Football preview: Ebbsfleet United favourites when St Albans City arrive

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Tue 25.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Fuling Stadium

A highly important game in Vanarama National League South as both contenders are struggling for the top spots. With Ebbsfleet United in 1st place and St Albans City placed 8th, this has all the looks of an exciting battle. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Ebbsfleet United have the most scored goals (33) in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have scored more than double the goals of St Albans City.

It's no vacation for neither Ebbsfleet United nor St Albans City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Ebbsfleet United form and stats

Ebbsfleet United have been very solid at home in the Vanarama National League South so far, with 19 points collected from 7 matches (6-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.

The spoils were shared in Ebbsfleet's previous game, also at home. Visiting Welling United (placed 9th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.

A victory at home before that, as expected. The team were big favourites against Sevenoaks Town and won 2-0.

Lots of goals and action? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league games with this club has contained three or more goals.

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

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Ebbsfleet United is on fire here. A stunning 23 from 7 league matches. Ebbsfleet are not conceding a lot of goals here at Fuling Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.

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St Albans City form and stats

St Albans City have an excellent away record in the Vanarama National League South so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.

St Albans City's last game was the home draw against Dartford (1-1).

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Welling United.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dulwich Hamlet in just four days.

St Albans City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. Albans are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Ebbsfleet United victories, zero draws and two St Albans City wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ebbsfleet UnitedD. Poleon
D. Poleon
10 goals
St Albans CityS. Jeffers
S. Jeffers
6 goals
EbbsfleetG. Cundle
G. Cundle
5 goals

Ebbsfleet United missing players

St Albans City missing players

Ebbsfleet United St Albans City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 7 2 Played P 2 6 13
10 6 2 Won W 0 4 5
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 5
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 3
33 23 7 Scored S 1 10 13
10 4 1 Conceded C 2 5 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 85%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 54%
75% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 31%
50% 57% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
58% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 46%
42% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 31%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 17% 38%
 
4.5 4.6 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.3 4.2
2.5 2.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4 4
1.5 1.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.5 16.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.3 9.3
6.7 8 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.6
41% 41% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 43% 28%
 
6.6 5.4 3.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 7.5 6.6
2.5 2.1 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.3 2.5
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • All of Ebbsfleet United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ebbsfleet United have not yet lost a game.
  • Ebbsfleet United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ebbsfleet United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ebbsfleet United have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Ebbsfleet United have scored more than double the goals of St Albans City.
  • Ebbsfleet United have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have the most points (19) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have the most scored goals (23) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have the most scored goals (33) in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have the the best goal difference (+23) in Vanarama National League South
  • Ebbsfleet United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Ebbsfleet United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St Albans City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St Albans City have won significantly less corners away then at 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 12 10 2 0 33 10 7 6 1 0 23 4 5 4 1 0 10 6 23 32
2 Havant & Waterlooville 12 9 2 1 28 14 6 5 0 1 14 5 6 4 2 0 14 9 14 29
3 Dartford 14 9 1 4 24 14 7 5 0 2 12 7 7 4 1 2 12 7 10 28
4 Chelmsford City 12 8 3 1 18 8 7 5 1 1 13 7 5 3 2 0 5 1 10 27
5 Bath City 13 7 3 3 26 19 6 4 0 2 13 8 7 3 3 1 13 11 7 24
6 Braintree Town 13 7 2 4 23 18 6 4 2 0 10 4 7 3 0 4 13 14 5 23
7 Worthing 13 5 6 2 20 14 6 1 4 1 7 7 7 4 2 1 13 7 6 21
8 St Albans City 13 5 5 3 13 9 7 1 4 2 3 4 6 4 1 1 10 5 4 20
9 Welling United 13 5 5 3 21 18 7 2 2 3 13 13 6 3 3 0 8 5 3 20
10 Tonbridge Angels 13 6 2 5 21 21 6 3 1 2 11 10 7 3 1 3 10 11 0 20
11 Dover Athletic 13 5 3 5 21 19 7 4 1 2 14 7 6 1 2 3 7 12 2 18
12 Oxford City 12 5 3 4 18 16 5 2 2 1 12 7 7 3 1 3 6 9 2 18
13 Slough Town 13 5 2 6 15 23 7 3 1 3 9 10 6 2 1 3 6 13 -8 17
14 Eastbourne Borough 12 5 1 6 25 21 7 3 0 4 16 13 5 2 1 2 9 8 4 16
15 Hampton & Richmond 12 4 3 5 18 16 6 2 3 1 9 6 6 2 0 4 9 10 2 15
16 Hemel Hempstead Town 13 4 3 6 13 18 6 2 1 3 5 7 7 2 2 3 8 11 -5 15
17 Chippenham Town 12 4 3 5 8 13 6 4 1 1 6 3 6 0 2 4 2 10 -5 15
18 Taunton Town 12 3 5 4 8 12 5 2 3 0 6 3 7 1 2 4 2 9 -4 14
19 Dulwich Hamlet 12 3 2 7 16 20 6 2 0 4 8 11 6 1 2 3 8 9 -4 11
20 Farnborough 12 3 2 7 10 15 5 1 1 3 3 5 7 2 1 4 7 10 -5 11
21 Hungerford Town 13 2 2 9 8 17 6 1 1 4 3 5 7 1 1 5 5 12 -9 8
22 Concord Rangers 13 2 2 9 8 25 7 1 2 4 7 13 6 1 0 5 1 12 -17 8
23 Cheshunt 13 2 0 11 13 30 6 1 0 5 7 17 7 1 0 6 6 13 -17 6
24 Weymouth 12 1 2 9 10 28 7 0 1 6 3 15 5 1 1 3 7 13 -18 5

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.