Vanarama National League South preview: Can St Albans City edge out victory against Eastbourne Borough?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Clarence Park

This is it, this is Vanarama National League South and this is St Albans City - Eastbourne Borough. Prepare with our thorough match guide!

It's no vacation for neither Albans nor Eastbourne Borough 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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St Albans City form and stats

The story so far in the Vanarama National League South for St Albans City at their home stadium (Clarence Park) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. St Albans City are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Clarence Park, having lost their two previous games here.

It's back home for St Albans City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Havant & Waterlooville away with the result 2-1. Jeffers and McConnell found the net in that victory. Finally, a league victory after four matches without.

Prior to that, an away loss at Dulwich Hamlet.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how St Albans City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 5.

Goal fest? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 11 of the 14 most recent league games with this side has had three or more goals.

Albans has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. St Albans City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Eastbourne Borough form and stats

Playing away, Eastbourne Borough have won 8 games, drawn 2 and suffered 8 defeats in the Vanarama National League South this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Tonbridge Angels with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

A draw for Eastbourne Borough before that, at their own venue hosting Chelmsford City (2-2).

We have checked recent matches where Eastbourne have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Take note that 8 of this team's 10 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.

Eastbourne Borough has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 28 goals from 18 games. As for defending, Eastbourne rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 29 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have fought before this season: Eastbourne Borough - St Albans City 1-0. St Albans City-Eastbourne Borough H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Albans three wins, Eastbourne Borough three wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

St Albans CityS. Jeffers
S. Jeffers
23 goals
Eastbourne BoroughS. Remy
S. Remy
10 goals
St Albans CityZ. Banton
Z. Banton
7 goals

St Albans City missing players

Eastbourne Borough missing players

Total First Half Second Half
St Albans City Eastbourne Borough
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 16 3 Played P 5 18 37
16 6 2 Won W 2 8 16
7 4 0 Drew D 1 2 4
12 6 1 Lost L 2 8 17
54 21 6 Scored S 8 28 60
40 17 3 Conceded C 6 29 58
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
71% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 89% 86%
60% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 67% 68%
20% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 35%
11% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 22% 19%
57% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 61% 62%
26% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 11% 14%
26% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 27%
 
4.1 4.7 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 4.2 4.6
4.8 4.5 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.9 5.1
1.4 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.4 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.1 10.2 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 8.4 9.7
4.3 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.4 4.9
35% 29% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 35% 33%
 
8.5 7.4 8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 12 11
3.6 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 5.4 4.6

  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 37 26 6 5 88 38 19 14 2 3 55 19 18 12 4 2 33 19 50 84
2 Dartford 36 20 7 9 66 39 17 12 2 3 35 13 19 8 5 6 31 26 27 67
3 Braintree Town 36 17 11 8 54 42 18 10 8 0 29 15 18 7 3 8 25 27 12 62
4 Oxford City 37 16 13 8 63 46 19 10 6 3 44 26 18 6 7 5 19 20 17 61
5 Havant & Waterlooville 35 18 6 11 65 49 19 10 3 6 38 26 16 8 3 5 27 23 16 60
6 Worthing 37 16 12 9 68 58 18 8 5 5 37 34 19 8 7 4 31 24 10 60
7 Chelmsford City 36 17 8 11 46 34 19 11 2 6 29 15 17 6 6 5 17 19 12 59
8 Tonbridge Angels 37 17 6 14 56 55 18 7 5 6 30 28 19 10 1 8 26 27 1 57
9 St Albans City 35 16 7 12 54 40 16 6 4 6 21 17 19 10 3 6 33 23 14 55
10 Farnborough 33 15 8 10 42 32 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 9 3 5 21 16 10 53
11 Bath City 36 14 10 12 49 43 18 7 3 8 24 22 18 7 7 4 25 21 6 52
12 Eastbourne Borough 37 16 4 17 60 58 19 8 2 9 32 29 18 8 2 8 28 29 2 52
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 36 13 10 13 39 43 17 7 5 5 20 18 19 6 5 8 19 25 -4 49
14 Dover Athletic 36 11 11 14 36 47 19 7 5 7 22 23 17 4 6 7 14 24 -11 44
15 Welling United 35 10 13 12 43 51 17 4 5 8 23 28 18 6 8 4 20 23 -8 42
16 Slough Town 36 10 10 16 42 64 18 4 5 9 21 36 18 6 5 7 21 28 -22 40
17 Taunton Town 30 9 9 12 32 34 16 5 6 5 17 15 14 4 3 7 15 19 -2 36
18 Hampton & Richmond 35 9 8 18 44 59 16 4 5 7 16 24 19 5 3 11 28 35 -15 35
19 Cheshunt 35 9 8 18 42 60 18 6 3 9 24 32 17 3 5 9 18 28 -18 35
20 Dulwich Hamlet 35 10 5 20 49 73 17 6 1 10 22 30 18 4 4 10 27 43 -24 35
21 Chippenham Town 33 7 13 13 33 47 14 4 6 4 14 16 19 3 7 9 19 31 -14 34
22 Weymouth 34 9 4 21 42 62 18 4 3 11 14 27 16 5 1 10 28 35 -20 31
23 Hungerford Town 34 7 8 19 31 44 19 5 7 7 18 16 15 2 1 12 13 28 -13 29
24 Concord Rangers 31 7 7 17 30 56 16 4 4 8 16 27 15 3 3 9 14 29 -26 28

