Vanarama National League South match prediction: Little separates Eastbourne Borough and St Albans City in quality

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Priory Lane Stadium (4134 seats)

Vanarama National League South: Two teams in fair shape get together for this fixture. St Albans City have a tiny advantage with their 7th spot in the standings?

Insights:
  • Eastbourne Borough have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Vanarama National League South
  • St Albans City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Vanarama National League South

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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Eastbourne Borough form and stats

Eastbourne Borough have collected 21 points from their Vanarama National League South home games so far after 6-3-4.

Eastbourne Borough faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ebbsfleet United (0-2).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Chippenham Town that finished 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Eastbourne Borough perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Eastbourne as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Eastbourne Borough has won seven of these, drawn three and lost six.

The Eastbourne Borough manager Bloor has got the team scoring with 29 from 13 home games in the league. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Eastbourne defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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St Albans City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League South travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Weiss, Green and Goddard scored in St Albans City's previous match, the home game against Bath City that ended 3-2.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Hemel Hempstead Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Albans in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for St Albans City, four draws and two defeats.

After this away game St Albans City return home for a Vanarama National League South game against Oxford City. That game is only three sleeps after this.

St Albans City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 12 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Albans in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the participants faced each other previously this campaign; St Albans City - Eastbourne Borough 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Eastbourne Borough wins - draws - St Albans City wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

St Albans CityS. Jeffers
S. Jeffers
22 goals
Eastbourne BoroughC. Kendall
C. Kendall
16 goals
EastbourneD. Hutchinson
D. Hutchinson
8 goals

Eastbourne Borough missing players

St Albans City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Eastbourne Borough St Albans City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 5 12 26
11 6 0 Won W 3 6 13
7 3 2 Drew D 1 3 5
10 4 2 Lost L 1 3 8
53 29 6 Scored S 8 17 43
44 22 8 Conceded C 6 16 35
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 88%
89% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 73%
68% 85% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 42% 54%
46% 69% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 42% 46%
21% 31% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 33% 31%
68% 69% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 42% 50%
21% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 50% 42%
14% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 19%
 
4.3 5.1 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.4 4.4
6.4 7.1 8.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.8 4.7
1.4 1.1 0.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.8 1.7
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 12 12 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.9 8
5.2 6.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3 4
36% 35% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 47% 42%
 
11.8 12.1 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 11.3 9.8
5.3 5.2 6.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.2 3.8
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Eastbourne Borough have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Eastbourne Borough have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Vanarama National League South
  • Eastbourne Borough haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • St Albans City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Vanarama National League South
  • St Albans City have won significantly less corners away then 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 Dorking Wanderers 28 19 3 6 68 36 14 12 0 2 38 15 14 7 3 4 30 21 32 60
2 Maidstone United 27 16 6 5 50 25 13 9 1 3 26 12 14 7 5 2 24 13 25 54
3 Oxford City 28 14 8 6 50 31 15 7 4 4 29 21 13 7 4 2 21 10 19 50
4 Dartford 27 14 8 5 46 27 13 7 6 0 22 10 14 7 2 5 24 17 19 50
5 Ebbsfleet United 27 15 2 10 55 40 14 10 1 3 34 10 13 5 1 7 21 30 15 47
6 Dulwich Hamlet 28 12 8 8 52 40 15 6 4 5 25 20 13 6 4 3 27 20 12 44
7 St Albans City 26 13 5 8 43 35 14 7 2 5 26 19 12 6 3 3 17 16 8 44
8 Hungerford Town 27 13 3 11 46 39 14 7 2 5 22 19 13 6 1 6 24 20 7 42
9 Eastbourne Borough 28 11 7 10 53 44 13 6 3 4 29 22 15 5 4 6 24 22 9 40
10 Chippenham Town 29 10 10 9 45 36 15 6 3 6 28 24 14 4 7 3 17 12 9 40
11 Hemel Hempstead Town 29 11 6 12 37 51 15 4 4 7 19 33 14 7 2 5 18 18 -14 39
12 Slough Town 28 9 8 11 39 46 15 6 5 4 24 20 13 3 3 7 15 26 -7 35
13 Havant & Waterlooville 27 9 7 11 36 43 13 3 4 6 19 19 14 6 3 5 17 24 -7 34
14 Chelmsford City 27 7 10 10 32 34 14 3 6 5 13 14 13 4 4 5 19 20 -2 31
15 Hampton & Richmond 27 8 6 13 41 44 12 4 2 6 19 18 15 4 4 7 22 26 -3 30
16 Concord Rangers 27 8 6 13 35 51 12 6 2 4 15 20 15 2 4 9 20 31 -16 30
17 Tonbridge Angels 26 7 7 12 29 36 14 3 5 6 16 18 12 4 2 6 13 18 -7 28
18 Braintree Town 27 6 10 11 28 42 13 3 6 4 14 18 14 3 4 7 14 24 -14 28
19 Bath City 28 9 1 18 31 54 13 5 1 7 14 19 15 4 0 11 17 35 -23 28
20 Welling United 28 7 4 17 28 63 14 5 1 8 15 27 14 2 3 9 13 36 -35 25
21 Billericay Town 27 4 7 16 22 49 13 2 4 7 14 27 14 2 3 9 8 22 -27 19

