National League match preview: Dover Athletic believed to be the weaker party when Halifax Town pays a visit

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Perrys Crabble Stadium (6500 seats)

Both Dover Athletic and Halifax Town are longing for points in this match, even with the away team holding a 36 point edge from earlier matches.

Insights:
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest scored goals (10) in National League
  • Halifax Town have the fewest conceded goals (11) in National League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Dover Athletic form and stats

Dover Athletic's results here at The Perrys Crabble Stadium in the National League have been very modest with 0 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for Dover Athletic who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 17 attempts. Their previous win was against Fylde, 637 days ago.

The fans are hoping that Dover Athletic will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the National League game against Torquay United (placed 14th).

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Southend United.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Dover as they have a new game in only three days, a National League match thankfully also at home. Wealdstone are visiting.

Dover Athletic aren't scoring a lot here at The Perrys Crabble Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Dover defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Halifax Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in National League, on their National League travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

The Halifax goalkeeper Sam Johnson is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 218 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Halifax go into this game after a win, the home game against Maidenhead United that ended 7-4. A stark raving crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Halifax, as mentioned above. 11 goals in that entertaining match, will this fixture be as enjoying?

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Bromley.

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

The attacking power of Halifax when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Halifax Town are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Dover Athletic-Halifax Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dover Athletic three wins, Halifax Town six wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Halifax TownB. Waters
B. Waters
9 goals
DoverA. Cosgrove
A. Cosgrove
4 goals
Halifax TownJ. Slew
J. Slew
4 goals

Dover Athletic missing players

Halifax Town missing players

Dover Athletic Halifax Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 2 7 14
0 0 0 Won W 1 2 8
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 3
11 5 2 Lost L 0 2 3
10 4 0 Scored S 1 6 21
33 11 2 Conceded C 0 6 11
86% 71% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 71% 86%
71% 43% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 29% 57%
57% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 43%
36% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 29%
36% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
57% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 36%
14% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 50%
43% 57% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 57% 29%
 
3.8 3.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.3 5.1
6.2 6.9 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.4 6
1.7 1.3 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.4 9.3 7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.3 9.4
3.6 4.1 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.4 3.6
20% 14% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 25% 42%
 
13.5 13.6 13 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8.4 8.6
6.5 6.1 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.2
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Dover Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest scored goals (10) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals (33) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-23) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have yet to win a game.
  • Dover Athletic is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Halifax Town have scored more than double the goals of Dover Athletic.
  • Halifax Town have the fewest conceded goals (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 Chesterfield 15 9 5 1 31 13 7 5 2 0 17 7 8 4 3 1 14 6 18 32
2 Boreham Wood 15 9 4 2 21 12 7 5 2 0 10 3 8 4 2 2 11 9 9 31
3 Grimsby Town 15 9 2 4 28 15 7 6 0 1 18 5 8 3 2 3 10 10 13 29
4 Bromley 14 8 4 2 27 14 7 5 1 1 15 4 7 3 3 1 12 10 13 28
5 Notts County 15 8 4 3 26 17 8 5 2 1 14 11 7 3 2 2 12 6 9 28
6 Halifax Town 14 8 3 3 21 11 7 6 0 1 15 5 7 2 3 2 6 6 10 27
7 Dagenham & Redbridge 15 8 2 5 33 20 7 4 2 1 22 12 8 4 0 4 11 8 13 26
8 Solihull Moors 15 7 5 3 20 18 8 4 3 1 14 9 7 3 2 2 6 9 2 26
9 Wrexham 14 6 5 3 29 17 5 2 3 0 5 3 9 4 2 3 24 14 12 23
10 Woking 14 7 0 7 25 20 6 3 0 3 9 9 8 4 0 4 16 11 5 21
11 Stockport County 14 6 3 5 17 18 7 2 2 3 6 10 7 4 1 2 11 8 -1 21
12 Altrincham 14 6 2 6 24 21 7 4 1 2 14 9 7 2 1 4 10 12 3 20
13 Yeovil Town 13 5 3 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 7 8 5 2 1 2 6 5 0 18
14 Torquay United 14 5 3 6 21 24 7 4 0 3 12 11 7 1 3 3 9 13 -3 18
15 Eastleigh 14 5 3 6 18 21 7 4 2 1 14 10 7 1 1 5 4 11 -3 18
16 Wealdstone 14 4 5 5 13 19 8 3 3 2 7 6 6 1 2 3 6 13 -6 17
17 Barnet 15 4 4 7 17 28 7 2 2 3 6 13 8 2 2 4 11 15 -11 16
18 Weymouth 15 4 3 8 17 28 7 2 3 2 8 8 8 2 0 6 9 20 -11 15
19 Maidenhead United 14 4 2 8 18 26 8 3 1 4 15 18 6 1 1 4 3 8 -8 14
20 Southend United 14 3 2 9 11 23 7 2 1 4 9 13 7 1 1 5 2 10 -12 11
21 Aldershot Town 15 3 1 11 16 30 8 1 0 7 6 18 7 2 1 4 10 12 -14 10
22 King's Lynn Town 14 2 2 10 13 28 8 0 1 7 4 15 6 2 1 3 9 13 -15 8
23 Dover Athletic 14 0 3 11 10 33 7 0 2 5 4 11 7 0 1 6 6 22 -23 -9

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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.