Welcome to the final Stat Attack of 2015!

OHAFC 1st XI: Old Haileyburians (A), Arthurian League Division One, 1.30pm KO at Haileybury College

FIXTURE

• Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub: 22.7 miles
• 2nd longest away trip of season
• Average distance for 18 League fixtures this season: 12.86 miles
• First fixture between the teams since final League game of 2011/12 season
• Referee: Bob Jennings
• Refereeing his third OHAFC fixture, previous 2 both draws for the 3rd XI
• Sent off Theo Gordon in first fixture, booked Kerry & Feather in second
• Weather forecast: Light rain, 11 degrees
• Pitch forecast: Excellent 20%, Good 60%, Fair 20%

TEAM

• Old Haileyburians (10th in Division One, 3pts) v OHAFC 1st XI (1st in Division One, 18pts)
• Top two teams promoted to Premier Division
• Top visits bottom in Division One, Haileybury have won 2 games but had 3 pts deducted by the League
• Average points needed for promotion to Premier Division (last 3 seasons): 30 (1.73pts per game, OHAFC currently 2.57pts per game)
• Average position of OHAFC 1st XI last 3 seasons: 8th in Prem Division
• Average position of Haileybury last 3 seasons: 8th in Division One
• Average finishing position of sides relegated from Prem Division (last three seasons): 3rd in Division One
• 8th League game of season for OHAFC, 7th for Winchester
• 3rd away fixture of season for OHAFC
• Last time out: Last weekend both sides won Arthur Dunn Cup 2nd Round ties - OHAFC beat Old Westminsters 3-1 aet at home, Haileybury beat Old Cholmeleians 3-2 at home
• OHAFC will stay top of the table regardless of the result, there are no other Division One games scheduled
• OHAFC will be guaranteed top spot at Christmas with a draw or win
• Top team at Christmas in Division One has gone on to win the division in each of the past 3 seasons
• Top two teams at Christmas have both been promoted in the last 3 seasons with one exception – second-placed Aldenham finished 4th after lying 2nd at Christmas in 2012
• Last Season: OHAFC 10th (bottom) of Premier Division, Hailyebury 9th 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: Haileybury won 7, drawn 2, lost 9, goals scored 41 (joint 3rd fewest in division), conceded 49 (joint 4th fewest in division)
• OHAFC League away form last season: Pld 9, won 1, drawn 1, lost 7, scored 11, conceded 32
• Haileybury League home form last season: Pld 9, won 5, lost 4, scored 26, conceded 20
• Current League Form (last 3 League games): OHAFC W W W; Haileybury L L L
• OHAFC away League form this season: Lost 1-0 at Aldenham, won 2-1 at Winchester
• Haileybury home League form this season: Won 2, Lost 2, Scored 7, Conceded 10
• Corresponding fixture last season: No corresponding fixture
• Previous meeting between sides: OHAFC won 2-1 (A) on April 21st 2012 (Scorers: Baker, Brunt)
• Overall League record between teams (previous 7 seasons): Pld 2, OHAFC won 2, scored 5, conceded 3
• League record at Haileybury: Only fixture the 2-1 win on the final day of the 2011/12 season
• Record OHAFC League victory: 3-2 (H), Nov 12th 2011 (Scorers: Baker, H Hoffen 2)
• Record OHAFC League defeat: N/A
• Current performance after same number of games last season: 11pts better off (18v7), scored the same number of goals (13), conceded 18 goals fewer (4v22)
• Current League position compared to same stage last season: 6 places higher (1st v 7th)
• OHAFC 1st XI continue to set new records for lowest number of goals conceded by the side in consecutive League games (last 7 seasons)
• OHAFC 1st XI still have the 3rd best defensive record in the Arthurian League (out of 58 sides): 0.57 goals/game conceded – only Old Bancroftians (0.29) & Old Tonbridge 2’s (0.5) have better records
• OHAFC & Haileybury records versus common opponents this season: Three common opponents, Winchester, Repton & Malvern – OHAFC played 3, won 3, scored 6, conceded 1; Haileybury played 3, won 2, lost 1, scored 4, conceded 3

PLAYER

• 24 players from squad used this season (7 League games), 85 in last seven seasons
• 14-man squad named for Matchday 8
• Leading 1st XI League appearances this season: 7 – Hill, Lederman
• Leading 1st XI League scorers this season: 4 – Hoffen, 2 – Firoozan, Lederman
• Worst discipline offenders this season: 1 yellow – Gilbert, Sert, Soyinka
• Gilbert set for 30th 1st XI League appearance, seeking his 10th 1st XI goal
• McGuiness set for 25th Club start & appearance
• Sert set for 25th Club appearance; last week became first OHAFC player (along with Taunton-Collins) to make 10th season appearance for the Club
• Hill set for 10th 1st XI start & appearance this season
• Lederman set for 10th 1st XI appearance this season
• Firoozan set for 5th 1st XI start & appearance this season
• Lalude set for 5th 1st XI League start this season
• M Curry, Taunton-Collins & Turner all set for 1st XI season debuts
• Trower currently possesses identical League appearance records for the 1st and 2nd XI’s: 14 appearances for both, 2 as sub, but has scored 2 goals for 1st XI and 3 for 2nd XI
• Total 1st XI appearances / goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 420/120
• Average 1st XI appearances / goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 30/9 (current season high: 47/11)
• Total Club appearances / goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 629/231
• Average Club appearances / goals in 14-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 45/17 (current season high: 55/17)

OHAFC 2nd XI & 3rd XI's: No further fixtures in 2015

DRAW STATS SPECIAL

The next 72 hours sees three important draws made in European football, with the groups for Euro 2016 in France picked, along with the pairings for the last 16 in the Champions League and the last 32 in the Europa League.

Saturday, 5pm - Six groups of four, one team selected from each pot to form each group:

England Dream Scenario: Switzerland, Slovakia, Albania

England Nightmare Scenario: Italy, Sweden, Wales

Monday, 11am - The 8 Group Winners are paired with the 8 group runners-up - teams cannot face clubs they played in the group stages, nor can they face clubs from the same country as themselves.

Group Winners: Real Madrid, Wolfsburg, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Barcelona, Bayern, Chelsea, Zenit

Group Runners-Up: PSG, PSV, Benfica, Juventus, Roma, Arsenal, Dynamo Kyiv, Gent

Monday, 12pm - The 32 teams are split into two, with 16 seeded teams made up of the 12 group winners from the opening stage plus four of the 8 teams dropping from the Champions League; the 16 unseeded teams are made up of the 12 runners-up from the group stages plus the remaining four sides from the Champions League.

Once again, clubs cannot face teams they played in the group stage, nor can they face clubs from the same country as themselves.