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 Dorking Wanderers 28 19 3 6 68 36 14 12 0 2 38 15 14 7 3 4 30 21 32 60
2 Maidstone United 27 16 6 5 50 25 13 9 1 3 26 12 14 7 5 2 24 13 25 54
3 Oxford City 28 14 8 6 50 31 15 7 4 4 29 21 13 7 4 2 21 10 19 50
4 Dartford 27 14 8 5 46 27 13 7 6 0 22 10 14 7 2 5 24 17 19 50
5 Ebbsfleet United 27 15 2 10 55 40 14 10 1 3 34 10 13 5 1 7 21 30 15 47
6 Dulwich Hamlet 28 12 8 8 52 40 15 6 4 5 25 20 13 6 4 3 27 20 12 44
7 St Albans City 26 13 5 8 43 35 14 7 2 5 26 19 12 6 3 3 17 16 8 44
8 Hungerford Town 27 13 3 11 46 39 14 7 2 5 22 19 13 6 1 6 24 20 7 42
9 Eastbourne Borough 28 11 7 10 53 44 13 6 3 4 29 22 15 5 4 6 24 22 9 40
10 Chippenham Town 29 10 10 9 45 36 15 6 3 6 28 24 14 4 7 3 17 12 9 40
11 Hemel Hempstead Town 29 11 6 12 37 51 15 4 4 7 19 33 14 7 2 5 18 18 -14 39
12 Slough Town 28 9 8 11 39 46 15 6 5 4 24 20 13 3 3 7 15 26 -7 35
13 Havant & Waterlooville 27 9 7 11 36 43 13 3 4 6 19 19 14 6 3 5 17 24 -7 34
14 Chelmsford City 27 7 10 10 32 34 14 3 6 5 13 14 13 4 4 5 19 20 -2 31
15 Hampton & Richmond 27 8 6 13 41 44 12 4 2 6 19 18 15 4 4 7 22 26 -3 30
16 Concord Rangers 27 8 6 13 35 51 12 6 2 4 15 20 15 2 4 9 20 31 -16 30
17 Tonbridge Angels 26 7 7 12 29 36 14 3 5 6 16 18 12 4 2 6 13 18 -7 28
18 Braintree Town 27 6 10 11 28 42 13 3 6 4 14 18 14 3 4 7 14 24 -14 28
19 Bath City 28 9 1 18 31 54 13 5 1 7 14 19 15 4 0 11 17 35 -23 28
20 Welling United 28 7 4 17 28 63 14 5 1 8 15 27 14 2 3 9 13 36 -35 25
21 Billericay Town 27 4 7 16 22 49 13 2 4 7 14 27 14 2 3 9 8 22 -27 19

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