Another action-packed fixture in Vanarama National League South as St Albans City welcome Hemel Hempstead Town

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Date: Thu 26.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Clarence Park (4500 seats)

Struggling St Albans City will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Hemel Hempstead Town in the upcoming league round. It’s 21st vs 7th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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St Albans City form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Vanarama National League South this season. St Albans City have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Clarence Park. St Albans City are slowly digging their own grave here at Clarence Park with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Concord Rangers match.

St Albans City are returning here after visiting Weymouth in a Vanarama National League South game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Preceding that game was the away draw at Oxford City that finished 3-3.

St Albans City are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League South match at Wealdstone awaits in two days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for St Albans City here at Clarence Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 11 games). St Albans City have conceded 21 from these games.

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Hemel Hempstead Town form and stats

4-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hemel Hempstead Town in their Vanarama National League South matches away. Hemel Hempstead Town seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Hemel Hempstead Town delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Tonbridge Angels (placed 20th) in their previous match; a Vanarama National League South game. Prior to that match, the Hemel Hempstead Town manager S. Moore faced defeat when travelling to Maidenhead United and losing 2-4.

A quick return to home after this game, as Hemel Hempstead Town are hosting Slough Town in the Vanarama National League South only two days away.

Hemel Hempstead Town have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hemel Hempstead Town have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 St Albans City victory, 7 draws and 2 Hemel Hempstead Town wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

St Albans CityJ. Iaciofano
J. Iaciofano
9 goals
Hemel Hempstead TownL. Nash
L. Nash
8 goals
Hemel Hempstead Town
S. Ashford
6 goals

St Albans City missing players

Hemel Hempstead Town missing players

St Albans City Hemel Hempstead Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 5 Played P 3 9 18
4 1 0 Won W 2 4 9
7 4 1 Drew D 0 1 3
10 6 4 Lost L 1 4 6
23 10 5 Scored S 4 11 25
38 21 12 Conceded C 3 14 24
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 82% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
57% 55% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 56%
33% 36% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 17%
19% 18% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
71% 73% 80% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 56%
14% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 11% 22%
19% 27% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 22%
 
4.8 4.5 4.8 Corners For (avg) C F 4.7 3.8 4.6
4 3.7 4.4 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.3 5.6 4.2
1.9 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.1 1.2
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 3 4
 
200 110 46 Total Shots T S 35 89 184
74 42 18 Shots on Target S O 11 30 67
27% 24% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 37% 37%
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • All of Hemel Hempstead Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hemel Hempstead Town has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
  • Hemel Hempstead Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hemel Hempstead Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St Albans City has the fewest points (7) at home
  • St Albans City has the the worst goal difference (-11) at home
  • St Albans City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Wealdstone 19 14 2 3 41 20 9 8 0 1 20 8 10 6 2 2 21 12 21 44
2 Slough Town 19 11 4 4 31 18 11 7 3 1 17 8 8 4 1 3 14 10 13 37
3 Havant & Waterlooville 18 10 6 2 41 22 10 5 3 2 18 10 8 5 3 0 23 12 19 36
4 Bath City 21 10 6 5 33 19 11 6 4 1 18 7 10 4 2 4 15 12 14 36
5 Dorking Wanderers 21 10 6 5 34 31 11 7 2 2 16 8 10 3 4 3 18 23 3 36
6 Weymouth 20 9 7 4 34 20 10 7 1 2 22 10 10 2 6 2 12 10 14 34
7 Hemel Hempstead Town 18 9 3 6 25 24 9 5 2 2 14 10 9 4 1 4 11 14 1 30
8 Maidstone United 20 7 7 6 32 24 9 3 4 2 16 10 11 4 3 4 16 14 8 28
9 Concord Rangers 21 8 3 10 32 32 11 5 2 4 20 14 10 3 1 6 12 18 0 27
10 Braintree Town 21 8 3 10 34 44 10 4 2 4 17 21 11 4 1 6 17 23 -10 27
11 Hampton & Richmond 20 8 2 10 29 33 9 4 1 4 14 13 11 4 1 6 15 20 -4 26
12 Chelmsford City 21 6 7 8 36 37 11 4 5 2 24 19 10 2 2 6 12 18 -1 25
13 Dartford 21 6 7 8 30 38 10 2 5 3 16 17 11 4 2 5 14 21 -8 25
14 Billericay Town 18 6 6 6 27 29 7 4 3 0 13 7 11 2 3 6 14 22 -2 24
15 Oxford City 20 6 6 8 31 36 11 3 3 5 14 22 9 3 3 3 17 14 -5 24
16 Welling United 20 6 5 9 22 24 11 5 2 4 17 12 9 1 3 5 5 12 -2 23
17 Chippenham Town 20 5 8 7 19 22 9 4 3 2 11 10 11 1 5 5 8 12 -3 23
18 Dulwich Hamlet 20 5 7 8 27 27 10 2 3 5 13 17 10 3 4 3 14 10 0 22
19 Eastbourne Borough 21 5 7 9 18 34 10 3 2 5 11 17 11 2 5 4 7 17 -16 22
20 Tonbridge Angels 21 5 5 11 28 37 11 5 2 4 22 20 10 0 3 7 6 17 -9 20
21 St Albans City 21 4 7 10 23 38 11 1 4 6 10 21 10 3 3 4 13 17 -15 19
22 Hungerford Town 21 5 2 14 23 41 10 2 2 6 9 17 11 3 0 8 14 24 -18 17

Read more about Vanarama National League South

The National League South, formerly known as Conference South, is the sixth highest division in English football. It consists of teams located in the South West and South East of England, London and the southern parts of Wales, the Midlands and the East of England. 22 teams make up the league table.