OHAFC 1st XI: Old Foresters (A), 2pm KO at Fairlop Oak Playing Fields, Hainault, Essex IG6 3HJ

DIVISION

• Twentieth weekend of 2016/17 Arthurian League season
• Premier Division made up of 10 sides: Brentwoods, Carthusians, Etonians, Foresters, Harrovians, KCS Wimbledon, Lancing Old Boys, Marlburians, Salopians, Tonbridgians
• Tonbridgians won the League and Arthur Dunn Cup last season
• OHAFC have faced all sides previously in the Premier Division except for the Old Marlburians whom they beat 4-0 in the Dunn Cup 2nd Round last season
• First season back in the Premier Division following relegation at end of 2014/15 season
• OHAFC have finished 5th, 8th & 10th in their previous three seasons in the Division
• OHAFC were last League champions in 2010
• Bottom four teams have won only three times in 32 games combined so far this season
• OHAFC in their highest League position of the season and the highest since midway through the 2014/15 season
• Bottom two teams relegated into Division One
• Average points/points per game needed to win Premier Division (last 4 seasons): 38/2.13
• Average points/points per game needed to avoid relegation to Division One (last 4 seasons): 15/0.85
• OHAFC currently on 0.55 pts/game
• Other Premier Division fixtures this Saturday: KCS Wimbledon Old Boys (3rd) v Lancing Old Boys (8th), Old Marlburians (6th) v Old Brentwoods (10th) & Old Tonbridgians (4th) v Old Etonians (5th)

FIXTURE

• Old Foresters (2nd, 29pts) v OHAFC 1s (9th, 6pts) in the Arthurian League Premier Division
• 12th League fixture of the season for OHAFC, 13th for Foresters
• First meeting between the teams this season
• Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub: 15.6 miles
• Average distance for 9 League away games: 14.2 miles
• This is the 5th longest away trip of the season
• Three away League fixtures remain after Saturday
• Average distance for 18 League games this season: 11.83 miles (last season 12.86 miles)
• Referee: David Lazarus
• Refereeing his first ever OHAFC fixture
• Weather forecast: Cloudy, 8 degrees
• Pitch forecast: Good 20%, Fair 40%, Poor 40%

TEAMS

• Average position of OHAFC 1st XI last 4 seasons/Average points: 9th in Premier Division/25 points
• Average position of Forest last 4 seasons/Average points: 3rd in Premier Division/30 points
• Forest have finished in the top three in the Premier Division in each of the last three seasons
• OHAFC 1st XI League form last season (Division One): Pld 18, won 12, drawn 2, lost 4, scored 48 (2nd most in division), conceded 18 (fewest in division)
• Forest League form last season (Premier Division): Pld 18, won 12, drawn 3, lost 3, scored 46 (3rd most in division), conceded 21 (fewest in division)
• OHAFC away League form last season: Pld 9, won 5, drawn 2, lost 2, scored 16, conceded 7
• Forest home League form last season: Pld 9, won 7, lost 2, scored 20, conceded 5
• Current form (last 3 League games): OHAFC L L L Forest W D W
• OHAFC away League form this season: Pld 5, won 1, drawn 3, lost 1, for 6, against 7
• Forest home League form this season: Pld 6, won 3, drawn 2, lost 1, for 13, against 10
• OHAFC 1s have the lowest number of points (6) after eleven games of a League season since stats began in 2009/10
• Last time out: OHAFC lost 4-2 at home to Lancing on January 7th, Forest won 1-0 at Tonbridgians last weekend
• Corresponding fixture last season: Sides did not meet last season
• Previous meeting: Forest won 4-2 in Fairlop on March 21st 2015 in the Premier Division (Scorers: A Breeden, Hill)
• Overall League record between teams (last seven seasons): Pld 12, OHAFC won 4, drawn 1, lost 7, for 22, against 33
• League record at Forest (last seven seasons): Pld 6, OHAFC won 1, drawn 1, lost 4, for 11, against 17
• Record OHAFC victory: 3-0 (H), April 10th 2010 & October 20th 2012
• Record OHAFC defeat: 8-1 (H), September 13th 2014
• OHAFC have not won in the last five meetings between the teams
• OHAFC will stay 9th in the table regardless of Saturday’s result

PLAYERS

• 42 players used by 1st XI in all competitions last season, all 42 featured in at least one of the 18 League games
• 105 players have represented the OHAFC 1st XI since the start of the 2009/10 season
• Kyle Barrett became the 100th player to play for the side when making his debut against KCS Wimbledon on October 15th 2016
• Leading 1st XI appearance last season – all competitions: Yunus Sert 19
• Leading 1st XI goalscorers last season – all competitions: Harry Hoffen 11
• Leading 1st XI appearances this season – all competitions: 11 – Yunus Sert, Alex Breeden
• Leading 1st XI goalscorers this season – all competitions: 3 - Alex Gilbert, 2 – James Breeden
• Worst discipline offenders this season - all competitions: 5 yellows – Yunus Sert
• 43 players used in 11 League games so far this season
• 13-man squad named for Matchday 12
• Ed Poulter set for 100th 1st XI start & appearance (last 8 seasons) and 10th 1st XI League start & appearance this season
• Fred Richardson set for 80th 1st XI career appearance, 75th 1st XI career start in all competitions and 70th 1st XI career League appearance
• Jonny Lalude set for 30th 1st XI career appearance, 25th 1st XI career start and 5th club start & appearance this season
• Sam Pepys set for 30th career club appearance and 20th 1st XI career League start
• Oli Walker set for 5th 1st XI career League appearance and 5th 1st XI appearance this season
• Jamie Barwick set for 5th club appearance this season
• Max Curry & Gbeminiyi Soyinka set for 1st XI seasons debuts
• Ogyen Verhagen set for club season debut
• Also in squad: Alex Gilbert, David Lederman, Emre Sert & Yunus Sert
• Total 1st XI appearances / goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 491/76
• Average 1st XI appearances / goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 38/6 (last season high: 50/11)
• Total Club appearances / goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 690/206
• Average Club appearances / goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 53/16 (last season high: 57/17)

OHAFC 2nd XI - No fixture, next game: Old Brentwoods 3s (H), Junior League Cup 1st Round, Saturday February 11th

OHAFC 3rd XI - No fixture, next game TBC