National League preview: Can Chesterfield edge out victory against Halifax Town?

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 28.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Technique Stadium (10338 seats)

A total of 18 sets of fixtures are finished and both Chesterfield and Halifax Town are doing great. Get ready!

Insights:
  • Chesterfield have the the best goal difference (+21) in National League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Chesterfield form and stats

Chesterfield have performed here at Technique Stadium this season with 5 wins from 8 National League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.

Chesterfield are returning here after visiting Grimsby Town in a National League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Tshimanga scored the goal(s).

Before that match, a FA Cup win away at Salford City.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Chesterfield have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won five times, drawn three and lost two.

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

Goals decide football matches and Chesterfield are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. Chesterfield's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Halifax Town form and stats

5-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Halifax Town in their National League matches away. Halifax have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Halifax have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Sam Johnson. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in National League.

Halifax has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Bradford Park Avenue (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) for a Fa Trophy game that ended a draw (3-3). An insane fixture with an abundance of goals last time out for Halifax Town, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that game, will this match be as enjoying?

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus King's Lynn Town in the National League.

We have checked recent matches where Halifax Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were four victories, two draws and five defeats.

Halifax are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Halifax are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last six meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Chesterfield, one draw and three wins for Halifax Town. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

ChesterfieldK. Tshimanga
K. Tshimanga
18 goals
Halifax TownB. Waters
B. Waters
12 goals
Halifax TownJ. Slew
J. Slew
7 goals

Chesterfield missing players

Halifax Town missing players

Chesterfield Halifax Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 3 10 19
11 5 1 Won W 0 5 12
6 3 1 Drew D 2 3 3
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
36 19 4 Scored S 2 13 31
15 9 3 Conceded C 3 9 16
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 89%
83% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 40% 63%
50% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 47%
44% 62% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 32%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 16%
44% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 42%
56% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 47%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 21%
 
5.1 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 5.3 5.2
4.7 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.6 5.8
2.4 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.7 11.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.8 10.5
4.3 5.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.1 4.1
47% 45% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 32% 40%
 
6.7 7.1 6 Shots against (avg) S A 7 8.2 8.6
2.8 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.4 3.4
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Chesterfield have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Chesterfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chesterfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Chesterfield have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Chesterfield have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in National League
  • Chesterfield have the the best goal difference (+21) in National League
  • Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield 18 11 6 1 36 15 8 5 3 0 19 9 10 6 3 1 17 6 21 39
2 Halifax Town 19 12 3 4 31 16 9 7 0 2 18 7 10 5 3 2 13 9 15 39
3 Boreham Wood 18 11 5 2 28 13 9 6 3 0 15 4 9 5 2 2 13 9 15 38
4 Bromley 20 11 5 4 36 23 11 7 2 2 23 11 9 4 3 2 13 12 13 38
5 Wrexham 20 10 6 4 35 20 9 4 4 1 8 5 11 6 2 3 27 15 15 36
6 Solihull Moors 20 10 6 4 28 20 11 6 3 2 18 11 9 4 3 2 10 9 8 36
7 Notts County 19 10 5 4 33 22 10 7 2 1 20 13 9 3 3 3 13 9 11 35
8 Stockport County 19 10 3 6 34 23 9 4 2 3 16 11 10 6 1 3 18 12 11 33
9 Dagenham & Redbridge 20 10 2 8 39 26 10 5 2 3 25 16 10 5 0 5 14 10 13 32
10 Grimsby Town 19 10 2 7 31 21 9 7 0 2 19 6 10 3 2 5 12 15 10 32
11 Yeovil Town 19 9 4 6 20 18 10 4 3 3 9 9 9 5 1 3 11 9 2 31
12 Torquay United 20 8 3 9 31 32 10 6 0 4 19 15 10 2 3 5 12 17 -1 27
13 Altrincham 20 7 4 9 34 34 9 4 1 4 15 12 11 3 3 5 19 22 0 25
14 Woking 20 8 1 11 31 31 9 3 0 6 11 15 11 5 1 5 20 16 0 25
15 Eastleigh 18 7 4 7 21 24 10 5 3 2 16 13 8 2 1 5 5 11 -3 25
16 Barnet 19 7 4 8 24 31 9 4 2 3 11 14 10 3 2 5 13 17 -7 25
17 Aldershot Town 20 6 3 11 24 33 11 2 2 7 10 21 9 4 1 4 14 12 -9 21
18 Wealdstone 19 5 6 8 19 29 10 3 3 4 8 11 9 2 3 4 11 18 -10 21
19 Southend United 19 4 4 11 16 31 8 2 2 4 10 14 11 2 2 7 6 17 -15 16
20 Weymouth 19 4 3 12 21 38 10 2 3 5 12 17 9 2 0 7 9 21 -17 15
21 Maidenhead United 18 4 3 11 19 38 9 3 1 5 15 22 9 1 2 6 4 16 -19 15
22 King's Lynn Town 19 3 2 14 17 40 10 1 1 8 6 17 9 2 1 6 11 23 -23 11
23 Dover Athletic 20 0 4 16 15 45 11 0 2 9 7 20 9 0 2 7 8 25 -30 -8

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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.