The Friday Stat Attack – woke up from a Marbella-induced coma to realise we’re in Division One next season…!

OHAFC 1st XI: Old Cholmeleians (A), Arthurian League Premier Division, Astroturf, 12pm KO

FIXTURE

• Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub: 12.6 miles
• Fifth longest trip of season
• Average distance for 9 away League games this season: 14.9 miles
• Final game of the season, side already relegated
• Referee: Alan Greenberg
• Refereed 13 OHAFC 1st XI games in last six seasons: Won 3, Drawn 2, Lost 8, Scored 22, Conceded 34
• Refereed 4 OHAFC 1st XI games this season: Won 2, Lost 2

TEAM:

• Old Cholmeleians (9th, 16pts) v OHAFC (10th, 11pts) in Premier Division
• Last season: OHAFC 8th in Prem Division with 22pts, Cholms 5th with 28pts
• OHAFC’s 18th and final League game of the season, Cholms’ 17th
• Harrow won 3, drawn 2, lost 12, goals scored 23 (4th fewest in division), conceded 56 (most in division)
• Cholms won 4, drawn 4, lost 8, goals scored 18 (joint fewest in division), conceded 31 (5th most in division)
• 2 points now separate 6th to 9th in the Premier Division, 9th place side will be relegated along with OHAFC
• OHAFC will finish bottom of the division regardless of result on Saturday
• Cholms need at least a point from their final two games to have a chance of staying up
• Last time out: OHAFC lost 4-0 at home to Charterhouse (last weekend), Cholms lost 4-0 at Forest (last weekend)
• Current form (last 3 League games): OHAFC – L, L, D Cholms – L, W, D
• OHAFC League away form this season: Pld 8, won 1, drawn 1, lost 6, scored 11, conceded 29
• Cholms League home form this season: Pld 7, won 3, drawn 2, lost 2, scored 11, conceded 12
• Only top two teams have conceded fewer goals at home than Cholms
• Corresponding fixture last season: Cholms won 4-1 on April 26th 2014 (Scorer: Firoozan)
• Previous meeting between sides: OHAFC won 2-1 at home on Jan 26th 2015 (Scorers: Lederman, Gilbert)
• Overall League record between teams (last six seasons): Pld 11, OHAFC won 6, drawn 2, lost 3, goals scored 24, conceded 20
• Neither side has won more than twice consecutively in the past six seasons
• League record at Cholms (last five seasons): Pld 5, won 1, drawn 2, lost 2, goals scored 13, conceded 15
• Record OHAFC victory v Cholms (last six seasons): 4-1 (H), April 17th 2010
• Record defeat v Cholms (last six seasons): 1-4 (A), April 26th 2014
• OHAFC current League performance after same no. of games last season: 11pts worse off (11 v 22), scored 10 goals fewer (23v33), conceded 24 goals more (56v32)
• OHAFC League performance versus corresponding fixtures last season: 7pts worse off (8v15), scored 8 goals fewer (12v20), conceded 11 goals more (34v23)

PLAYER:

• 43 players from squad used this season, 82 in last six seasons
• 14-man squad named for Matchday 18
• Leading 1st XI appearances (League only): 15 – Breeden, 14 – Gilbert, Lederman
• Leading 1st XI scorers (League only): 5 – Gilbert, 4 – Hoffen, 3 – Breeden, Lederman
• Worst discipline offenders (League only): 2 ‘yellas’ – Breeden
• Lederman set for 110th Club start in last six seasons, 20th Club appearance of the season & 15th 1st XI League appearance of season
• Taunton-Collins set for 20th Club start of season & career, set for 5th 1st XI appearance of season & career
• Khan set for 20th Club appearance this season
• Lalude set for 15th Club appearance of season
• Firoozan set for 5th 1st XI League start & appearance of career
• T von Hirsch set for 5th Club start of season & career
• Walker set for 1st XI debut, set to become 5th player to have played for 1st, 2nd & 3rd XI’s this season (T von Hirsch, Turner, Woolley, McHardy the others)
• Total 1st XI appearances in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 246
• Total 1st XI goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 40
• Avg 1st XI apps/goals per player (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 18/3
• Total Club appearances in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 432
• Total Club goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 59
• Avg Club apps/goals per player (all competitions, last 6 seasons): 31/4

OHAFC 2nd & 3rd XI's: No Fixtures

Other Stats of the Week: April 18th 2015

• 108th day of the Gregorian calendar, 250 days until Christmas
• 343 days until 2016 Easter Tour
• 1506 The cornerstone of the current St Peter’s Basilica is laid
• 1909 Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome
• 1953 Ghostbusters star Rick Moranis was born
• 1958 West Indian cricket legend Malcolm Marshall was born
• 1980 The Republic of Zimbabwe comes into being under President Canaan Banana
• 1987 English model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was born

National Events:

• Independence Day (Zimbabwe)
• International Day for Monuments & Sites
• Invention Day (Japan)

Colemanballs of the Week:

“The gelling period has just started to knit” (Ray Wilkins)