Evenly matched teams: Altrincham vs Halifax Town match preview

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Fri 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The J. Davidson Stadium (6085 seats)

Both sides are capable of winning this one, Halifax Town enjoying a 27 point advantage on Altrincham in the league table. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Altrincham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Halifax Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in National League

Altrincham and Halifax Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Altrincham form and stats

When playing at home in the National League, Altrincham have managed 9 wins, 2 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 18 games. Altrincham has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at The J. Davidson Stadium. We remember; it was Woking.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Altrincham, as their goalkeeper Tony Thompson has completely shut out the opponents for 229 minutes in the National League.

Altrincham's last game was hosting Aldershot Town (placed 20th) and winning 1-0.

Before that, Altrincham had a home game versus Chesterfield which ended with a victory 1-0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Altrincham as they are travelling to their away game against Wrexham in the National League. That match is three days after this one.

Altrincham have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The J. Davidson Stadium with 33 goals in 18 league matches. Altrincham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Halifax Town form and stats

The visitors are W7-D6-L5 on the road this term. That's in the National League. Halifax Town has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The club members enjoyed Halifax Town's previous fixture versus Woking (placed 14th), a 2-1 win played at home.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Solihull Moors.

A quick return to home after this game, as Halifax are hosting Chesterfield in the National League only three days away.

Halifax Town find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 18 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Halifax have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The squads have played each other previously this season, with the match result Halifax Town - Altrincham 2-0 registered in the official records. Head-to-head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Altrincham won two games, two matches ended with a tie and Halifax Town have six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Halifax TownB. Waters
B. Waters
18 goals
AltrinchamR. Colclough
R. Colclough
11 goals
Halifax TownM. Warburton
M. Warburton
11 goals

Altrincham missing players

Halifax Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Altrincham Halifax Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
13 9 2 Won W 3 7 22
7 2 0 Drew D 2 6 7
16 7 4 Lost L 1 5 8
54 33 6 Scored S 11 22 55
56 22 11 Conceded C 8 19 29
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 92%
81% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 61% 65%
56% 61% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 38%
42% 39% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 24%
28% 28% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 8%
53% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 41%
25% 39% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 28% 46%
25% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 22%
 
4.9 5.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.3 4.6
5.5 4.9 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 8.8 7 5.9
1.6 1.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.4 1.5
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.6 11.1 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.2 9.6
4.4 5.1 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.3 3.6
34% 36% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 37% 41%
 
10.6 9.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 11.1 9.9
4.3 3.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.8 3.3
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Altrincham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Altrincham haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Halifax Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in National League

  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 36 26 4 6 79 29 18 12 3 3 39 15 18 14 1 3 40 14 50 82
2 Wrexham 36 22 8 6 74 38 18 12 5 1 38 17 18 10 3 5 36 21 36 74
3 Halifax Town 37 22 7 8 55 29 19 15 1 3 33 10 18 7 6 5 22 19 26 73
4 Solihull Moors 37 20 11 6 67 39 19 11 5 3 43 22 18 9 6 3 24 17 28 71
5 Chesterfield 38 19 13 6 64 40 19 10 6 3 33 23 19 9 7 3 31 17 24 70
6 Notts County 37 18 10 9 65 47 18 11 5 2 36 20 19 7 5 7 29 27 18 64
7 Grimsby Town 37 19 6 12 55 35 18 12 2 4 32 14 19 7 4 8 23 21 20 63
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 37 18 5 14 64 45 18 8 4 6 35 25 19 10 1 8 29 20 19 59
9 Boreham Wood 35 16 11 8 41 27 18 10 7 1 24 8 17 6 4 7 17 19 14 59
10 Torquay United 36 16 8 12 60 49 19 10 4 5 36 22 17 6 4 7 24 27 11 56
11 Bromley 35 15 9 11 47 40 17 10 3 4 28 17 18 5 6 7 19 23 7 54
12 Yeovil Town 37 13 11 13 38 40 18 6 5 7 16 20 19 7 6 6 22 20 -2 50
13 Southend United 37 13 8 16 38 56 17 8 3 6 22 24 20 5 5 10 16 32 -18 47
14 Woking 38 14 4 20 52 53 18 7 0 11 25 29 20 7 4 9 27 24 -1 46
15 Altrincham 36 13 7 16 54 56 18 9 2 7 33 22 18 4 5 9 21 34 -2 46
16 Maidenhead United 38 11 9 18 40 62 19 8 4 7 28 32 19 3 5 11 12 30 -22 42
17 Barnet 37 11 9 17 45 69 19 6 5 8 23 33 18 5 4 9 22 36 -24 42
18 Wealdstone 37 10 10 17 40 57 19 6 7 6 19 21 18 4 3 11 21 36 -17 40
19 Eastleigh 37 11 7 19 40 59 18 8 5 5 26 22 19 3 2 14 14 37 -19 40
20 Aldershot Town 36 9 7 20 35 61 19 3 5 11 15 34 17 6 2 9 20 27 -26 34
21 King's Lynn Town 38 7 8 23 38 68 20 4 3 13 19 34 18 3 5 10 19 34 -30 29
22 Weymouth 36 5 8 23 32 69 18 3 6 9 17 26 18 2 2 14 15 43 -37 23
23 Dover Athletic 36 1 6 29 29 84 18 1 3 14 11 31 18 0 3 15 18 53 -55 -3

