Friday Stat Attack
22 Apr 2016
This is the final regular Friday Stat Attack of the season...a special end of season Stat Attack will be published in due course however
OHAFC 1st XI: Old Brentwoods (A), Arthurian League Division One, 11am KO, Old Brentwoods Sports Club, Ashwells Road, Brentwood, CM15 9SE
FIXTURE
- Final game of season for OHAFC 1st XI and the Club
- Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub: 23.8 miles
- Second longest away trip of the season after Bradfield (40 miles)
- Average distance for 18 League games this season: 12.9 miles
- Referee: Terry Turner
- Refereeing his 2nd OHAFC League fixture in the last 7 seasons
- Only previous fixture a 4-0 defeat for the OHAFC 2s at Forest 2s in March 2013
- 1 yellow card shown to OHAFC (Harry Woolley), no penalties awarded
- Yet to referee the OHAFC 1st XI
- Weather forecast: Sunny, 7 degrees (acceptable glove wearing threshold: 5 degrees)
- Pitch forecast: Good 20%, Fair 40%, Poor 40%
TEAM
- Old Brentwoods (1st in Division One, 40pts) v OHAFC 1st XI (2nd in Division One, 38pts)
- Both sides already promoted to Premier Division
- Potential finishing positions for OHAFC: 1st or 2nd
- Average position of OHAFC 1st XI last 3 seasons: 8th in Prem Division
- Average position of Brentwood last 3 seasons: 8th in Prem Division
- Average finishing position of sides relegated from Prem Division (last three seasons): 3rd in Division One
- 18th League game of season for OHAFC, 16th League game of season for Brentwood
- Last time out: OHAFC lost 4-3 at home to Radley, Brentwood beat Aldenham 8-0 at home, both games last weekend
- OHAFC will go top with win and need Brentwood to lose final two games against Wellington to be crowned champions; a draw or defeat will see Brentwood win the Division and the OHAFC finish second
- Current League Form (last 3 League games): OHAFC L D W W; Brentwood W W W
- Brentwood have won every League game since a 2-2 draw with Repton on November 28th
- OHAFC away League form this season: Pld 8, Won 5, Drawn 2, Lost 1, For 16, Against 5
- Brentwood home League form this season: Pld 7, Won 6, Drawn 1, Scored 34, Conceded 10
- Corresponding fixture last season: OHAFC lost 8-2 on December 20th 2014 (Scorers: Soyinka, Verhagen)
- Previous meeting between sides: OHAFC won 2-1 at home on October 24th 2015 (Scorers: Hoffen, Hill)
- Overall League record between teams (previous 7 seasons): Pld 13, OHAFC won 9, lost 4, for 38, against 26
- League record at Brentwood: Pld 6, OHAFC won 3, lost 3, for 11, against 16
- Record OHAFC League victory (last 7 seasons): 6-1 at home on November 9th 2013
- Record OHAFC League defeat (last 7 seasons): 8-2 defeat last season on Dec 20th 2014
- Current performance after same number of games last season: 27pts better off (38v11), scored 25 goals more (48v23), conceded 40 goals fewer (16v56)
- Current League position compared to same stage last season: 8 places higher (2nd v 10th)
- OHAFC 1st XI need to keep a clean sheet in the final game to break their record for lowest number of goals conceded in an 18-game League season
- Side not kept a clean sheet in previous six games (before that four consecutive clean sheets)
- Last week’s 4-3 defeat to Radley was the first time this season the side has conceded 4 goals in any game
PLAYER
- 41 players from squad used this season (17 League games & 3 Cup games), 91 in last seven seasons
- 14-man squad named for Matchday 18
- Leading 1st XI League appearances this season: 16 –Sert, 15 - Lederman
- Leading 1st XI League scorers this season: 9 – Hoffen, 5 – A Breeden, J Breeden, Gilbert, Lederman
- Worst discipline offenders this season: 2 yellows – Sert
- Poulter set for 90th Club start & appearance (last 7 seasons)
- Gilbert set for 50th Club start
- McGuinness set for 30th 1s XI start & appearance and 15th 1st XI League start & appearance this season
- Lalude set for 30th Club appearance and 10th 1st XI League start this season
- Pepys set for 25th 1st XI League appearance and 20th Club start of career; has made just 1 substitute appearance this season for the Club (1st XI)
- Lederman set for 20th Club appearance and 15th 1st XI start this season
- Robinson set for 15th Club start this season
- Firoozan set for 10th 1st XI career League start & appearance and 5th 1st XI League start & appearance this season
- J Breeden set for 10th career Club start & appearance and 5th 1st XI start & appearance this season
- Portal set for 10th career Club appearance and 5th 1st XI appearance this season
- Hovey set for 10th Club start of season & career
- Okoigun set for 1st XI debut
- Total 1st XI appearances / goals in 12-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 387/76
- Average 1st XI appearances / goals in 12-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 28/5 (current season high: 50/11)
- Total Club appearances / goals in 12-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 564/127
- Average Club appearances / goals in 12-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 40/9 (current season high: 57/17)