5th position in the Vanarama National League South table for St Albans City at present, a strong showing. The match-going supporters pray for more glory as 15th-placed Hemel Hempstead Town visit Clarence Park.
- Hemel Hempstead Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This should be an appealing game with lots of fun and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!
St Albans City form and stats
The overall Vanarama National League South statistics at home this season for St Albans City are 4-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for St Albans City here at Clarence Park, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
It's back home for Albans, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Hemel Hempstead Town away with the result 3-1.
Before that, St Albans City had a home game versus Chelmsford City which ended with a victory 3-0.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Albans matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats (from 6 games).
Lots of goals? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this team has seen three goals or more.
St Albans City has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, St Albans City have conceded only 8 goals.
Hemel Hempstead Town form and stats
Playing away, Hemel Hempstead Town have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the Vanarama National League South this season.
Hempstead failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs St Albans City (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-3.
The fixture before that was the Fa Trophy-duel against Maidenhead United, a home loss (2-3). Looking at the earlier recent performances of Hemel Hempstead Town when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 3 games.
Hemel Hempstead Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 12 goals have been scored. Hempstead's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the squads played each other earlier this season; Hemel Hempstead Town - St Albans City 1-3. Statistics for the last ten meetings between these two sides are: four wins for St Albans City, three draws and three wins for Hemel Hempstead Town. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Jeffers 18 goals | Z. Banton 5 goals |  J. Castiglione 5 goals |
St Albans City missing players
Hemel Hempstead Town missing players
| St Albans City | Hemel Hempstead Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 37 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 33 |
| 91% | 82% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 70% | 55% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 74% |
| 52% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 43% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 30% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 52% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 57% |
| 30% | 45% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 26% |
| 26% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 22% |
| 4.3 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 10.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 8.9 | 10.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 38% | 27% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 39% | 30% |
| 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.9 | 10.5 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
- Hemel Hempstead Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Dartford | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 25 | 51 |
| 2 | Ebbsfleet United | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 28 | 48 |
| 3 | Havant & Waterlooville | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 46 |
| 4 | Chelmsford City | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 43 |
| 5 | St Albans City | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 39 |
| 6 | Eastbourne Borough | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 39 |
| 7 | Oxford City | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 38 |
| 8 | Worthing | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | Braintree Town | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 35 |
| 10 | Tonbridge Angels | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -6 | 33 |
| 11 | Bath City | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | Welling United | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 29 |
| 13 | Dover Athletic | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 28 |
| 14 | Farnborough | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 27 |
| 15 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 27 |
| 16 | Taunton Town | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 17 | Dulwich Hamlet | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 25 |
| 18 | Slough Town | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -18 | 23 |
| 19 | Hampton & Richmond | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | -9 | 22 |
| 20 | Concord Rangers | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -14 | 22 |
| 21 | Cheshunt | 23 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 22 |
| 22 | Chippenham Town | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -13 | 19 |
| 23 | Weymouth | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | -18 | 18 |
| 24 | Hungerford Town | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 13 |
