Football background guide: Halifax Town favourites when Barnet visit

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Shay Stadium (14061 seats)

Only three points will suffice for the Halifax Town fans in this The Shay Stadium battle with Barnet, as they enjoy a robust lead on their opponents in the National League table.

Insights:
  • Halifax Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in National League
  • Barnet have the most matches over the total-line (17) in National League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Halifax and Barnet.

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Halifax Town form and stats

Halifax Town are steadily winning National League games and points here at The Shay Stadium. 9 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 12 games.

The home team returns to The Shay Stadium after drawing with Notts County (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

The Halifax Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 12 league matches. Halifax Town have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Barnet form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L7 on the road this term. That's in the National League.

Barnet played 0-0 against King's Lynn Town in their previous match.

Before that, Barnet travelled to Torquay United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Barnet when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing two and winning zero games.

Barnet find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Barnet have conceded 28 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams meet this season, as the statistics show this recent game: Barnet - Halifax Town 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Halifax victories, four draws and two Barnet wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Halifax TownB. Waters
B. Waters
14 goals
Halifax TownJ. Slew
J. Slew
9 goals
Halifax TownM. Warburton
M. Warburton
8 goals

Halifax Town missing players

Barnet missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Halifax Town Barnet
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 12 4 Played P 5 15 29
15 9 3 Won W 1 4 8
6 0 0 Drew D 2 4 8
6 3 1 Lost L 2 7 13
42 23 7 Scored S 5 20 34
22 8 2 Conceded C 8 28 55
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 90%
63% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 80% 83%
41% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 60% 62%
30% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 34%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 20% 21%
44% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 73% 62%
41% 58% 75% Clean Sheets C S 20% 7% 14%
22% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 27% 34%
 
4.5 5 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.2 5.8
5.9 4.5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 4.7 5.4
1.4 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
9.8 11.6 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.7 8.6
3.7 4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3.1 3.3
42% 48% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 43% 35%
 
9.7 8.3 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.4 9.5 10.5
3.4 2.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.7
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Barnet have the most matches over the total-line (17) in National League
  • Halifax Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Halifax Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Halifax Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in National League
  • Halifax Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 29 19 4 6 59 27 14 8 3 3 26 13 15 11 1 3 33 14 32 61
2 Chesterfield 29 15 10 4 52 29 14 7 5 2 25 16 15 8 5 2 27 13 23 55
3 Boreham Wood 26 15 8 3 36 17 14 9 5 0 22 6 12 6 3 3 14 11 19 53
4 Solihull Moors 28 15 7 6 46 26 15 9 3 3 30 13 13 6 4 3 16 13 20 52
5 Wrexham 28 15 7 6 46 27 11 5 5 1 10 6 17 10 2 5 36 21 19 52
6 Halifax Town 27 15 6 6 42 22 12 9 0 3 23 8 15 6 6 3 19 14 20 51
7 Bromley 28 15 6 7 45 33 15 10 2 3 28 15 13 5 4 4 17 18 12 51
8 Notts County 27 14 7 6 50 30 15 10 3 2 33 18 12 4 4 4 17 12 20 49
9 Grimsby Town 28 14 4 10 42 29 15 10 2 3 28 11 13 4 2 7 14 18 13 46
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 28 13 4 11 50 38 15 7 3 5 31 23 13 6 1 6 19 15 12 43
11 Torquay United 29 12 6 11 44 43 15 7 3 5 24 21 14 5 3 6 20 22 1 42
12 Southend United 28 11 6 11 31 38 12 6 2 4 18 17 16 5 4 7 13 21 -7 39
13 Yeovil Town 28 10 8 10 27 28 14 4 5 5 12 14 14 6 3 5 15 14 -1 38
14 Eastleigh 29 9 7 13 29 42 15 7 5 3 22 18 14 2 2 10 7 24 -13 34
15 Woking 29 10 3 16 43 45 14 5 0 9 20 24 15 5 3 7 23 21 -2 33
16 Barnet 29 8 8 13 34 55 14 4 4 6 14 27 15 4 4 7 20 28 -21 32
17 Aldershot Town 29 8 7 14 32 44 15 2 5 8 13 26 14 6 2 6 19 18 -12 31
18 Wealdstone 28 8 7 13 29 41 14 5 4 5 13 15 14 3 3 8 16 26 -12 31
19 Maidenhead United 27 8 7 12 31 48 15 7 3 5 25 27 12 1 4 7 6 21 -17 31
20 Altrincham 29 8 6 15 40 54 13 4 2 7 19 22 16 4 4 8 21 32 -14 30
21 Weymouth 29 5 7 17 30 53 16 3 5 8 17 24 13 2 2 9 13 29 -23 22
22 King's Lynn Town 27 4 4 19 24 51 13 2 1 10 11 22 14 2 3 9 13 29 -27 16
23 Dover Athletic 29 1 5 23 21 63 14 1 2 11 9 24 15 0 3 12 12 39 -42 -4