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 36 26 4 6 79 29 18 12 3 3 39 15 18 14 1 3 40 14 50 82
2 Wrexham 36 22 8 6 74 38 18 12 5 1 38 17 18 10 3 5 36 21 36 74
3 Halifax Town 37 22 7 8 55 29 19 15 1 3 33 10 18 7 6 5 22 19 26 73
4 Solihull Moors 37 20 11 6 67 39 19 11 5 3 43 22 18 9 6 3 24 17 28 71
5 Chesterfield 38 19 13 6 64 40 19 10 6 3 33 23 19 9 7 3 31 17 24 70
6 Notts County 37 18 10 9 65 47 18 11 5 2 36 20 19 7 5 7 29 27 18 64
7 Grimsby Town 37 19 6 12 55 35 18 12 2 4 32 14 19 7 4 8 23 21 20 63
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 37 18 5 14 64 45 18 8 4 6 35 25 19 10 1 8 29 20 19 59
9 Boreham Wood 35 16 11 8 41 27 18 10 7 1 24 8 17 6 4 7 17 19 14 59
10 Torquay United 36 16 8 12 60 49 19 10 4 5 36 22 17 6 4 7 24 27 11 56
11 Bromley 35 15 9 11 47 40 17 10 3 4 28 17 18 5 6 7 19 23 7 54
12 Yeovil Town 37 13 11 13 38 40 18 6 5 7 16 20 19 7 6 6 22 20 -2 50
13 Southend United 37 13 8 16 38 56 17 8 3 6 22 24 20 5 5 10 16 32 -18 47
14 Woking 38 14 4 20 52 53 18 7 0 11 25 29 20 7 4 9 27 24 -1 46
15 Altrincham 36 13 7 16 54 56 18 9 2 7 33 22 18 4 5 9 21 34 -2 46
16 Maidenhead United 38 11 9 18 40 62 19 8 4 7 28 32 19 3 5 11 12 30 -22 42
17 Barnet 37 11 9 17 45 69 19 6 5 8 23 33 18 5 4 9 22 36 -24 42
18 Wealdstone 37 10 10 17 40 57 19 6 7 6 19 21 18 4 3 11 21 36 -17 40
19 Eastleigh 37 11 7 19 40 59 18 8 5 5 26 22 19 3 2 14 14 37 -19 40
20 Aldershot Town 36 9 7 20 35 61 19 3 5 11 15 34 17 6 2 9 20 27 -26 34
21 King's Lynn Town 38 7 8 23 38 68 20 4 3 13 19 34 18 3 5 10 19 34 -30 29
22 Weymouth 36 5 8 23 32 69 18 3 6 9 17 26 18 2 2 14 15 43 -37 23
23 Dover Athletic 36 1 6 29 29 84 18 1 3 14 11 31 18 0 3 15 18 53 -55 -3

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