Open game expected at Clarence Park: St Albans City vs Dartford preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 09.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Clarence Park (4500 seats)

St Albans City have won 6 of their 10 in total here at their home ground. How will they do against Dartford?

Insights:
  • St Albans City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Dartford have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Vanarama National League South

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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St Albans City form and stats

St Albans City have played 4 Vanarama National League South games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 228 minutes.

A nice win for St Albans City last time playing, versus Dover Athletic. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0. At last, a league win after four games without.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Welling United that finished 0-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how St Albans City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 2.

At Clarence Park, St Albans City has the goal stats of 4-4 (for/against) from 4 league fixtures.

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Dartford form and stats

Things could have gone better for Dartford in their Vanarama National League South away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.

Dartford have a lot to prove after their surprise defeat (1-2) to Slough Town in their previous outing, played in front of their own supporters.

Prior to that match, the Dartford manager Dowson faced defeat when travelling to Taunton Town and losing 0-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dartford playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 Dartford wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Dartford are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 3 away games. It's not easy to score on Dartford as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Dartford have won or drawn the last 5 games (3-2-0) versus St Albans City.

Top Goalscorers

St Albans CityM. Weiss
M. Weiss
3 goals
AlbansG. Rasulo
G. Rasulo
3 goals
St Albans CityD. Fage
D. Fage
2 goals

St Albans City missing players

Dartford missing players

St Albans City Dartford
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 0 3 8
3 2 2 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 3
4 2 0 Lost L 0 2 3
9 4 4 Scored S 0 1 9
10 4 1 Conceded C 0 2 9
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 62%
50% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
50% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
25% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 25%
38% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 25%
 
4.5 5.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.7 5.9
5.5 5.5 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.3 4.9
2 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9 9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.3 9.9
4.4 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.3 4.5
26% 24% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 8% 25%
 
9.5 7 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.3 9.8
4.1 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 3.6
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Dartford have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Vanarama National League South
  • Dartford have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dartford haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St Albans City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dartford have scored away.
  • St Albans City haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Aveley 8 6 0 2 14 5 5 4 0 1 11 3 3 2 0 1 3 2 9 18
2 Worthing 8 6 0 2 15 7 4 3 0 1 6 2 4 3 0 1 9 5 8 18
3 Bath City 8 5 2 1 18 12 4 3 0 1 10 7 4 2 2 0 8 5 6 17
4 Torquay United 8 5 1 2 13 10 4 3 0 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 16
5 Chelmsford City 8 4 3 1 11 6 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 0 6 2 5 15
6 Taunton Town 8 4 3 1 13 12 4 4 0 0 7 3 4 0 3 1 6 9 1 15
7 Yeovil Town 8 4 2 2 14 11 5 3 2 0 8 4 3 1 0 2 6 7 3 14
8 Chippenham Town 8 3 3 2 13 11 4 2 1 1 7 6 4 1 2 1 6 5 2 12
9 Hemel Hempstead Town 8 3 3 2 8 7 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 12
10 Maidstone United 8 3 3 2 10 11 3 1 1 1 3 3 5 2 2 1 7 8 -1 12
11 Truro City 8 3 2 3 14 11 4 2 1 1 10 6 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 11
12 Farnborough 8 3 2 3 11 11 4 3 1 0 9 3 4 0 1 3 2 8 0 11
13 Tonbridge Angels 8 3 1 4 8 8 4 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 0 2 7 6 0 10
14 St Albans City 8 3 1 4 9 10 4 2 0 2 4 4 4 1 1 2 5 6 -1 10
15 Weston-super-Mare 8 3 1 4 12 14 4 1 1 2 4 7 4 2 0 2 8 7 -2 10
16 Eastbourne Borough 8 3 1 4 7 9 4 2 0 2 4 4 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2 10
17 Braintree Town 8 2 3 3 11 9 4 2 1 1 8 4 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 9
18 Dartford 8 2 3 3 9 9 5 1 3 1 8 7 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 9
19 Hampton & Richmond 8 2 2 4 7 13 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 1 2 4 6 13 -6 8
20 Welling United 8 2 1 5 7 13 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 1 0 3 3 8 -6 7
21 Weymouth 8 2 1 5 7 13 4 1 1 2 4 7 4 1 0 3 3 6 -6 7
22 Slough Town 8 2 0 6 12 18 4 0 0 4 5 13 4 2 0 2 7 5 -6 6
23 Dover Athletic 8 1 3 4 6 12 4 0 3 1 4 6 4 1 0 3 2 6 -6 6
24 Havant & Waterlooville 8 1 1 6 11 18 4 1 0 3 8 11 4 0 1 3 3 7 -7 4

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.