Table
  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 29 19 4 6 59 27 14 8 3 3 26 13 15 11 1 3 33 14 32 61
2 Chesterfield 29 15 10 4 52 29 14 7 5 2 25 16 15 8 5 2 27 13 23 55
3 Boreham Wood 26 15 8 3 36 17 14 9 5 0 22 6 12 6 3 3 14 11 19 53
4 Solihull Moors 28 15 7 6 46 26 15 9 3 3 30 13 13 6 4 3 16 13 20 52
5 Wrexham 28 15 7 6 46 27 11 5 5 1 10 6 17 10 2 5 36 21 19 52
6 Halifax Town 27 15 6 6 42 22 12 9 0 3 23 8 15 6 6 3 19 14 20 51
7 Bromley 28 15 6 7 45 33 15 10 2 3 28 15 13 5 4 4 17 18 12 51
8 Notts County 27 14 7 6 50 30 15 10 3 2 33 18 12 4 4 4 17 12 20 49
9 Grimsby Town 28 14 4 10 42 29 15 10 2 3 28 11 13 4 2 7 14 18 13 46
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 28 13 4 11 50 38 15 7 3 5 31 23 13 6 1 6 19 15 12 43
11 Torquay United 29 12 6 11 44 43 15 7 3 5 24 21 14 5 3 6 20 22 1 42
12 Southend United 28 11 6 11 31 38 12 6 2 4 18 17 16 5 4 7 13 21 -7 39
13 Yeovil Town 28 10 8 10 27 28 14 4 5 5 12 14 14 6 3 5 15 14 -1 38
14 Eastleigh 29 9 7 13 29 42 15 7 5 3 22 18 14 2 2 10 7 24 -13 34
15 Woking 29 10 3 16 43 45 14 5 0 9 20 24 15 5 3 7 23 21 -2 33
16 Barnet 29 8 8 13 34 55 14 4 4 6 14 27 15 4 4 7 20 28 -21 32
17 Aldershot Town 29 8 7 14 32 44 15 2 5 8 13 26 14 6 2 6 19 18 -12 31
18 Wealdstone 28 8 7 13 29 41 14 5 4 5 13 15 14 3 3 8 16 26 -12 31
19 Maidenhead United 27 8 7 12 31 48 15 7 3 5 25 27 12 1 4 7 6 21 -17 31
20 Altrincham 29 8 6 15 40 54 13 4 2 7 19 22 16 4 4 8 21 32 -14 30
21 Weymouth 29 5 7 17 30 53 16 3 5 8 17 24 13 2 2 9 13 29 -23 22
22 King's Lynn Town 27 4 4 19 24 51 13 2 1 10 11 22 14 2 3 9 13 29 -27 16
23 Dover Athletic 29 1 5 23 21 63 14 1 2 11 9 24 15 0 3 12 12 39 -42 -4

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