St Albans City favourites for feisty fight facing Bath City

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Clarence Park (4500 seats)

A good game and three points is the only event that will do for the St Albans City supporters in this Clarence Park battle with Bath City, as they enjoy a healthy lead on their opponents in the Vanarama National League South standings.

Insights:
  • St Albans City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Vanarama National League South
  • Bath City have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Vanarama National League South

There have been little to rest for the team playing at home, as they played a Vanarama National League South match only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Hemel Hempstead Town.

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St Albans City form and stats

6-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League South numbers at home for St Albans City so far this season.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Michael Johnson not having conceded a league goal in 205 minutes.

Albans are returning here after visiting Hemel Hempstead Town and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Jeffers (2) scored the goal(s).

0-0 away at Dulwich Hamlet before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does St Albans City handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, three draws and five defeats.

The St Albans City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 17 goals have been conceded. 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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Bath City form and stats

Bath City have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League South, after 4-0-10 (14 played). A depressing five defeats in a row for Bath City in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Chippenham Town.

Bath aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 186 league minutes without a goal. Frear was the last player to find the net.

Bath City play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Dartford (placed 3rd).

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Dorking Wanderers.

Bath City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and four defeats. From a total of five matches.

Bath have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bath City have conceded 32 goals in these games. Bath has visited these top teams six times, and 5 of 6 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The most up to date logged history between these squads is the Bath City - St Albans City 0-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Albans four wins, zero draws and Bath City six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

St Albans CityS. Jeffers
S. Jeffers
22 goals
Bath CityC. Cooke
C. Cooke
11 goals
Bath CityA. Fletcher
A. Fletcher
8 goals

St Albans City missing players

Bath City missing players

St Albans City Bath City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 4 Played P 6 14 27
12 6 3 Won W 0 4 9
5 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
8 5 1 Lost L 6 10 17
40 23 12 Scored S 3 15 29
33 17 2 Conceded C 19 32 51
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
72% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 85%
52% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 71% 67%
44% 46% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 33%
28% 23% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 21% 11%
48% 54% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 48%
44% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 15%
20% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 41%
 
4.4 5.2 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.5 5.7
4.5 4.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6.7 5.9
1.7 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
7.9 8.8 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.4 9.5
3.8 4.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 3.6
42% 39% 63% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 32% 30%
 
9.4 7.7 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17.2 14.5 11.7
3.7 3.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.8 6.3 5.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Bath City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Bath City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bath City have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Vanarama National League South
  • Bath City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • St Albans City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • St Albans City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Vanarama National League South

  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 27 18 3 6 67 36 13 11 0 2 37 15 14 7 3 4 30 21 31 57
2 Maidstone United 26 16 6 4 50 24 13 9 1 3 26 12 13 7 5 1 24 12 26 54
3 Dartford 27 14 8 5 46 27 13 7 6 0 22 10 14 7 2 5 24 17 19 50
4 Oxford City 27 13 8 6 48 30 15 7 4 4 29 21 12 6 4 2 19 9 18 47
5 Ebbsfleet United 26 14 2 10 53 40 13 9 1 3 32 10 13 5 1 7 21 30 13 44
6 Dulwich Hamlet 27 11 8 8 51 40 14 5 4 5 24 20 13 6 4 3 27 20 11 41
7 St Albans City 25 12 5 8 40 33 13 6 2 5 23 17 12 6 3 3 17 16 7 41
8 Eastbourne Borough 27 11 7 9 53 42 13 6 3 4 29 22 14 5 4 5 24 20 11 40
9 Chippenham Town 28 10 9 9 44 35 14 6 2 6 27 23 14 4 7 3 17 12 9 39
10 Hungerford Town 26 12 3 11 45 39 13 6 2 5 21 19 13 6 1 6 24 20 6 39
11 Hemel Hempstead Town 28 10 6 12 35 50 15 4 4 7 19 33 13 6 2 5 16 17 -15 36
12 Slough Town 26 9 7 10 38 44 14 6 4 4 23 19 12 3 3 6 15 25 -6 34
13 Havant & Waterlooville 26 9 6 11 35 42 13 3 4 6 19 19 13 6 2 5 16 23 -7 33
14 Chelmsford City 26 7 10 9 31 32 13 3 6 4 12 12 13 4 4 5 19 20 -1 31
15 Concord Rangers 26 8 6 12 35 50 12 6 2 4 15 20 14 2 4 8 20 30 -15 30
16 Hampton & Richmond 26 8 5 13 40 43 12 4 2 6 19 18 14 4 3 7 21 25 -3 29
17 Bath City 27 9 1 17 29 51 13 5 1 7 14 19 14 4 0 10 15 32 -22 28
18 Tonbridge Angels 25 6 7 12 27 36 13 2 5 6 14 18 12 4 2 6 13 18 -9 25
19 Braintree Town 25 5 10 10 27 41 12 2 6 4 13 18 13 3 4 6 14 23 -14 25
20 Welling United 27 7 4 16 27 61 13 5 1 7 14 25 14 2 3 9 13 36 -34 25
21 Billericay Town 26 4 7 15 22 47 13 2 4 7 14 27 13 2 3 8 8 20 -25 19

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.