It's a new Vanarama National League South campaign and St Albans City are eager to get started here at Clarence Park. Hampton & Richmond are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.
It's no vacation for neither Albans nor Hampton & Richmond 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.
St Albans City form and stats
This is expected to be a close game, with St Albans City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Albans as a small favourite), we find six games. St Albans City has won four of these, drawn one and lost one.
Albans are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League South match at Concord Rangers awaits in four days.
St Albans City have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; St Albans City scored 6 goals and let in 2 goals during these three games.
Last season, St Albans City's league statistics were 9 wins, 10 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 19th position in the Vanarama National League South. Over these 35 matches they scored 41 goals and conceded 54. Playing at home last season St Albans City managed 3-6-8 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 27 conceded.
Hampton & Richmond form and stats
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hampton & Richmond playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were seven Hampton & Richmond wins, three draws and zero defeats.
After this away game Hampton & Richmond return home for a Vanarama National League South game against Dartford. That game is only four sleeps after this.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Hampton & Richmond have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 2 draws and 0 defeats from three fixtures.
Let's have a look at how Hampton & Richmond performed last season in the Vanarama National League South: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 5 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 1 and lost 7 with 23/25 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: St Albans City won one, Hampton & Richmond won six and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.St Albans City missing players
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| St Albans City | Hampton & Richmond | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| St Albans City | Last season | Hampton & Richmond | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 16 | 33 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 41 | 17 | Scored | S | 23 | 51 | ||
| 54 | 27 | Conceded | C | 25 | 50 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 74% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 85% | ||
| 57% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 61% | ||
| 26% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 27% | ||
| 14% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 21% | ||
| 63% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 64% | ||
| 23% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 27% | ||
| 20% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 12% | ||
| 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 | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 332 | 167 | Total Shots | T S | 185 | 346 | ||
| 118 | 60 | Shots on Target | S O | 80 | 159 | ||
| 32% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bath City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Billericay Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Braintree Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Chelmsford City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Chippenham Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Concord Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Dartford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Dorking Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Dulwich Hamlet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Eastbourne Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ebbsfleet United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Hampton & Richmond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Havant & Waterlooville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Hungerford Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Maidstone United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Oxford City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Slough Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | St Albans City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Tonbridge Angels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Welling United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 35 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 34 | 70 |
| 2 | Havant & Waterlooville | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 64 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 17 | 27 | 67 |
| 3 | Weymouth | 35 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 60 | 35 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 25 | 63 |
| 4 | Bath City | 35 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 63 |
| 5 | Slough Town | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 60 |
| 6 | Dartford | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 60 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 56 |
| 7 | Dorking Wanderers | 35 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 58 | 56 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 2 | 50 |
| 8 | Hampton & Richmond | 33 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 51 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 47 |
| 9 | Maidstone United | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 45 |
| 10 | Chelmsford City | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 55 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | -1 | 44 |
| 11 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -7 | 44 |
| 12 | Chippenham Town | 35 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 45 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 21 | -6 | 42 |
| 13 | Welling United | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -8 | 42 |
| 14 | Oxford City | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 60 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 23 | -13 | 42 |
| 15 | Eastbourne Borough | 33 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 38 | 54 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -16 | 38 |
| 16 | Dulwich Hamlet | 35 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 51 | 50 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 37 |
| 17 | Concord Rangers | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -4 | 37 |
| 18 | Billericay Town | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 46 | 55 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 38 | -9 | 37 |
| 19 | St Albans City | 35 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 41 | 54 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | -13 | 37 |
| 20 | Tonbridge Angels | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 54 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 31 | -8 | 36 |
| 21 | Braintree Town | 35 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 44 | 67 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 39 | -23 | 35 |
| 22 | Hungerford Town | 33 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 38 | 64 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 40 | -26 | 28 |