Evenly matched teams: St Albans City vs Torquay United match preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Clarence Park (4500 seats)

Torquay United have journeyed here for an interesting duel versus the home side St Albans City. Get smart on the game with this thorough Vanarama National League South preview!

It's no vacation for neither St Albans City nor Torquay United 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.

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St Albans City form and stats

St Albans City have only played one Vanarama National League South game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 23 matches.

A strong away win for St Albans City against Havant & Waterlooville the last match, as Fage and Rasulo were on target.

Heartbreak before that as Albans lost 1-2 at Yeovil Town's place.

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 8 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 2.

St Albans City has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Torquay United form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Vanarama National League South away game of the season. During their previous season 23 away games resulted in 6 wins, 5 draws and 12 defeats.

Torquay go into this game after a win, the home game against Chippenham Town that ended 2-1. Late drama in the previous game, when Jarvis scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Chippenham Town.

A loss against Worthing was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Torquay United in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Torquay United, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Torquay United has managed {2 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the preceeding two meetings): Albans won zero games, zero matches ended with a tie and Torquay United managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero.

Top Goalscorers

St Albans CityD. Fage
D. Fage
2 goals
St Albans CityG. Rasulo
G. Rasulo
2 goals
St Albans CityM. Weiss
M. Weiss
1 goals

St Albans City missing players

Torquay United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
St Albans City Torquay United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
5 2 2 Scored S 0 2 4
4 1 1 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
4.3 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 5.7
4.7 8 8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 3.7
2.3 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.7 12 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 10.7
6 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 3
28% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 44%
 
10.7 9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8 9.7
3.7 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 5
St Albans City Last season Torquay United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
49 23   Played P   23 46
23 10   Won W   6 12
10 5   Drew D   5 12
16 8   Lost L   12 22
74 32   Scored S   22 58
56 23   Conceded C   39 80
94% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 98%
76% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 72%
55% 48%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 50%
20% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 35%
10% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   22% 26%
55% 48%   BTTS BTTS   48% 63%
29% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 17%
22% 22%   Failed to Score F T   35% 22%
 
4.4 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.7
4.8 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 6.1
1.5 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
2 0   Red cards R C   3 6
 
10.5 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   7.3 8.2
4.4 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 4
34% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 32%
 
