Halifax Town vs Gateshead match preview: Even contest expected at The Shay Stadium

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Mon 28.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Shay Stadium (14061 seats)

Another intriguing game in the National League. Halifax Town is in the 7th spot after participating in five fixtures. They receive Gateshead who are placed 10th after five fixtures.

Insights:
  • Halifax Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Gateshead have scored in all their matches so far.

It's no vacation for neither Halifax Town nor Gateshead as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Halifax Town form and stats

Only two National League home games for Halifax Town so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

An away draw last time out for Halifax, facing Solihull Moors in a game that ended 1-1.

In the match before that, Halifax Town hosted Oxford City and drew the game 1-1.

Early season league goal statistics from Halifax Town's 2 home games: {3 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Gateshead form and stats

Gateshead are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the National League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Gateshead's previous game was their home loss versus Woking (1-3).

Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Ebbsfleet United.

Lots of goals? This team have played 5 consecutive league games all featuring at least three goals scored (over 2.5 goals).

{5 goals} so far away for Gateshead, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Halifax have won or drawn the last 15 matches (4-11-0) facing Gateshead.

Top Goalscorers

GatesheadM. Dinanga
M. Dinanga
4 goals
GatesheadS. Wearne
S. Wearne
3 goals
Halifax TownR. Harker
R. Harker
2 goals

Halifax Town missing players

Gateshead missing players

Halifax Town Gateshead
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 1 2 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
6 3 0 Scored S 1 5 12
5 1 0 Conceded C 2 4 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
20% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 80%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 40%
60% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
20% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.8 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 9 5.5 5.6
3.4 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4 4
2.4 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.8 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11 12.4
4 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5 5.6
30% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 50% 43%
 
9.4 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 6 6 7
2.6 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3.6
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Gateshead's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Halifax Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gateshead have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Gateshead have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Gateshead haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Halifax Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Halifax Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Halifax Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Halifax Town Last season Gateshead
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
16 11   Won W   8 15
13 6   Drew D   6 15
17 6   Lost L   9 16
49 33   Scored S   33 67
48 23   Conceded C   33 62
91% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
61% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 87%
30% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 54%
20% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 33%
7% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 7%
39% 43%   BTTS BTTS   65% 61%
37% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 24%
33% 22%   Failed to Score F T   13% 20%
 
4.2 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4.6
4.5 3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.9
1.7 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
2 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
9 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 12.3
3.7 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.2
29% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 28%
 
8.3 6.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.5 9.1
3.5 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 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 Hartlepool United 5 4 0 1 13 8 3 3 0 0 8 3 2 1 0 1 5 5 5 12
2 Solihull Moors 5 3 2 0 9 4 3 1 2 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 5 11
3 Barnet 5 3 1 1 10 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 10
4 Chesterfield 5 3 1 1 12 9 2 1 1 0 5 4 3 2 0 1 7 5 3 10
5 Altrincham 5 2 3 0 9 7 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 9
6 Ebbsfleet United 5 3 0 2 8 6 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 9
7 Halifax Town 5 2 2 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 8
8 Maidenhead United 5 2 2 1 6 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 8
9 Wealdstone 5 2 2 1 7 7 2 2 0 0 5 3 3 0 2 1 2 4 0 8
10 Gateshead 5 2 1 2 12 10 3 1 1 1 7 6 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 7
11 Rochdale 5 2 1 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 7
12 Woking 5 2 1 2 8 8 2 1 0 1 5 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 7
13 Aldershot Town 5 2 1 2 10 11 3 2 1 0 9 4 2 0 0 2 1 7 -1 7
14 Boreham Wood 5 1 3 1 6 5 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 6
15 Oldham Athletic 5 1 2 2 7 8 2 1 0 1 6 3 3 0 2 1 1 5 -1 5
16 Kidderminster Harriers 5 1 2 2 2 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 5
17 Fylde 5 1 1 3 9 13 2 1 0 1 4 5 3 0 1 2 5 8 -4 4
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 5 1 1 3 4 8 3 1 0 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 4
19 Dorking Wanderers 5 1 1 3 7 12 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 0 0 2 3 7 -5 4
20 York City 5 0 3 2 6 8 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 -2 3
21 Eastleigh 5 0 3 2 4 8 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4 3
22 Bromley 5 0 3 2 3 7 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 2 4 -4 3
23 Oxford City 5 0 2 3 4 9 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 6 -5 2
24 Southend United 5 3 0 2 11 5 3 2 0 1 8 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 6 -1

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The National League is the fifth highest level of the English football league system. 24 professional and semi-professional teams play a total of 552 fixtures to top the league table. The National League is the top division of the National League System which contains division levels five to eleven.