Boreham Wood vs St Albans City Match Analysis and Prediction

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Boreham Wood and St Albans City will be meeting on Monday as they renew their rivalry with a showdown in the FA Cup second round.

National League South side St Albans will be travelling to Meadow Park to face opponents who sit second in the division above them.

For a team of Boreham Wood’s size, progress in the National League has generally been regarded as a satisfactory achievement, but there is more to expect for this campaign.

They had an outstanding start into the season which has left them in contention for promotion to the EFL, while a tie on Monday gives the side every chance of reaching the third round of the FA Cup for the second successive season.

However, the league still remains their priority and Luke Garrard’s side are currently on a five-game unbeaten run, with a 1-1 draw being earned at home to Notts County last time out on November 23rd.

At the moment, it is still not clear if Boreham Wood would react positively to the two-week break, but they surely will want to maintain their current run in this competition.

They have recorded victories and clean sheets over Barnet and Eastleigh respectively, Scott Boden scoring two in the last round and he has now contributed two doubles in his last four away appearances.

Meanwhile, for St Albans, they have already played seven games to reach this stage, a run that icludes three replays.

Having defeated Concord Rangers, Metropolitan Police and Corinthian-Casuals, they faced a more challenging fixture against League Two Forest Green Rovers in the first round.

However, Ian Allison’s men put together their efforts and produced one of the club’s most memorable performances, coming from behind to take a 3-2 victory.

After that victory, St Albans came down to successive defeats, but they have recently got back on track with a victory over Oxford City in the FA Trophy.

Boreham Wood vs St Albans City head to head

The pair have previously had five encounters, four in the National League and one in the FA Cup. I the five, Boreham Wood have won four while St Albans have won jus one. Boreham Wood have scored eight goals and conceded five in the process.

Boreham Wood 0-3 St Albans City 01/01/11

St Albans City 0-1 Boreham Wood 01/02/11

Boreham Wood 2-1 St Albans City 06/10/21

St Albans City 0-2 Boreham Wood 10/01/21

St Albans 1-3 Boreham Wood 14/10/17

Boreham Wood latest home form

Boreham Wood are on a good run of form at home, as they have been unbeaten in their ten most recent games, with their last defeat being back in July in a club friendly with Brentford. In their last five, they have won four and drawn 1-1, including a victory in FA Cup.

Boreham Wood 2-0 Dagenham & Redbridge 09/10/21

Boreham Wood 1-0 Southend United 30/10/21

Boreham Wood 2-0 Eastleigh 06/11/21

Boreham Wood 4-0 Maidenhead United 20/11/21

Boreham Wood 1-1 Notts County 23/11/21

Boreham Wood latest away form

Despite losing three of their ten most recent away matches, Boreham Wood have been on a good run of form away form home. They won their most recent away FA Cup fixture in October, defeating Barnet 1-0. In their last five, they have won two, drawn two and lost one.

Eastleigh 1-1 Boreham Wood 02/10/21

Barnet 0-1 Boreham Wood 16/10/21

Chesterfield 2-1 Boreham Wood 23/10/21

King’s Lynn Town 0-1 Boreham Wood 26/10/21

Altrincham 1-1 Boreham Wood 13/11/21

St Albans City latest home form

St Albans City have recentlt lost their last two successive home fixtures in the National League, which is a show of a poor form. They had however not lost in any of their last nine fixtures prior to that across all competitions. In their last five, they have won three and lost two.

St Albans City 4-1 Billericay Town 26/10/21

St Albans City 2-1 Eastbourne Borough 30/10/21

St Albans City 3-2 Forest Green Rovers 07/11/21

St Albans City 3-4 Dulwich Hamlet 16/11/21

St Albans City 1-3 Hungerford Town 20/11/21

St Albans City latest away form

The Saints have enjoyed a good run of form on their travels, as they have not lost in any of their last eight away fixtures across all competitions, despite getting a draw in the last. In their last five, they have won three and drawn two, scoring 9 and conceding 2.

Braintree Town 0-2 St Albans City 09/10/21

Corinthians-Casuals 1-1 St Albans City 16/10/21

Bath City 0-2 St Albans City 23/10/21

Oxford City 1-4 St Albans City 27/11/21

Tonbridge Angels 0-0 St Albans City 30/11/21

Boreham Wood news

Boreham Wood have recently signed goolkeeper Joshua Roach and forward Nile Ranger who will be featuring on Monday. However, due to injury issues, the pair will start the game alongside replacements, with Garrard likely to remain in the squad after playing in the Notts County game.

St Albans City news

St Albans City squad has a number of palyers with injury issues, with Romeo Akinola, Mitchell Weiss and Callum Adebiyi all picking knocks during their last game. Head coach Ian Allison has also confirmed that John Goddard and Michael Johnson are not likely to come back into contention.

Prediction and Odds

Boreham Wood are heading into this match with the advantage of a higher division and an home advantage, and they have extra attacking quality which cannot be ignored.

St Albans will also come into the game with the will to push for results and to collect at least a point, but we back the home team to take victory here.

Odds: 1 1.58 X 3.80 2 4.01