A sublime Lewis White strike was the difference between St Albans City and Worthing as the Saints’ disappointing home form continued.

It could have been a different story, after the Saints were awarded a penalty in the last minute, but skipper Shaun Jeffers failed to convert and the Saints remain winless at home after this 1-0 reverse.

At half time, it was a surprise that the score remained goalless, with both sides having excellent chances to open the scoring.

The first came after five minutes for St Albans through Zane Banton, meeting a ricochet on the volley 10 yards out but finding Harrison Male in the Worthing goal able to parry it away to safety.

The Saints kept up the pressure and had another good chance, this time through Jeffers four minutes later.

After some good work down the right from Devante Stanley, the ball came into the box and Joe Neal and last year's top scorer combined nicely to create a shooting opportunity but the shot was high and wide.

A couple more good opportunities rounded off an impressive spell from the Saints during the first 30 minutes of the game.

The first came from a corner routine straight from the training ground. The ball was pulled back to Banton whose ball into the box found its way towards Michael Clark.

His attempt went wide of the right-hand post.

The second was made by Chris Paul, and sent on its way by Neal but straight at the onrushing Male.

Worthing began to get back into it after half an hour.

The Saints gave away a free kick in a dangerous area on the left-hand side of their box but the visitors' well-worked routine came to nothing.

Their best chance of the half came after 35 minutes.

A free kick from the right was flicked on and landed at the feet of centre-back Daniel Bowry but his effort was off target.

Worthing came out after the interval looking like a different side and were definitely the better team throughout the second half.

They had their first chance 50 minutes in after a great switch from Kane Willis, not his first of the game, found left back Cameron Tutt who’s pull back found Sammie McLeod.

He blazed over and City were indebted to an amazing reaction save from Michael Johnson to keep the score at 0-0.

Aarran Racine met a Worthing corner at the back post, heading the ball back across the goal to Bowry but his shot was saved by the impressive reflexes of Johnson.

Worthing did find a breakthrough after 78 minutes but the Saints were saved by the linesman’s flag, Reece Myles-Meekums not managing to stay onside following up another good Johnson save.

St Albans looked to see the game out in the last 10 minutes but this backfired as Worthing got the only goal of the game on 86 minutes.

White picked up the ball on the edge of the box, turned and smashed the ball into the top right corner, leaving Johnson helpless.

The game looked to be heading to defeat for St Albans but this quickly changed after some good pressure from Huw Dawson saw him nick the ball off Calum Kealy in the box.

Kealy left his leg out and Dawson gladly went over it, winning the penalty for his side in the last minute.

Jeffers stepped up for the Saints and most of the crowd expected the net to bulge but his shot was saved down low to Male's right to leave the Saints with another home loss and no goals.

They have lost two of the four games at the newly named Mozzarella Fellas Stadium so far this season, drawing the others, and have yet to score.