Table
  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 37 26 6 5 88 38 19 14 2 3 55 19 18 12 4 2 33 19 50 84
2 Dartford 36 20 7 9 66 39 17 12 2 3 35 13 19 8 5 6 31 26 27 67
3 Braintree Town 36 17 11 8 54 42 18 10 8 0 29 15 18 7 3 8 25 27 12 62
4 Oxford City 37 16 13 8 63 46 19 10 6 3 44 26 18 6 7 5 19 20 17 61
5 Havant & Waterlooville 35 18 6 11 65 49 19 10 3 6 38 26 16 8 3 5 27 23 16 60
6 Worthing 37 16 12 9 68 58 18 8 5 5 37 34 19 8 7 4 31 24 10 60
7 Chelmsford City 36 17 8 11 46 34 19 11 2 6 29 15 17 6 6 5 17 19 12 59
8 Tonbridge Angels 37 17 6 14 56 55 18 7 5 6 30 28 19 10 1 8 26 27 1 57
9 St Albans City 35 16 7 12 54 40 16 6 4 6 21 17 19 10 3 6 33 23 14 55
10 Farnborough 33 15 8 10 42 32 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 9 3 5 21 16 10 53
11 Bath City 36 14 10 12 49 43 18 7 3 8 24 22 18 7 7 4 25 21 6 52
12 Eastbourne Borough 37 16 4 17 60 58 19 8 2 9 32 29 18 8 2 8 28 29 2 52
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 36 13 10 13 39 43 17 7 5 5 20 18 19 6 5 8 19 25 -4 49
14 Dover Athletic 36 11 11 14 36 47 19 7 5 7 22 23 17 4 6 7 14 24 -11 44
15 Welling United 35 10 13 12 43 51 17 4 5 8 23 28 18 6 8 4 20 23 -8 42
16 Slough Town 36 10 10 16 42 64 18 4 5 9 21 36 18 6 5 7 21 28 -22 40
17 Taunton Town 30 9 9 12 32 34 16 5 6 5 17 15 14 4 3 7 15 19 -2 36
18 Hampton & Richmond 35 9 8 18 44 59 16 4 5 7 16 24 19 5 3 11 28 35 -15 35
19 Cheshunt 35 9 8 18 42 60 18 6 3 9 24 32 17 3 5 9 18 28 -18 35
20 Dulwich Hamlet 35 10 5 20 49 73 17 6 1 10 22 30 18 4 4 10 27 43 -24 35
21 Chippenham Town 33 7 13 13 33 47 14 4 6 4 14 16 19 3 7 9 19 31 -14 34
22 Weymouth 34 9 4 21 42 62 18 4 3 11 14 27 16 5 1 10 28 35 -20 31
23 Hungerford Town 34 7 8 19 31 44 19 5 7 7 18 16 15 2 1 12 13 28 -13 29
24 Concord Rangers 31 7 7 17 30 56 16 4 4 8 16 27 15 3 3 9 14 29 -26 28

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