Open game expected at Bob Lucas Stadium: Weymouth vs St Albans City preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bob Lucas Stadium (10000 seats)

Match preview: 27 points are between the teams until now, St Albans City having done best. Will Weymouth pull off a surprise?

Insights:
  • Weymouth have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Vanarama National League South
  • St Albans City have the most scored goals (31) away in Vanarama National League South

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Weymouth form and stats

Weymouth's struggle is real here at Bob Lucas Stadium with only 11 points collected from 15 Vanarama National League South games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-10.

No payout for Weymouth in their previous match, an away game at Hemel Hempstead Town that ended in defeat 1-2.

Before that game, the home loss against Concord Rangers with the scoreline 1-2.

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 10 latest league games highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal from each side.

Weymouth are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League South match at Farnborough awaits in three days.

Weymouth have scored {11 league goals} here from 15 matches, not a lot. Weymouth have conceded 25 from these games.

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St Albans City form and stats

Playing away, St Albans City, who have the most scored goals (31) away in Vanarama National League South, have won 9 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Vanarama National League South this season.

St Albans City play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-4 victory visiting Worthing (placed 5th). A loony fixture with plenty of goals last time out for Albans, as mentioned above. 9 goals in that one, will this fixture be as much fun?

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Hungerford Town wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 14 of this club's 17 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.

After this away game St Albans City return home for a Vanarama National League South game against Ebbsfleet United. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Albans has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 31 goals from 16 games. 21 goals have been conceded by St Albans City in these games.

Head 2 Head

St Albans City - Weymouth 3-2 was the outcome when this pair of teams formerly played each other, earlier this season. Last ten meetings with these teams: Weymouth won five, St Albans City triumphed in four and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

St Albans CityS. Jeffers
S. Jeffers
21 goals
WeymouthB. Ash
B. Ash
8 goals
WeymouthA. Rose
A. Rose
7 goals

Weymouth missing players

St Albans City missing players

Weymouth St Albans City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 6 Played P 4 16 30
7 3 1 Won W 3 9 15
3 2 0 Drew D 0 2 6
19 10 5 Lost L 1 5 9
33 11 4 Scored S 9 31 50
57 25 12 Conceded C 4 21 34
93% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
86% 73% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 81% 73%
69% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 69% 60%
38% 20% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 23%
21% 7% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 13%
62% 47% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 62% 57%
14% 20% 17% Clean Sheets C S 50% 19% 27%
31% 47% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 19% 23%
 
5.9 6.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.6 4.1
5.1 4.2 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.7 4.7
2 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.3
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.9 9.5 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.6 10.7
4.4 4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.3 4.5
26% 17% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 45% 37%
 
10.5 7.2 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 9.4 8.6
4.7 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4 3.4
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • St Albans City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St Albans City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Weymouth have scored home.
  • St Albans City have the most scored goals (31) away in Vanarama National League South
  • St Albans City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Weymouth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Weymouth have the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Weymouth have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Vanarama National League South

  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 31 22 4 5 70 31 16 12 1 3 42 15 15 10 3 2 28 16 39 70
2 Dartford 31 19 4 8 62 34 15 11 1 3 34 13 16 8 3 5 28 21 28 61
3 Havant & Waterlooville 29 17 5 7 60 39 16 9 2 5 33 21 13 8 3 2 27 18 21 56
4 Oxford City 32 15 10 7 56 41 16 9 5 2 38 22 16 6 5 5 18 19 15 55
5 Worthing 31 14 10 7 56 45 16 6 5 5 29 33 15 8 5 2 27 12 11 52
6 St Albans City 30 15 6 9 50 34 14 6 4 4 19 13 16 9 2 5 31 21 16 51
7 Braintree Town 31 14 9 8 47 39 16 9 7 0 27 14 15 5 2 8 20 25 8 51
8 Chelmsford City 31 15 6 10 38 30 16 9 2 5 23 13 15 6 4 5 15 17 8 51
9 Tonbridge Angels 31 14 5 12 48 48 16 7 4 5 26 23 15 7 1 7 22 25 0 47
10 Farnborough 27 13 6 8 35 25 12 5 3 4 16 12 15 8 3 4 19 13 10 45
11 Eastbourne Borough 31 14 3 14 51 49 16 7 1 8 27 25 15 7 2 6 24 24 2 45
12 Hemel Hempstead Town 30 11 8 11 35 38 15 6 4 5 17 17 15 5 4 6 18 21 -3 41
13 Bath City 30 10 9 11 41 41 15 5 3 7 21 21 15 5 6 4 20 20 0 39
14 Welling United 29 9 10 10 39 47 14 4 4 6 22 24 15 5 6 4 17 23 -8 37
15 Dover Athletic 31 9 9 13 34 44 15 6 3 6 21 20 16 3 6 7 13 24 -10 36
16 Slough Town 30 8 9 13 37 55 15 4 4 7 20 29 15 4 5 6 17 26 -18 33
17 Taunton Town 24 8 8 8 24 22 12 5 5 2 14 8 12 3 3 6 10 14 2 32
18 Dulwich Hamlet 30 9 5 16 46 58 15 5 1 9 20 28 15 4 4 7 26 30 -12 32
19 Cheshunt 30 7 6 17 33 54 16 5 3 8 23 31 14 2 3 9 10 23 -21 27
20 Hampton & Richmond 29 6 8 15 34 48 13 2 5 6 11 21 16 4 3 9 23 27 -14 26
21 Chippenham Town 27 6 8 13 23 38 11 4 3 4 7 9 16 2 5 9 16 29 -15 26
22 Concord Rangers 27 7 5 15 26 45 14 4 4 6 16 20 13 3 1 9 10 25 -19 26
23 Weymouth 29 7 3 19 33 57 15 3 2 10 11 25 14 4 1 9 22 32 -24 24
24 Hungerford Town 29 5 6 18 25 41 16 4 5 7 14 15 13 1 1 11 11 26 -16 21

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.