National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Altrincham or Halifax Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Altrincham form and stats
Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 3rd round.10-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the National League numbers at home for Altrincham so far this season.
Altrincham suffered an unexpected loss 0-2 against Notts County in their previous game, also played in front of their own fans.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Southend United.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Altrincham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 5.
A decent goal production from Altrincham in their home games so far, with 31 goals from 20 league matches. 26 goals have been conceded.
Halifax Town form and stats
Halifax Town was sent out of Fa Trophy in the 5th round last season.Halifax Town have only collected 15 points from their away games in the National League, after 3-6-11 (20 played).
Halifax Town won their last game, 2-0 versus Aldershot Town played at home.
It was a National League defeat before that one as the away game against Chesterfield wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Halifax Town in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Halifax Town, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Halifax as they have only managed to score 12 times from 20 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Halifax Town have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Altrincham victory, three draws and six Halifax Town wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
![]() E. Dieseruvwe 9 goals | ![]() M. Alli 5 goals | ![]() J. Hulme 4 goals |
Altrincham missing players
Halifax Town missing players
| Altrincham | Halifax Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Scored | S | 9 | 26 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 72% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.4 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 9.4 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 34% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | ||
| 10.9 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 8.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 41 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 103 | 36 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 56 | 25 | 67 | 97 |
| 2 | Wrexham | 39 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 100 | 35 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 65 | 97 |
| 3 | Woking | 40 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 65 | 41 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 24 | 72 |
| 4 | Chesterfield | 39 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 67 | 44 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 23 | 71 |
| 5 | Barnet | 39 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 72 | 62 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 67 |
| 6 | Eastleigh | 40 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 48 | 43 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 64 |
| 7 | Boreham Wood | 39 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 44 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 62 |
| 8 | Bromley | 39 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 55 | 49 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 58 |
| 9 | Wealdstone | 40 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 51 | 63 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 34 | -12 | 56 |
| 10 | Solihull Moors | 39 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 59 | 54 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 5 | 55 |
| 11 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 39 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 56 | 65 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 34 | -9 | 55 |
| 12 | Southend United | 39 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 53 |
| 13 | Altrincham | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 59 | 71 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 45 | -12 | 52 |
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 39 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 51 | 56 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 29 | -5 | 47 |
| 15 | Maidenhead United | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 44 | 56 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 34 | -12 | 47 |
| 16 | Halifax Town | 39 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 45 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 25 | -8 | 46 |
| 17 | York City | 40 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 46 | 53 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 26 | -7 | 43 |
| 18 | Aldershot Town | 40 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 54 | 68 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 35 | -14 | 43 |
| 19 | Dorking Wanderers | 39 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 56 | 84 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 47 | -28 | 43 |
| 20 | Gateshead | 37 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 55 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 29 | -7 | 40 |
| 21 | Yeovil Town | 38 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 32 | 43 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -11 | 38 |
| 22 | Torquay United | 39 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 45 | 69 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | -24 | 34 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 40 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 46 | 75 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 38 | -29 | 34 |
| 24 | Maidstone United | 40 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 43 | 86 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 51 | -43 | 24 |