Vanarama National League South duel: Close contest expected between St Albans City and Dartford

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 22.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Clarence Park (4500 seats)

Top-notch Dartford come to St Albans City after their 2-0-result against Tonbridge Angels. Check out our thorough match preview!

Insights:
  • St Albans City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dartford is in the best form (6-0-0) in Vanarama National League South

This looks to be an absorbing game with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well refreshed since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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St Albans City form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Vanarama National League South this season. St Albans City have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses from their games here at Clarence Park.

The St Albans City goalkeeper Michael Johnson is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Vanarama National League South.

A strong away win for St Albans City against Welling United the last match, as Jeffers (2) and Banton were on target.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Concord Rangers.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Albans as they are travelling to their away game against Ebbsfleet United in the Vanarama National League South. That match is three days after this one.

The lack of attacking qualities in St Albans City means that they have only scored {2 goals} in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Albans have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dartford form and stats

Dartford's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Dartford collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Vanarama National League South. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus St Albans City.

The fans enjoyed Dartford's previous fixture versus Tonbridge Angels (placed 11th), a 2-0 win played at home.

Prior to that result Dartford won their away game at Dulwich Hamlet. The scoreline was 2-1.

Observe that 9 of this team's 12 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.

Dartford have another match that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Vanarama National League South fixture against Slough Town. A difficult programme for the visitors!

The travelling fans enjoy Dartford's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Albans wins - draws - Dartford wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DartfordS. Carruthers
S. Carruthers
6 goals
St Albans CityS. Jeffers
S. Jeffers
5 goals
DartfordP. Fonkeu
P. Fonkeu
5 goals

St Albans City missing players

Dartford missing players

St Albans City Dartford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 3 6 13
5 1 0 Won W 2 4 9
4 3 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 2 1 Lost L 1 2 4
12 2 0 Scored S 6 11 23
8 3 1 Conceded C 3 6 13
83% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 17% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 69%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 8%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
42% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 69%
33% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 31%
42% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.2 5.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 3.8
3.8 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 4.9
1.4 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.5 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 10 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 9 9
3.8 3.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.7 4.8
27% 9% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 39% 37%
 
7 6.5 12 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 8.5 8.8
2.7 2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4 3.5
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • All of Dartford's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dartford have scored at least twice as many goals away as St Albans City have scored home.
  • Dartford have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Dartford haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dartford is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 (2) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • St Albans City have won significantly more corners at home than 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 11 10 1 0 32 9 6 6 0 0 22 3 5 4 1 0 10 6 23 31
2 Havant & Waterlooville 11 9 2 0 28 13 5 5 0 0 14 4 6 4 2 0 14 9 15 29
3 Dartford 13 9 0 4 23 13 7 5 0 2 12 7 6 4 0 2 11 6 10 27
4 Chelmsford City 11 7 3 1 16 7 6 4 1 1 11 6 5 3 2 0 5 1 9 24
5 Bath City 12 6 3 3 25 19 5 3 0 2 12 8 7 3 3 1 13 11 6 21
6 Worthing 12 5 5 2 19 13 5 1 3 1 6 6 7 4 2 1 13 7 6 20
7 Braintree Town 12 6 2 4 21 17 6 4 2 0 10 4 6 2 0 4 11 13 4 20
8 Welling United 12 5 4 3 20 16 7 2 2 3 13 12 5 3 2 0 7 4 4 19
9 St Albans City 12 5 4 3 11 8 6 1 3 2 2 3 6 4 1 1 9 5 3 19
10 Dover Athletic 12 5 2 5 20 18 6 4 0 2 13 6 6 1 2 3 7 12 2 17
11 Tonbridge Angels 12 5 2 5 19 21 5 2 1 2 9 10 7 3 1 3 10 11 -2 17
12 Slough Town 12 5 2 5 13 20 6 3 1 2 7 7 6 2 1 3 6 13 -7 17
13 Eastbourne Borough 11 5 1 5 24 19 6 3 0 3 15 11 5 2 1 2 9 8 5 16
14 Oxford City 11 4 3 4 17 16 5 2 2 1 12 7 6 2 1 3 5 9 1 15
15 Chippenham Town 11 4 3 4 8 11 6 4 1 1 6 3 5 0 2 3 2 8 -3 15
16 Hemel Hempstead Town 12 4 3 5 12 16 6 2 1 3 5 7 6 2 2 2 7 9 -4 15
17 Taunton Town 11 3 4 4 7 11 5 2 3 0 6 3 6 1 1 4 1 8 -4 13
18 Hampton & Richmond 11 3 3 5 15 16 5 1 3 1 6 6 6 2 0 4 9 10 -1 12
19 Farnborough 11 3 1 7 9 14 5 1 1 3 3 5 6 2 0 4 6 9 -5 10
20 Dulwich Hamlet 11 2 2 7 14 19 5 1 0 4 6 10 6 1 2 3 8 9 -5 8
21 Hungerford Town 12 2 2 8 7 15 6 1 1 4 3 5 6 1 1 4 4 10 -8 8
22 Concord Rangers 12 2 2 8 8 22 7 1 2 4 7 13 5 1 0 4 1 9 -14 8
23 Cheshunt 12 2 0 10 13 29 6 1 0 5 7 17 6 1 0 5 6 12 -16 6
24 Weymouth 11 0 2 9 7 26 7 0 1 6 3 15 4 0 1 3 4 11 -19 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.