Vanarama National League South match preview and statistics: St Albans City fight Dartford

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Clarence Park (4500 seats)

Struggling St Albans City will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Dartford in the upcoming league round. It’s 21st vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

St Albans City and Dartford should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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St Albans City form and stats

With 3 Vanarama National League South wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, St Albans City are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The fans are hoping that St Albans City will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Vanarama National League South game against Chippenham Town (placed 14th). In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Havant & Waterlooville.

St Albans City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 16 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the St Albans City defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Dartford form and stats

As the visiting team in Vanarama National League South matches, Dartford have produced an overall stat of 7-2-6 so far.

Dartford's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Wealdstone that finished 0-0. Before that, Dartford secured a home win against Eastbourne Borough with the score 2-1.

Dartford are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 25 times in 15 away games so far. Dartford have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Dartford - St Albans City 1-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): St Albans City five wins, one draw and Dartford four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Dartford
D. McQueen
15 goals
St Albans City
J. Iaciofano
14 goals
Dartford
E. Romain
10 goals

St Albans City missing players

Dartford missing players

St Albans City Dartford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 15 32
8 3 0 Won W 2 7 14
10 6 1 Drew D 2 2 8
15 7 4 Lost L 1 6 10
39 16 5 Scored S 9 25 55
52 25 12 Conceded C 6 25 45
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
76% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 84%
58% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 67% 62%
27% 31% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 47% 38%
15% 12% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 27% 22%
64% 62% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 53% 59%
21% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 27% 28%
21% 25% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 16%
 
4.4 4.9 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.4 5
4.9 4.5 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 5.5 4.8
1.7 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
311 163 46 Total Shots T S 70 162 349
113 59 18 Shots on Target S O 31 70 146
32% 27% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 33% 34%
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Dartford has the most scored goals in the first half (32)
  • Dartford have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dartford 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 Wealdstone 31 21 3 7 66 33 16 14 0 2 37 11 15 7 3 5 29 22 33 66
2 Slough Town 33 17 9 7 51 34 16 9 5 2 22 12 17 8 4 5 29 22 17 60
3 Weymouth 33 16 11 6 58 35 17 10 4 3 34 17 16 6 7 3 24 18 23 59
4 Bath City 33 17 8 8 49 37 16 10 4 2 28 15 17 7 4 6 21 22 12 59
5 Havant & Waterlooville 31 16 10 5 59 36 16 7 4 5 26 20 15 9 6 0 33 16 23 58
6 Dartford 32 14 8 10 55 45 17 7 6 4 30 20 15 7 2 6 25 25 10 50
7 Dorking Wanderers 33 14 8 11 57 53 17 9 4 4 31 20 16 5 4 7 26 33 4 50
8 Hampton & Richmond 31 14 4 13 50 47 16 6 3 7 27 24 15 8 1 6 23 23 3 46
9 Chelmsford City 32 11 10 11 54 52 16 7 7 2 35 24 16 4 3 9 19 28 2 43
10 Maidstone United 31 11 9 11 45 40 16 6 6 4 26 18 15 5 3 7 19 22 5 42
11 Hemel Hempstead Town 32 11 8 13 34 41 16 7 3 6 18 17 16 4 5 7 16 24 -7 41
12 Oxford City 32 11 8 13 45 56 16 6 3 7 23 34 16 5 5 6 22 22 -11 41
13 Welling United 32 11 6 15 35 43 16 7 2 7 23 22 16 4 4 8 12 21 -8 39
14 Chippenham Town 33 9 11 13 35 43 17 7 5 5 21 23 16 2 6 8 14 20 -8 38
15 Concord Rangers 30 10 5 15 40 44 16 6 3 7 25 20 14 4 2 8 15 24 -4 35
16 Tonbridge Angels 30 9 8 13 43 51 13 6 3 4 26 23 17 3 5 9 17 28 -8 35
17 Eastbourne Borough 32 7 14 11 35 54 16 5 6 5 23 27 16 2 8 6 12 27 -19 35
18 Braintree Town 33 10 5 18 43 64 17 5 4 8 21 27 16 5 1 10 22 37 -21 35
19 Dulwich Hamlet 33 8 10 15 48 47 17 4 4 9 27 28 16 4 6 6 21 19 1 34
20 Billericay Town 29 7 13 9 44 51 12 5 7 0 23 15 17 2 6 9 21 36 -7 34
21 St Albans City 33 8 10 15 39 52 16 3 6 7 16 25 17 5 4 8 23 27 -13 34
22 Hungerford Town 31 7 4 20 36 63 15 4 2 9 14 23 16 3 2 11 22 40 -27 25

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.