OHAFC 1st XI: Old Wykehamists (A), Arthurian League Division One, 2pm KO at Lincoln Field 3G Astroturf, Twickenham, TW2 6JW

FIXTURE

• Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub: 7.3 miles
• Joint 2nd shortest away trip of season
• Average distance for 18 League fixtures this season: 12.86 miles
• First fixture between the teams since Dunn Cup semi-final on March 9th 2013
• Referee: Richard Wilson
• Refereeing his 12th OHAFC fixture in the last 7 seasons – only Alan Greenberg has officiated the OHAFC more
• Record of 4 wins, 7 defeats in 11 games – 4 yellow cards to OHAFC players, 3 penalties in OHAFC favour
• Win percentage of 36%
• Refereeing his 9th 1st XI fixture, record of 3 wins, 5 defeats previously
• Refereeing his first OHAFC fixture this season (previous fixture the 3-2 2's defeat at Millfield on April 15th 2015)
• Last 1st XI fixture: 1-0 defeat at Lancing on January 31st 2015
• Weather forecast: Cloudy, 8 degrees (acceptable threshold for glove wearing: 5 degrees)
• Pitch forecast: Astroturf (dog friendliness unknown)
• This is the first ever visit of the OHAFC to these pitches

TEAM

• Old Wykehamists (8th in Division One, 6pts) v OHAFC 1st XI (2nd in Division One, 15pts)
• Top two teams promoted to Premier Division
• OHAFC level with Brentwood at top of table, both sides have won 5 of their opening 6 games
• Average points needed for promotion to Premier Division (last 3 seasons): 30 (1.73pts per game, OHAFC currently 2.5pts per game)
• Average position of OHAFC 1st XI last 3 seasons: 8th in Prem Division
• Average position of Winchester last 3 seasons: 5th in Division One
• Average finishing position of sides relegated from Prem Division (last three seasons): 3rd in Division One
• 7th League game of season for OHAFC, 8th for Winchester
• 2nd away fixture of season for OHAFC, lost their first trip 1-0 at Aldenham
• Last time out: Last weekend OHAFC beat Old Aldenhamians 2-1 at home, Winchester beat Old Malvernians 4-1 at home
• OHAFC will go top or stay 2nd with win or draw, will stay 2nd or drop to 3rd with defeat
• Last Season: OHAFC 10th (bottom) of Premier Division, Winchester 5th in Division One
• Last season OHAFC won 3, drawn 2, lost 13, goals scored 23 (4th fewest in division), conceded 59 (most in division)
• Last Season: Winchester won 6, drawn 2, lost 10, goals scored 33 (fewest in division), conceded 49 (joint fourth most in division)
• OHAFC League away form last season: Pld 9, won 1, drawn 1, lost 7, scored 11, conceded 32
• Winchester League home form last season: Pld 9, won 2, drawn 1, lost 6, scored 12, conceded 22
• Current League Form (last 3 League games): OHAFC W W W; Winchester W L L
• OHAFC away League form this season: Lost only fixture away from home 1-0
• Winchester home League form this season: Won 1, Lost 1, Scored 6, Conceded 5
• Corresponding fixture last season: No corresponding fixture
• Previous meeting between sides: OHAFC lost 4-0 (H) in Arthur Dunn Cup semi-finals on March 9th 2013
• Overall League record between teams (previous 6 seasons): Pld 2, OHAFC won 1, lost 1, scored 2, conceded 3
• League record at Harrow: Only fixture a 2-0 defeat on the opening day of the 2011/12 season
• Record OHAFC League victory: 2-1 (A), March 31st 2012 (Scorers: Baker, Molloy)
• Record OHAFC League defeat: 0-2 (H), Sep 10th 2011
• Sides have also met twice in the Arthur Dunn Cup in last 7 seasons: OHAFC won 4-1 (H) in 1st Round on Nov 7th 2009 (Scorers: H Hoffen 2, Brunt, Martins) & lost 4-0 (H) in semi-finals on March 9th 2013
• Current performance after same number of games last season: 8pts better off (15v7), scored 2 goals fewer (11v13), conceded 18 goals fewer (3v21)
• Current League position compared to same stage last season: 5 places higher (2nd v 7th)
• OHAFC 1st XI have now conceded only 3 goals in 6 League games for first time since records began at start of 2009/10 season (Previous record: 4 in last 6 League games of 2009/10 season)
• OHAFC 1st XI currently have 3rd best defensive record in the Arthurian League (out of 58 sides): 0.5 goals/game conceded – only Carthusians 2’s (0.2) & Old Bancroftians (0.29) have better records
• OHAFC & Winchester records versus common opponents this season: Three common opponents, Brentwood, Wellington & Malvern – OHAFC played 3, won 3, scored 6, conceded 1; Winchester played 4, won 2, lost 2, scored 15, conceded 15

PLAYER

• 21 players from squad used this season (6 League games), 83 in last seven seasons
• 14-man squad named for Matchday 7
• Leading 1st XI League appearances this season: 6 – Hill, Lederman
• Leading 1st XI League scorers this season: 3 – Hoffen, 2 – Firoozan, Lederman
• Worst discipline offenders this season: 1 yellow – Gilbert, Sert, Soyinka
• Poulter set for 80th Club start & appearance (last 7 seasons)
• Verhagen set for 10th Club League appearance, 5th 1st XI start & appearance and Club debut this season
• Gilbert seeking 10th 1st XI goal
• Milln seeking 10th 1st XI League goal
• Newton set for 5th 1st XI career start and 5th 1st XI League appearance this season
• Lederman set for 5th 1st XI League start this season
• Lalude set for 5th 1st XI League appearance this season
• Scarborough & Smith both set for senior 1st XI debuts – both played in friendly versus the School two weeks ago
• The 1st XI squad contains the three players with the best goals per game ratio in the Club over the last 7 seasons (min. 10 goals scored) – Smith 23 goals in 23 games, Soyinka 61 goals in 62 games, Hoffen 51 goals in 71 games
• Total 1st XI appearances / goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 491/122
• Average 1st XI appearances / goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 35/9 (current season high: 47/11)
• Total Club appearances / goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 606/217
• Average Club appearances / goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 43/16 (current season high: 55/17)

OHAFC 2nd XI: No fixture this weekend

OHAFC 3rd XI: No fixture this weekend

Statistically this is the worst weekend prior to Christmas for the OHAFC over the course of the last six seasons...

• The Club have won 1 of 7 games played, giving an average haul of 0.43 points per game
• The 1st XI have lost all 3 games they have played on this weekend
• Only 8 different players have scored for the Club on this weekend, by far the lowest number of scorers on any weekend in the first half of each season