Can St Albans City beat Eastbourne Borough in Clarence Park clash?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Date: Sat 12.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Clarence Park (4500 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Vanarama National League South, St Albans City holding 19th place and Eastbourne Borough lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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St Albans City form and stats

St Albans City's struggle is real here at Clarence Park with only 5 points collected from 6 Vanarama National League South games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3. St Albans City are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Clarence Park, having lost their two previous games here.

In their previous game, the manager I. Allinson led his St Albans City to a defeat in the FA Cup match away at Weymouth. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Clarence Park. A Vanarama National League South defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Maidstone United.

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 four matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 0 Lost 0.

St Albans City has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for St Albans City with 12 goals conceded in these matches.

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Eastbourne Borough form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Eastbourne Borough, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in Vanarama National League South, so far with only 4 Vanarama National League South points returning home. The records show 0-4-2 (win-draw-lose). It's three draws from Eastbourne Borough's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Eastbourne Borough, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Dulwich Hamlet (placed 13th). The game before that, in the Vanarama National League South, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Chelmsford City.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Eastbourne Borough in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Eastbourne Borough, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Eastbourne Borough's away league games. Only 2 goals from 6 travels. 8 goals have been conceded by Eastbourne Borough in these games.

Head 2 Head

St Albans City-Eastbourne Borough H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: St Albans City 4 wins, Eastbourne Borough 3 wins, 3 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

J. Iaciofano
6 goals
E. Romain
4 goals
G. Luer
3 goals

St Albans City missing players

Eastbourne Borough missing players

St Albans City Eastbourne Borough
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 0 6 12
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
4 2 1 Drew D 0 4 5
6 3 0 Lost L 0 2 5
13 6 0 Scored S 0 2 9
24 12 0 Conceded C 0 8 19
92% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
92% 83% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 67%
67% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 42%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 33%
25% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
75% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 25%
8% 17% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 33%
25% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 83% 67%
 
4.8 4.5 2 Corners For (avg) C F 0 5.8 5.9
3.7 2.7 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 5.7 5.8
2 2.2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • Eastbourne Borough have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Eastbourne Borough have yet to win a game away.
  • St Albans City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Eastbourne Borough have scored away.

St Albans City
All Fa Trophy Club Friendlies Vanarama National League South FA Cup
All Home Away
14-09-19 Va St Albans City 1 - 4 Weymouth
21-09-19 FAC St Albans City 2 - 2 Worthing
24-09-19 FAC Worthing 1 - 3 St Albans City
28-09-19 Va Maidstone United 4 - 0 St Albans City
05-10-19 FAC Weymouth 4 - 1 St Albans City
12-10-19 Va St Albans City 14:00 Eastbourne Borough
19-10-19 Va St Albans City 14:00 Bath City
26-10-19 Va Welling United 14:00 St Albans City
02-11-19 Va St Albans City 15:00 Havant & Waterlooville
09-11-19 Va Oxford City 15:00 St Albans City
Eastbourne Borough
All Fa Trophy Club Friendlies Vanarama National League South FA Cup
All Home Away
07-09-19 Va Eastbourne Borough 0 - 2 Slough Town
14-09-19 Va Bath City 2 - 2 Eastbourne Borough
21-09-19 FAC Tonbridge Angels 1 - 2 Eastbourne Borough
28-09-19 Va Eastbourne Borough 0 - 4 Chelmsford City
05-10-19 FAC Dulwich Hamlet 3 - 0 Eastbourne Borough
12-10-19 Va St Albans City 14:00 Eastbourne Borough
19-10-19 Va Eastbourne Borough 14:00 Weymouth
26-10-19 Va Hemel Hempstead Town 14:00 Eastbourne Borough
02-11-19 Va Eastbourne Borough 15:00 Dartford
09-11-19 Va Wealdstone 15:00 Eastbourne Borough

  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 12 10 0 2 28 14 6 5 0 1 12 7 6 5 0 1 16 7 14 30
2 Hemel Hempstead Town 12 8 1 3 20 13 6 5 0 1 12 5 6 3 1 2 8 8 7 25
3 Havant & Waterlooville 12 6 5 1 28 13 6 2 3 1 11 5 6 4 2 0 17 8 15 23
4 Weymouth 12 6 4 2 23 12 6 4 1 1 15 7 6 2 3 1 8 5 11 22
5 Braintree Town 12 7 1 4 24 18 6 4 0 2 13 10 6 3 1 2 11 8 6 22
6 Slough Town 12 6 3 3 20 14 6 3 2 1 10 6 6 3 1 2 10 8 6 21
7 Dorking Wanderers 12 6 3 3 20 19 6 4 1 1 10 4 6 2 2 2 10 15 1 21
8 Billericay Town 12 5 5 2 19 17 6 4 2 0 12 6 6 1 3 2 7 11 2 20
9 Maidstone United 12 5 3 4 19 13 6 2 3 1 12 6 6 3 0 3 7 7 6 18
10 Concord Rangers 12 5 2 5 18 17 6 3 1 2 9 7 6 2 1 3 9 10 1 17
11 Bath City 12 4 4 4 18 13 6 3 2 1 10 5 6 1 2 3 8 8 5 16
12 Chelmsford City 12 4 4 4 21 18 6 3 3 0 14 6 6 1 1 4 7 12 3 16
13 Dulwich Hamlet 12 4 3 5 17 16 6 2 1 3 9 10 6 2 2 2 8 6 1 15
14 Welling United 12 4 3 5 14 17 6 3 1 2 9 8 6 1 2 3 5 9 -3 15
15 Chippenham Town 12 3 5 4 13 13 6 3 2 1 9 6 6 0 3 3 4 7 0 14
16 Eastbourne Borough 12 2 5 5 9 19 6 2 1 3 7 11 6 0 4 2 2 8 -10 11
17 Dartford 12 2 4 6 18 27 6 1 3 2 10 11 6 1 1 4 8 16 -9 10
18 Oxford City 12 2 4 6 11 20 6 1 2 3 6 12 6 1 2 3 5 8 -9 10
19 St Albans City 12 2 4 6 13 24 6 1 2 3 6 12 6 1 2 3 7 12 -11 10
20 Hampton & Richmond 12 3 1 8 15 27 6 2 1 3 9 10 6 1 0 5 6 17 -12 10
21 Tonbridge Angels 12 2 2 8 11 22 6 2 1 3 7 10 6 0 1 5 4 12 -11 8
22 Hungerford Town 12 2 2 8 14 27 6 1 2 3 7 10 6 1 0 5 7 17 -13 8

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