Non-league pair Boreham Wood and St Albans City meet this Monday evening in the England FA Cup second round at the Meadow Park with a place in the third round of the FA Cup at stake. National League South side St Albans travels to face the opponents at the second position in the division above them.
Boreham had an outstanding in the National League and are now positioned second in the standings with 35 points, one point just below Chesterfield. Boreham are in fine contention for promotion to the EFL tier and now come to this fixture as the favorites and they will want to establish this on the pitch.
Boreham wood reached the FA Cup third round for the first time in history last season and lost to Millwall and will look to take the full advantage being in the impressive form. In addition, this marks the fifth appearance in the second round and they have lost three ties in this level.
On top of form, Boreham Wood have a phenomenal home record to back them up in this important FA Cup tie having won six and 3 draws of nine National League home fixtures.
St Albans City on the other hand are positioned 8th in the National League South standings with 13 fixtures played and have managed 23 points to sit behind Hungerford Town who are on level on points but have been in 15 fixtures already.
St Albans are now looking to qualify to the FA Cup third round for their first time ever after being involved in the second round back in 1996-97 and lost in a terrible 9-2 score to Bristol City. However, they have lost their three last away matches in the FA Cup having scored 4 times and conceded 18 times.
Both of these sides will be dreaming of a potential money-spinning third-round tie against a Premier League giant.
Boreham Wood v St Albans head to head
In the 5meetings of the two sides, the hosts have won 4 times with the visitors here only managing a win once back in 2011 in the new year. St Albans haven’t won any of their last 4 games against Boreham but they now have lost none of their last 8 away matches. Boreham haven’t lost in their last 6 games.
- St Albans 1-3 Boreham 14/10/17
- St Albans 0-2 Boreham 10/01/15
- Boreham 2-1 St Albans 06/10/14
- St Albans 0-1 Boreham 01/02/11
- Boreham 0-3 St Albans 01/01/11
Home
- Boreham 1-1 Notts County
- Boreham 4-0 Maidenhead
- Altrincham 1-1 Boreham
- Boreham 2-0 Eastleigh
- Boreham 1-0 Southend
Away
- Tonbridge 0-0 St Albans
- Oxford 1-4 St Albans
- St Albans 1-3 Hungerford
- St Albans 3-4 Dulwich
- St Albans 3-2 Forest Green
Boreham team news
No injuries or suspensions ahead of the fixture. Boreham Wood have announced the signings of goalkeeper Joshua Roach and forward Nile Ranger.
St Albans team news
There are injury doubts with Callum Adebiyi, Romeo Akinola and Mitchell Weiss getting knocks last time against Tonbridge Angels. John Goddard and Michael Johnson’s availability remains a doubt.
Prediction and odds
- Boreham to win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both sides to score
