In total; 14 league rounds are done and St Albans City are 6 points in front of Hemel Hempstead Town. Who wins the prize?
- St Albans City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Vanarama National League South
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
St Albans City form and stats
The total Vanarama National League South statistics playing at home this season for St Albans City are 5-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
St Albans City are confident in defense, having played 216 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The spoils were shared in Albans's previous game, also at home. Visiting Braintree Town (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) (placed 20th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Before that, Albans had a Vanarama National League South home game versus Hampton & Richmond 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 two wins, one draw and one defeat (from four games).
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 9 games), Albans's attacking play is working. Albans's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Hemel Hempstead Town form and stats
The visitors are W5-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League South.
The attacking players of Hempstead have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 185 minutes.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Havant & Waterlooville (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The Vanarama National League South match ended in a draw 0-0.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Chippenham Town.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Hempstead playing away, we found five games. Results were two away wins, zero draws and three home wins.
Hemel Hempstead Town find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Hempstead have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Albans-Hemel Hempstead Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: St Albans City two wins, Hemel Hempstead Town two wins, six draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Jeffers 16 goals | M. Weiss 4 goals |  A. Cerulli 4 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 |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 30 | 21 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 21 |
| 18 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 37 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 89% | 94% |
| 86% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 56% | 78% |
| 64% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 67% |
| 50% | 56% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 36% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 57% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 56% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 33% | 17% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 33% |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.7 | 10.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
| 5 | 5.6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 43% | 42% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 24% | 23% |
| 8.8 | 7.7 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 11.6 | 9.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4 | 4.4 |
- St Albans City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St Albans City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- St Albans City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Vanarama National League South
- 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 | Oxford City | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Maidstone United | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Ebbsfleet United | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 32 |
| 4 | Dartford | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Dorking Wanderers | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 30 |
| 6 | Dulwich Hamlet | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 29 |
| 7 | Chippenham Town | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Havant & Waterlooville | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | St Albans City | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 10 | Hungerford Town | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 26 |
| 11 | Slough Town | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Concord Rangers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Eastbourne Borough | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 22 |
| 14 | Hampton & Richmond | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| 15 | Bath City | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -13 | 21 |
| 16 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -16 | 20 |
| 17 | Chelmsford City | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 18 | Welling United | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 28 | -29 | 17 |
| 19 | Tonbridge Angels | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 20 | Braintree Town | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
| 21 | Billericay Town | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -22 | 9 |
