National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Halifax Town or Notts County that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a National League game only four days ago.
Halifax Town form and stats
Halifax Town participated in Fa Trophy the last season, where they reached the 4th round.Halifax Town have performed here at The Shay Stadium this season with 9 wins from 12 National League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 3.
It's back home for Halifax, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Dagenham & Redbridge away with the result 3-1. Warburton and Waters (2) found the net in that victory.
Ahead of that match, Halifax Town lost 0-1 at home to Boreham Wood.This is expected to be a close game, with Halifax Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Halifax as a small favourite), we find ten games. Halifax Town has won six of these, drawn two and lost two.
A decent goal production from Halifax Town in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 12 league matches. Halifax have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Notts County form and stats
They also participated in Fa Trophy last season. This ended in the semi-finals.As the visiting team in National League matches, Notts County have produced an overall stat of 4-4-4 so far.
Notts County go into this game after a win, the home game against Barnet that ended 6-1.
The game before that, in the National League, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Grimsby Town.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Notts County in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Notts County, four draws and two defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The National League trip to Dover Athletic.
County find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - one - two (Halifax Town wins - draws - Notts County wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Waters 14 goals |  K. Wootton 13 goals | C. Roberts 10 goals |
Halifax Town missing players
Notts County missing players
| Halifax Town | Notts County | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Scored | S | 11 | 43 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 20% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.5 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.2 | ||
| 4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 39% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 31% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stockport County | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 29 | 55 |
| 2 | Chesterfield | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 26 | 54 |
| 3 | Halifax Town | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 50 |
| 4 | Bromley | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 50 |
| 5 | Boreham Wood | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 49 |
| 6 | Solihull Moors | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 46 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 16 | 46 |
| 8 | Notts County | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 45 |
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 43 |
| 10 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 49 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 42 |
| 11 | Torquay United | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -1 | 37 |
| 12 | Yeovil Town | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | -1 | 36 |
| 13 | Southend United | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 35 |
| 14 | Woking | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| 15 | Eastleigh | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -10 | 32 |
| 16 | Aldershot Town | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | -10 | 30 |
| 17 | Barnet | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -19 | 30 |
| 18 | Wealdstone | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -12 | 28 |
| 19 | Altrincham | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 30 | -13 | 27 |
| 20 | Maidenhead United | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 27 |
| 21 | Weymouth | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -24 | 17 |
| 22 | King's Lynn Town | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 24 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -26 | 15 |
| 23 | Dover Athletic | 27 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 39 | -40 | -5 |
