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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 19.Sep
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Esh Group Stadium (3000 seats)

The team playing at home, Chesterfield, should be odds-on favourites in this fixture, but Halifax Town have proven both capability and spirit. Learn more about the match!

Insights:
  • Chesterfield have the most scored goals (23) in National League
  • Halifax Town have the fewest conceded goals (7) in National League

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.

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Chesterfield form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Chesterfield have to build on here at Esh Group Stadium in the National League. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Chesterfield has won four games in a row. The Altrincham match was the last time out without a victory.

Chesterfield enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ebbsfleet United's place. The match ended 1-0 with Dobra scoring.

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Dagenham & Redbridge.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Chesterfield, as the National League home game vs Wealdstone is only four days away.

Goals are plentiful at Esh Group Stadium in the league this season as Chesterfield has scored 11 goals here in 4 home games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.

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Halifax Town form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Halifax Town playing as the away team in the National League this season.

Halifax Town's previous game was their home loss versus Dorking Wanderers (0-1). Before that loss this team had gained at least one point from six league rounds in a row.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Southend United.

Betting on few goals? 6 league games in a row with this team have had at most two goals.

The schedule is very tough for Halifax now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A National League game at Barnet is waiting in only four days.

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

Head 2 Head

Data for the preceeding ten meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for Chesterfield, one draw and five wins for Halifax Town. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

ChesterfieldR. Colclough
R. Colclough
5 goals
ChesterfieldW. Grigg
W. Grigg
4 goals
ChesterfieldL. Mandeville
L. Mandeville
3 goals

Chesterfield missing players

Halifax Town missing players

Chesterfield Halifax Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 2 4 9
7 3 1 Won W 1 2 3
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 4
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
23 11 3 Scored S 2 4 8
15 7 1 Conceded C 1 4 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 67%
78% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 11%
56% 75% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
89% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 44%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 33%
 
8.2 9.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6.5 5.4
3 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 4.4
2.3 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.3 10.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.5 10
5.8 5.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.5 3.1
44% 52% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 22% 29%
 
7.4 6 5 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8.8 7.9
3.2 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3 2.2
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Chesterfield's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Chesterfield have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Chesterfield have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Chesterfield have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Chesterfield have scored more than double the goals of Halifax Town.
  • Chesterfield have the most points from losing position (12) in National League
  • Chesterfield have the most scored goals (23) in National League
  • Chesterfield have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in National League
  • Chesterfield have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Chesterfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Halifax Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Halifax Town have the fewest conceded goals (7) in National League
  • Halifax Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in National League
  • Halifax Town have the most matches under the total-line (8) in National League
  • Halifax Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chesterfield 9 7 1 1 23 15 4 3 1 0 11 7 5 4 0 1 12 8 8 22
2 Solihull Moors 9 5 4 0 16 8 4 1 3 0 8 5 5 4 1 0 8 3 8 19
3 Barnet 9 6 1 2 19 12 4 4 0 0 11 4 5 2 1 2 8 8 7 19
4 Bromley 9 4 3 2 14 10 5 3 1 1 10 5 4 1 2 1 4 5 4 15
5 Woking 9 4 3 2 13 9 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 2 2 1 5 3 4 15
6 Hartlepool United 9 5 0 4 19 19 5 4 0 1 10 6 4 1 0 3 9 13 0 15
7 Rochdale 9 4 2 3 15 11 5 2 1 2 8 6 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 14
8 Gateshead 9 3 4 2 21 13 4 1 2 1 9 8 5 2 2 1 12 5 8 13
9 Halifax Town 9 3 4 2 8 7 5 1 3 1 4 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 1 13
10 Ebbsfleet United 9 4 0 5 15 13 5 3 0 2 10 4 4 1 0 3 5 9 2 12
11 Wealdstone 9 3 3 3 10 12 5 3 1 1 7 6 4 0 2 2 3 6 -2 12
12 Altrincham 9 2 5 2 13 15 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 1 3 1 8 10 -2 11
13 Dagenham & Redbridge 9 3 2 4 10 12 4 2 0 2 6 7 5 1 2 2 4 5 -2 11
14 Aldershot Town 9 3 2 4 16 19 5 2 2 1 13 9 4 1 0 3 3 10 -3 11
15 Oxford City 9 2 4 3 16 14 5 2 1 2 10 5 4 0 3 1 6 9 2 10
16 Boreham Wood 9 2 4 3 9 12 4 1 1 2 3 3 5 1 3 1 6 9 -3 10
17 Maidenhead United 9 2 4 3 7 10 5 1 3 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 4 7 -3 10
18 Eastleigh 9 2 4 3 9 15 4 1 2 1 6 9 5 1 2 2 3 6 -6 10
19 Dorking Wanderers 9 2 3 4 8 14 4 1 2 1 4 5 5 1 1 3 4 9 -6 9
20 York City 9 1 4 4 13 17 5 1 2 2 8 8 4 0 2 2 5 9 -4 7
21 Kidderminster Harriers 9 1 4 4 4 9 5 0 4 1 1 2 4 1 0 3 3 7 -5 7
22 Oldham Athletic 9 1 4 4 9 15 4 1 1 2 6 5 5 0 3 2 3 10 -6 7
23 Fylde 9 1 2 6 14 23 5 1 1 3 8 12 4 0 1 3 6 11 -9 5
24 Southend United 9 4 1 4 15 12 4 3 0 1 10 4 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 3

Read more about National League

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.