastbourne Borough 41 19 5 17 67 61 20 9 2 9 34 29 21 10 3 8 33 32 6 62
11 Tonbridge Angels 41 18 8 15 62 64 20 8 6 6 35 32 21 10 2 9 27 32 -2 62
12 Bath City 40 16 10 14 55 50 20 8 3 9 27 26 20 8 7 5 28 24 5 58
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 41 15 12 14 46 49 21 8 7 6 25 23 20 7 5 8 21 26 -3 57
14 Chippenham Town 41 13 15 13 50 56 21 9 8 4 30 25 20 4 7 9 20 31 -6 54
15 Hampton & Richmond 40 13 8 19 54 63 20 7 5 8 23 28 20 6 3 11 31 35 -9 47
16 Dover Athletic 40 12 11 17 40 55 20 7 5 8 22 26 20 5 6 9 18 29 -15 47
17 Taunton Town 38 12 10 16 39 43 19 6 6 7 19 18 19 6 4 9 20 25 -4 46
18 Welling United 40 11 13 16 47 58 20 5 5 10 24 30 20 6 8 6 23 28 -11 45
19 Slough Town 41 11 11 19 48 72 20 5 5 10 25 37 21 6 6 9 23 35 -24 44
20 Cheshunt 40 10 10 20 45 64 20 7 4 9 25 32 20 3 6 11 20 32 -19 40
21 Dulwich Hamlet 40 11 6 23 56 86 19 7 2 10 26 33 21 4 4 13 30 53 -30 39
22 Hungerford Town 38 9 8 21 41 55 20 6 7 7 20 17 18 3 1 14 21 38 -14 35
23 Weymouth 40 10 5 25 48 73 21 5 3 13 18 34 19 5 2 12 30 39 -25 35
24 Concord Rangers 36 8 7 21 33 64 17 4 4 9 17 29 19 4 3 12 16 35 -31 31

Table
  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 41 29 7 5 95 41 20 15 2 3 59 21 21 14 5 2 36 20 54 94
2 Dartford 39 22 7 10 74 42 20 14 2 4 43 16 19 8 5 6 31 26 32 73
3 Oxford City 41 19 14 8 73 48 21 12 6 3 49 26 20 7 8 5 24 22 25 71
4 Chelmsford City 40 20 8 12 55 40 20 12 2 6 33 17 20 8 6 6 22 23 15 68
5 St Albans City 41 19 9 13 64 46 20 8 5 7 27 21 21 11 4 6 37 25 18 66
6 Braintree Town 41 17 13 11 57 50 21 10 9 2 30 20 20 7 4 9 27 30 7 64
7 Farnborough 40 18 9 13 53 42 20 8 6 6 29 21 20 10 3 7 24 21 11 63
8 Worthing 40 17 12 11 75 67 20 9 5 6 42 39 20 8 7 5 33 28 8 63
9 Havant & Waterlooville 40 18 8 14 71 59 20 10 4 6 39 27 20 8 4 8 32 32 12 62
10 Eastbourne Borough 41 19 5 17 67 61 20 9 2 9 34 29 21 10 3 8 33 32 6 62
11 Tonbridge Angels 41 18 8 15 62 64 20 8 6 6 35 32 21 10 2 9 27 32 -2 62
12 Bath City 40 16 10 14 55 50 20 8 3 9 27 26 20 8 7 5 28 24 5 58
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 41 15 12 14 46 49 21 8 7 6 25 23 20 7 5 8 21 26 -3 57
14 Chippenham Town 41 13 15 13 50 56 21 9 8 4 30 25 20 4 7 9 20 31 -6 54
15 Hampton & Richmond 40 13 8 19 54 63 20 7 5 8 23 28 20 6 3 11 31 35 -9 47
16 Dover Athletic 40 12 11 17 40 55 20 7 5 8 22 26 20 5 6 9 18 29 -15 47
17 Taunton Town 38 12 10 16 39 43 19 6 6 7 19 18 19 6 4 9 20 25 -4 46
18 Welling United 40 11 13 16 47 58 20 5 5 10 24 30 20 6 8 6 23 28 -11 45
19 Slough Town 41 11 11 19 48 72 20 5 5 10 25 37 21 6 6 9 23 35 -24 44
20 Cheshunt 40 10 10 20 45 64 20 7 4 9 25 32 20 3 6 11 20 32 -19 40
21 Dulwich Hamlet 40 11 6 23 56 86 19 7 2 10 26 33 21 4 4 13 30 53 -30 39
22 Hungerford Town 38 9 8 21 41 55 20 6 7 7 20 17 18 3 1 14 21 38 -14 35
23 Weymouth 40 10 5 25 48 73 21 5 3 13 18 34 19 5 2 12 30 39 -25 35
24 Concord Rangers 36 8 7 21 33 64 17 4 4 9 17 29 19 4 3 12 16 35 -31 31

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