Vanarama National League South prediction and pre-match guide: St Albans City small favourite to top Chippenham Town

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Clarence Park (4500 seats)

Home team gets the points, the away team steals the points or a point each? Everything is possible when the mid-table sides St Albans City and Chippenham Town duel at Clarence Park.

Insights:
  • St Albans City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Vanarama National League South
  • Chippenham Town have yet to win a game away.

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

St Albans City have collected 2 points from their Vanarama National League South home games so far after 0-2-2.

St Albans City lost their last game at Braintree Town (placed 8th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Farnborough.

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 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 6.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Albans as they have a new game in only three days, a Vanarama National League South match thankfully also at home. Concord Rangers are visiting.

St Albans City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Clarence Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 4 matches.

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Chippenham Town form and stats

As the visiting team in Vanarama National League South matches, Chippenham Town have produced an overall stat of 0-1-3 so far.

Two away games in a row for Chippenham Town, whose manager Horgan could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Metropolitan Police FC.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Slough Town.

We have checked recent matches where Chippenham have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 4 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Chippenham Town are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 4 away games. Chippenham struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the former ten meetings between these two contenders are: three wins for St Albans City, four draws and three wins for Chippenham Town. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

St Albans CityS. Jeffers
S. Jeffers
2 goals
Chippenham TownC. Bradbury
C. Bradbury
2 goals
Chippenham TownJ. Young
J. Young
2 goals

St Albans City missing players

Chippenham Town missing players

St Albans City Chippenham Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 1 4 10
3 0 0 Won W 0 0 4
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
3 2 1 Lost L 1 3 4
7 0 0 Scored S 1 1 7
7 2 1 Conceded C 3 7 10
78% 50% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 80%
44% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 40%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 25% 30%
22% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 40%
56% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 75% 50%
 
4 4.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 4.3
3.3 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.2 4
1.2 0.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9 9.2 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.2 7.9
3.7 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.5 2.9
21% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 10% 24%
 
7.3 7.5 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 14.8 11.2
3 2.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 7.5 5.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Chippenham Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Chippenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chippenham Town have scored at least twice as many goals away as St Albans City have scored home.
  • Chippenham Town have yet to win a game away.
  • St Albans City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • St Albans City have failed to score a single goal at home.
  • St Albans City have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • St Albans City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Vanarama National League South
  • St Albans City have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • St Albans City have yet to win a game at 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 10 9 1 0 27 9 5 5 0 0 17 3 5 4 1 0 10 6 18 28
2 Havant & Waterlooville 10 8 2 0 26 13 4 4 0 0 12 4 6 4 2 0 14 9 13 26
3 Dartford 11 7 0 4 19 12 6 4 0 2 10 7 5 3 0 2 9 5 7 21
4 Chelmsford City 10 6 3 1 14 7 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 3 2 0 5 1 7 21
5 Worthing 10 5 5 0 17 9 4 1 3 0 5 4 6 4 2 0 12 5 8 20
6 Welling United 10 5 3 2 19 13 6 2 2 2 13 10 4 3 1 0 6 3 6 18
7 Bath City 10 5 3 2 21 16 4 3 0 1 10 5 6 2 3 1 11 11 5 18
8 Braintree Town 10 5 2 3 18 13 5 3 2 0 8 3 5 2 0 3 10 10 5 17
9 Slough Town 10 5 2 3 13 15 5 3 1 1 7 5 5 2 1 2 6 10 -2 17
10 Tonbridge Angels 10 5 1 4 17 17 4 2 0 2 7 8 6 3 1 2 10 9 0 16
11 Oxford City 10 4 2 4 15 14 5 2 2 1 12 7 5 2 0 3 3 7 1 14
12 Chippenham Town 10 4 2 4 7 10 6 4 1 1 6 3 4 0 1 3 1 7 -3 14
13 Eastbourne Borough 10 4 1 5 19 18 5 2 0 3 10 10 5 2 1 2 9 8 1 13
14 Taunton Town 10 3 4 3 7 6 5 2 3 0 6 3 5 1 1 3 1 3 1 13
15 St Albans City 9 3 3 3 7 7 4 0 2 2 0 2 5 3 1 1 7 5 0 12
16 Hemel Hempstead Town 10 3 3 4 10 15 5 2 1 2 5 6 5 1 2 2 5 9 -5 12
17 Hampton & Richmond 10 3 2 5 14 15 4 1 2 1 5 5 6 2 0 4 9 10 -1 11
18 Dover Athletic 10 3 2 5 14 17 4 2 0 2 7 5 6 1 2 3 7 12 -3 11
19 Dulwich Hamlet 10 2 2 6 13 17 4 1 0 3 5 8 6 1 2 3 8 9 -4 8
20 Concord Rangers 9 2 2 5 8 17 6 1 2 3 7 11 3 1 0 2 1 6 -9 8
21 Farnborough 10 2 1 7 7 13 5 1 1 3 3 5 5 1 0 4 4 8 -6 7
22 Hungerford Town 11 1 2 8 4 13 6 1 1 4 3 5 5 0 1 4 1 8 -9 5
23 Cheshunt 10 1 0 9 12 27 6 1 0 5 7 17 4 0 0 4 5 10 -15 3
24 Weymouth 10 0 2 8 6 21 7 0 1 6 3 15 3 0 1 2 3 6 -15 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.