Soccer betting preview: Dagenham & Redbridge welcomes Halifax Town in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Chigwell Construction Stadium (6078 seats)

A very important fixture as both contenders are battling for the top spots. With Dagenham & Redbridge in 7th position and Halifax Town located at 3rd, this has all the looks of an exciting meeting. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Dagenham & Redbridge have the most scored goals (29) at home in National League
  • Halifax Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (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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Dagenham & Redbridge form and stats

The National League statistics playing at home this season for Dagenham & Redbridge are 7-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Dagenham & Redbridge in their previous game, a fixture away at Weymouth (placed 21st) that ended with a 2-1 victory.

Preceding that match was the home game against Stockport County that was lost 0-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Redbridge perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Dagenham & Redbridge as a small favourite), we find nine games. Dagenham & Redbridge has won five of these, drawn two and lost two.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (29 in 13 games), Dagenham & Redbridge's attacking play is working. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Halifax Town form and stats

5-5-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Halifax Town in their National League matches away.

The attacking players of Halifax Town have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 201 minutes.

The manager Wild was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue The Shay Stadium. Halifax Town suffered a 0-1 loss to Boreham Wood (placed 5th).

A 0-1 defeat away at Maidenhead United before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Halifax Town in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Halifax Town, four draws and four defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Halifax Town have scored 15 goals in 13 league games away. Halifax Town are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled earlier this season: Halifax Town - Dagenham & Redbridge 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dagenham & Redbridge two wins, two draws and Halifax Town six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Halifax TownB. Waters
B. Waters
12 goals
Halifax TownJ. Slew
J. Slew
9 goals
RedbridgeÁ. Balanta
Á. Balanta
8 goals

Dagenham & Redbridge missing players

Halifax Town missing players

Dagenham & Redbridge Halifax Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 3 Played P 3 13 25
13 7 1 Won W 0 5 14
3 2 1 Drew D 3 5 5
9 4 1 Lost L 0 3 6
47 29 6 Scored S 3 15 38
32 19 6 Conceded C 3 12 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 85% 92%
76% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 46% 60%
60% 69% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 40%
44% 62% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 28%
24% 38% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 12%
56% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 46% 40%
16% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 44%
28% 23% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 24%
 
5.8 6.6 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.6 4.8
5.5 4.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.4 5.5
1.3 1.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.6 10.6 6.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 8.7 10.1
5.1 5.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.5 3.8
37% 44% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 33% 40%
 
8.2 7.5 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 6 9.6 9
3.4 3.6 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.5 3.2
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Dagenham & Redbridge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dagenham & Redbridge have the most scored goals (29) at home in National League
  • Dagenham & Redbridge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Halifax Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) 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 24 15 3 6 47 24 11 6 2 3 22 11 13 9 1 3 25 13 23 48
2 Chesterfield 23 13 8 2 44 20 11 6 5 0 21 10 12 7 3 2 23 10 24 47
3 Halifax Town 25 14 5 6 38 20 12 9 0 3 23 8 13 5 5 3 15 12 18 47
4 Bromley 24 14 5 5 41 26 13 9 2 2 26 12 11 5 3 3 15 14 15 47
5 Boreham Wood 22 13 7 2 31 14 12 7 5 0 17 5 10 6 2 2 14 9 17 46
6 Wrexham 24 13 6 5 41 24 10 5 4 1 9 5 14 8 2 4 32 19 17 45
7 Dagenham & Redbridge 25 13 3 9 47 32 13 7 2 4 29 19 12 6 1 5 18 13 15 42
8 Notts County 22 12 6 4 40 25 11 8 2 1 23 14 11 4 4 3 17 11 15 42
9 Solihull Moors 24 12 6 6 36 23 13 7 3 3 23 12 11 5 3 3 13 11 13 42
10 Grimsby Town 24 11 3 10 35 26 12 8 1 3 23 9 12 3 2 7 12 17 9 36
11 Torquay United 25 10 4 11 38 40 12 6 1 5 21 19 13 4 3 6 17 21 -2 34
12 Woking 24 10 1 13 38 37 12 5 0 7 18 20 12 5 1 6 20 17 1 31
13 Yeovil Town 22 9 4 9 23 24 12 4 3 5 11 13 10 5 1 4 12 11 -1 31
14 Eastleigh 23 9 4 10 26 35 12 7 3 2 21 16 11 2 1 8 5 19 -9 31
15 Aldershot Town 25 7 6 12 29 38 13 2 4 7 12 23 12 5 2 5 17 15 -9 27
16 Barnet 22 7 6 9 26 36 11 4 3 4 13 19 11 3 3 5 13 17 -10 27
17 Altrincham 25 7 5 13 37 45 12 4 1 7 17 20 13 3 4 6 20 25 -8 26
18 Southend United 23 7 5 11 22 34 10 4 2 4 14 16 13 3 3 7 8 18 -12 26
19 Wealdstone 23 6 7 10 21 33 12 4 4 4 10 12 11 2 3 6 11 21 -12 25
20 Maidenhead United 23 7 4 12 25 44 12 6 1 5 20 24 11 1 3 7 5 20 -19 25
21 Weymouth 23 4 4 15 25 45 12 2 3 7 13 20 11 2 1 8 12 25 -20 16
22 King's Lynn Town 22 3 2 17 20 47 11 1 1 9 8 21 11 2 1 8 12 26 -27 11
23 Dover Athletic 25 1 4 20 20 58 12 1 2 9 8 20 13 0 2 11 12 38 -38 -5

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.