8.3 6.9   Shots against (avg) S A   16.6 13.1
3.6 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   7 6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Worthing 3 3 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 7 1 7 9
2 Weston-super-Mare 3 3 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 7 2 6 9
3 Chelmsford City 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
4 Aveley 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 6
5 Chippenham Town 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 6
6 St Albans City 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
7 Yeovil Town 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
8 Hemel Hempstead Town 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
9 Maidstone United 3 2 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 4 -1 6
10 Dover Athletic 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 4
11 Weymouth 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
12 Farnborough 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
13 Bath City 3 1 1 1 8 9 2 1 0 1 5 6 1 0 1 0 3 3 -1 4
14 Eastbourne Borough 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 4
15 Taunton Town 3 1 1 1 4 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 -2 4
16 Torquay United 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 4
17 Truro City 3 1 0 2 8 7 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 3
18 Braintree Town 3 1 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
19 Tonbridge Angels 3 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 3
20 Dartford 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
21 Hampton & Richmond 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2
22 Havant & Waterlooville 3 0 0 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
23 Welling United 3 0 0 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 5 -5 0
24 Slough Town 3 0 0 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 -5 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 Ebbsfleet United 46 32 7 7 110 47 23 18 2 3 70 21 23 14 5 4 40 26 63 103
2 Dartford 46 25 8 13 82 50 23 16 2 5 47 19 23 9 6 8 35 31 32 83
3 Oxford City 46 21 15 10 83 56 23 13 7 3 53 28 23 8 8 7 30 28 27 78
4 Worthing 46 22 12 12 92 72 23 12 5 6 54 41 23 10 7 6 38 31 20 78
5 Chelmsford City 46 23 9 14 67 49 23 14 2 7 42 22 23 9 7 7 25 27 18 78
6 St Albans City 46 22 9 15 72 51 23 10 5 8 32 23 23 12 4 7 40 28 21 75
7 Braintree Town 46 20 14 12 66 55 23 12 9 2 35 22 23 8 5 10 31 33 11 74
8 Eastbourne Borough 46 22 5 19 74 66 23 12 2 9 41 31 23 10 3 10 33 35 8 71
9 Tonbridge Angels 46 20 10 16 68 69 23 9 7 7 37 34 23 11 3 9 31 35 -1 70
10 Havant & Waterlooville 46 19 12 15 80 70 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 9 6 8 38 37 10 69
11 Bath City 46 19 10 17 64 57 23 10 3 10 33 29 23 9 7 7 31 28 7 67
12 Farnborough 46 19 9 18 59 52 23 9 6 8 33 24 23 10 3 10 26 28 7 66
13 Chippenham Town 46 15 17 14 57 66 23 10 9 4 34 28 23 5 8 10 23 38 -9 62
14 Taunton Town 46 17 10 19 50 55 23 8 6 9 25 27 23 9 4 10 25 28 -5 61
15 Hemel Hempstead Town 46 15 15 16 49 57 23 8 9 6 26 24 23 7 6 10 23 33 -8 60
16 Welling United 46 15 14 17 57 63 23 8 5 10 31 32 23 7 9 7 26 31 -6 58
17 Hampton & Richmond 46 15 9 22 59 71 23 9 6 8 27 29 23 6 3 14 32 42 -12 54
18 Slough Town 46 13 12 21 58 78 23 7 6 10 34 39 23 6 6 11 24 39 -20 51
19 Weymouth 46 14 6 26 59 78 23 7 3 13 21 34 23 7 3 13 38 44 -19 48
20 Dover Athletic 46 12 12 22 42 68 23 7 6 10 23 33 23 5 6 12 19 35 -26 48
21 Dulwich Hamlet 46 13 9 24 61 89 23 9 3 11 29 34 23 4 6 13 32 55 -28 48
22 Concord Rangers 46 12 8 26 45 85 23 8 4 11 28 37 23 4 4 15 17 48 -40 44
23 Cheshunt 46 11 10 25 48 74 23 8 4 11 28 37 23 3 6 14 20 37 -26 43
24 Hungerford Town 46 10 10 26 48 72 23 6 9 8 23 21 23 4 1 18 25 51 -24 40
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 Wrexham 46 34 9 3 116 43 23 22 1 0 74 19 23 12 8 3 42 24 73 111
2 Notts County 46 32 11 3 117 42 23 17 5 1 54 12 23 15 6 2 63 30 75 107
3 Chesterfield 46 25 9 12 81 52 23 15 2 6 48 27 23 10 7 6 33 25 29 84
4 Woking 46 24 10 12 71 48 23 11 7 5 38 24 23 13 3 7 33 24 23 82
5 Barnet 46 21 11 14 75 67 23 12 5 6 35 30 23 9 6 8 40 37 8 74
6 Boreham Wood 46 19 15 12 52 40 23 9 8 6 22 19 23 10 7 6 30 21 12 72
7 Bromley 46 18 17 11 68 53 23 9 10 4 35 23 23 9 7 7 33 30 15 71
8 Southend United 46 20 9 17 57 45 23 12 4 7 32 19 23 8 5 10 25 26 12 69
9 Eastleigh 46 19 10 17 56 57 23 14 5 4 33 22 23 5 5 13 23 35 -1 67
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 46 18 9 19 61 72 23 10 5 8 33 34 23 8 4 11 28 38 -11 63
11 Halifax Town 46 16 13 17 49 48 23 11 6 6 33 23 23 5 7 11 16 25 1 61
12 Oldham Athletic 46 16 13 17 63 64 23 11 6 6 37 30 23 5 7 11 26 34 -1 61
13 Wealdstone 46 16 12 18 57 72 23 10 6 7 35 32 23 6 6 11 22 40 -15 60
14 Gateshead 46 15 15 16 67 62 23 7 9 7 34 29 23 8 6 9 33 33 5 59
15 Solihull Moors 46 15 13 18 62 66 23 9 7 7 36 27 23 6 6 11 26 39 -4 58
16 Dorking Wanderers 46 16 9 21 67 91 23 12 4 7 40 42 23 4 5 14 27 49 -24 57
17 Altrincham 46 14 14 18 68 82 23 10 5 8 35 31 23 4 9 10 33 51 -14 56
18 Aldershot Town 46 14 11 21 64 76 23 6 6 11 31 36 23 8 5 10 33 40 -12 53
19 York City 46 13 12 21 55 63 23 7 7 9 27 32 23 6 5 12 28 31 -8 51
20 Maidenhead United 46 13 11 22 47 66 23 8 8 7 27 26 23 5 3 15 20 40 -19 50
21 Torquay United 46 12 12 22 58 80 23 6 7 10 36 41 23 6 5 12 22 39 -22 48
22 Yeovil Town 46 7 19 20 35 60 23 6 8 9 18 25 23 1 11 11 17 35 -25 40
23 Scunthorpe United 46 8 10 28 49 87 23 7 3 13 33 43 23 1 7 15 16 44 -38 34
24 Maidstone United 46 5 10 31 45 104 23 3 8 12 24 44 23 2 2 19 21 60 -59 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Worthing 3 3 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 7 1 7 9
2 Weston-super-Mare 3 3 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 7 2 6 9
3 Chelmsford City 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
4 Aveley 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 6
5 Chippenham Town 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 6
6 St Albans City 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
7 Yeovil Town 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
8 Hemel Hempstead Town 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
9 Maidstone United 3 2 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 4 -1 6
10 Dover Athletic 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 4
11 Weymouth 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
12 Farnborough 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
13 Bath City 3 1 1 1 8 9 2 1 0 1 5 6 1 0 1 0 3 3 -1 4
14 Eastbourne Borough 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 4
15 Taunton Town 3 1 1 1 4 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 -2 4
16 Torquay United 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 4
17 Truro City 3 1 0 2 8 7 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 3
18 Braintree Town 3 1 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
19 Tonbridge Angels 3 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 3
20 Dartford 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
21 Hampton & Richmond 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2
22 Havant & Waterlooville 3 0 0 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
23 Welling United 3 0 0 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 5 -5 0
24 Slough Town 3 0 0 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 -5 0

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