It's early days in the Vanarama National League South and both St Albans City and Braintree Town are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Vanarama National League South.
St Albans City form and stats
As mentioned below, St Albans City are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Vanarama National League South games.
The Albans supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Chippenham Town in Vanarama National League South and win 3-0. Heartbreak before that as Albans lost 0-2 at Bishop's Stortford's place.
Goals decide football matches and Albans are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. Albans 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 3 matches.
Braintree Town form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Vanarama National League South ended in defeat. Last season Braintree Town had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 5, drew 1 and lost 11. With the Braintree Town losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Braintree's previous game was their home loss versus Hungerford Town (1-2). A 3-4 loss hosting Hemel Hempstead Town before that.
Braintree has another fixture away, a Vanarama National League South game, against Eastbourne Borough in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
0 goals so far away for Braintree Town, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Albans won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Braintree Town has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fiveSt Albans City missing players
Braintree Town missing players
| St Albans City | Braintree Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 80% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 80% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | 38 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 5 | 42 |
| 28 | 22 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 29% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
- Braintree Town has the fewest scored goals (0) away in Vanarama National League South
- Braintree Town has the the worst goal difference (-10) in Vanarama National League South
- Braintree Town is in the worst form (0-0-5)
| St Albans City | Last season | Braintree Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 35 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 11 | 20 | ||
| 41 | 17 | Scored | S | 23 | 44 | ||
| 54 | 27 | Conceded | C | 39 | 67 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 74% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 77% | ||
| 57% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 76% | 63% | ||
| 26% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 37% | ||
| 14% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 26% | ||
| 63% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 46% | ||
| 23% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 17% | ||
| 20% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 332 | 167 | Total Shots | T S | 157 | 322 | ||
| 118 | 60 | Shots on Target | S O | 67 | 144 | ||
| 32% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hungerford Town | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Maidstone United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | Dartford | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Dorking Wanderers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | St Albans City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Ebbsfleet United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Eastbourne Borough | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Chelmsford City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Oxford City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Slough Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Chippenham Town | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 13 | Havant & Waterlooville | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Hampton & Richmond | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Concord Rangers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Billericay Town | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Bath City | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Tonbridge Angels | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 19 | Dulwich Hamlet | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 2 |
| 20 | Welling United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 1 |
| 21 | Braintree Town | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 0 |