Friday Stat Attack - Special Alpine Edition
24 Mar 2017
This week's Stat Attack comes freshly-prepared from the sleepy Alpine village of Les Gets in the shadow of Mont Blanc...so crack open a Toblerone (milk or white preferably) and peruse at leisure just what Alleynians away League record this season has been like...
OHAFC 1st XI: No fixture, next game TBC
OHAFC 2nd XI: Old Alleynians (H), Arthurian League Division Three, 11.45am KO at the Harrow School New Fields
DIVISION
- Twenty-seventh weekend of 2016/17 Arthurian League season
- Division Three made up of 8 sides: Aldenham 2s, Alleynians, Chigwell 2s, Citizens, Eastbournians, Epsomians, Harrovian 2s, Salopian 2s
- 7th consecutive season OHAFC 2s have played in Division Three
- Side have won 5,6 or 7 League games in each of the previous 6 seasons
- Top two teams promoted to Division Two, bottom two relegated to Division Four
- Average points per game needed to win Division Three (last 4 seasons): 2.19
- Average points per game needed for promotion to Division Two (last 4 seasons): 1.74
- Average points per game needed to avoid relegation to Division Four (last 4 seasons): 0.99
- OHAFC currently on 2.33 pts/game
- Other Division Three fixture this Saturday: Old Epsomians (4th) v Citizens Old Boys (5th) & Old Salopians 2s (7th) v Old Eastbournians (6th)
FIXTURE
- OHAFC 2s (2nd, 25pts) v Old Alleynians (1st, 33pts) in Arthurian League Division Three
- 13th & penultimate League fixture of the season for both teams
- Only trip to Citizens remains in the League after Saturday
- Final OHAFC 2s home game of the season
- Distance to ground from Duke on the Green Pub, Parsons Green: 9.5 miles
- Average distance for 14 League games this season: 8.92 miles (last season 7.33 miles)
- Referee: Kevin Lowe
- Refereeing his 6th OHAFC League fixture in the past 8 seasons
- OHAFC record of two wins, a draw and two defeats in the previous five
- Has refereed the 2nd XI just once previously, the 4-3 home win over Sennockians last season – awarded the OHAFC a penalty (converted) after two minutes following a foul on James Breeden
- Previous OH game refereed: the 1st XI’s last fixture, the 5-4 defeat at home to Marlburians two weeks ago on the Phil pitches
- Weather forecast: Sunny, 12 degrees
- Pitch forecast: Excellent 40%, Good 40%, Fair 20%
- This will be the first OHAFC fixture played on the Harrow School New Fields this season
TEAMS
- Average position of OHAFC 2nd XI last 4 seasons/Average points: 6th in Division Three/19pts
- Average position of Alleynians last 2 seasons/Average points: 5th in Division Four/26pts
- Alleynians only joined Arthurian League in 2014/15 season, have earnt consecutive promotions, winning Division Five in 2014/15 and Division Four in 2015/16
- Alleynians have won 27 out of the 36 games played since being admitted to the Arthurian League (75%), losing just 5 (14%)
- Alleynians currently possess the highest winning percentage in League games this season in the entire League – 11 wins from 12, 92% (next highest: Charterhouse 1s – 86%)
- OHAFC Division Three form last season: Pld 14, won 5, drawn 2, lost 7, goals scored 34 (2nd most in division), conceded 38 (2nd most in division)
- Alleynians Division Four form last season: Pld 12, won 7, drawn 3, lost 2, scored 44 (most in division), conceded 13 (fewest in division)
- OHAFC home League form last season: Pld 7, won 3, drawn 2, lost 2, scored 19, conceded 16
- Alleynians away League form last season: Pld 6, won 2, drawn 2, lost 2, scored 21, conceded 11
- OHAFC home League form this season: Pld 6, won 6, for 27, against 8
- OHAFC 2s are one of three teams in the League with perfect home League records this season – also Old Alleynians (7 wins in Division Three) & Merchant Taylors 2s (5 wins in Division Five North)
- Alleynians away League form this season: Pld 5, won 4, lost 1, for 17, against 9
- Only fixture the Alleynians have lost this season was away at Chigwell 2s (2-0 on February 4th)
- Current form (last 3 League games): OHAFC W W D Alleynians W L W
- OHAFC 2s have not lost in the League since the 2-1 defeat at Alleynians on October 15th 2016
- Last time out: OHAFC lost 4-0 at Westminsters, Alleynians beat Lancing 2s 5-0 at home, both games last weekend in the quarter-finals of the Junior League Cup
- Corresponding fixture last season: Sides did not meet last season
- Previous meeting: Alleynians won 2-1 at home in Division Three on October 15th 2016 (OHAFC scorer: Soyinka)
- Overall League record between teams (last eight seasons): Previous League fixture is the only meeting to date
- League record at Harrow (last 8 seasons): No games played yet
- Record OHAFC victory: None
- Record OHAFC defeat: 2-1 away on October 15th 2016
- OHAFC performance compared to same stage last season (12 games): 15pts better off (28 v 11), scored 10 goals more (41 v 31), conceded 20 goals fewer (19 v 39), four places higher (2nd v 6th)
- OHAFC 2s WILL BE PROMOTED WITH A WIN OR DRAW
- ALLEYNIANS WILL WIN DIVISION THREE WITH A WIN OR DRAW
PLAYERS
- 44 players from squad used last season, 139 in last eight seasons
- 41 players used in 14 League & Cup fixtures this season
- Leading 2nd XI appearances this season (all competitions): 14 – Lederman, 13 - Taunton-Collins
- Leading 2nd XI goalscorers this season (all competitions): 20 – Soyinka, 11 - Alhadeff
- Worst discipline this season: 1 yellow – Hutchinson, H Morrison, Y Sert
- 14-man squad named for Matchday 15
- Max Curry set for 70th career club appearance
- Ollie Curry set for 30th career 2nd XI appearance and 25th career 2nd XI League appearance
- Ed Massey set for 25th career club appearance, 5th 2nd XI League appearance this season and 5th 2nd XI start in all competitions this season
- David Lederman set for 20th 2nd XI appearance (last 8 seasons) and 15th 2nd XI appearance this season
- Jamie Barwick set for 10th career club appearance, 5th career 2nd XI League start and 5th 2nd XI appearance this season
- Fred Richardson set for 10th club start & appearance this season and 2nd XI season debut
- Jack Alhadeff & Gbeminiyi Soyinka both set for 10th 2nd XI League starts & appearances this season
- Harry Woolley set for 10th 2nd XI League start this season
- Field Marshall Azhar Khan set for 10th 2nd XI appearance this season in all competitions
- Fraser McGuinness set for 5th career 2nd XI League start & appearance and 2nd XI season debut
- Rollo Hovey set for 5th 2nd XI League start this season
- Kyle Barrett set for 2nd XI career debut
- Also in Squad: Geoff Taunton-Collins
- Total 2nd XI appearances / goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 430/161
- Average 2nd XI apps / goals in 13-man squad (all comps, last 7 seasons): 31/12
- Total Club appearances / goals in 13-man squad (all competitions, last 7 seasons): 779/216
- Average Club apps / goals in 13-man squad (all comps, last 7 seasons): 56/15
OHAFC 3rd XI: No game, next fixture TBC