Betting preview: Eastleigh vs Halifax Town should be interesting

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Silverlake Stadium (3000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Eastleigh have their presumed home advantage while Halifax Town are ahead 3 points in the National League table.

Insights:
  • Halifax Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Eastleigh and Halifax Town.

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Eastleigh form and stats

Eastleigh have played 14 National League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Eastleigh, facing Wrexham in a game that ended 2-2. Preceding that game was the away draw at Hartlepool United that finished 0-0.

The manager B. Strevens will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Stockport County in only three days.

Eastleigh are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. Eastleigh are not conceding a lot of goals here at Silverlake Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.

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Halifax Town form and stats

Playing away, Halifax Town have won 6 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the National League this season. The fact that Halifax Town have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Halifax have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

The Halifax goalkeeper Sam Johnson is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 195 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Impressive finishing from J. Allen secured the home win 1-0 against Aldershot Town in their previous game. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Solihull Moors.

Halifax have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 22 goals have been scored. Halifax have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Eastleigh and Halifax Town have met before this season: Halifax Town - Eastleigh 3-1. Eastleigh-Halifax Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Eastleigh three wins, Halifax Town two wins, five draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

EastleighJ. Tomlinson
J. Tomlinson
8 goals
EastleighT. Barnett
T. Barnett
8 goals
EastleighB. House
B. House
7 goals

Eastleigh missing players

Halifax Town missing players

Eastleigh Halifax Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 3 15 27
10 6 3 Won W 2 6 12
10 5 1 Drew D 1 4 7
7 3 0 Lost L 0 5 8
35 17 6 Scored S 5 22 43
28 11 3 Conceded C 2 18 32
85% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 89%
67% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 74%
48% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 56%
22% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 30%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 19%
56% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 73% 70%
30% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 22%
30% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.9 1.8
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
7.8 7.1 7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 11.4 10.3
3 2.9 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.5 3.6
43% 41% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 41% 44%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Halifax Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Sutton United 26 17 5 4 45 22 14 9 3 2 30 11 12 8 2 2 15 11 23 56
2 Hartlepool United 29 14 8 7 38 27 15 9 3 3 22 13 14 5 5 4 16 14 11 50
3 Torquay United 27 14 6 7 47 29 13 6 3 4 21 13 14 8 3 3 26 16 18 48
4 Wrexham 29 13 8 8 40 29 14 7 5 2 22 9 15 6 3 6 18 20 11 47
5 Stockport County 27 13 7 7 39 23 13 6 5 2 16 9 14 7 2 5 23 14 16 46
6 Halifax Town 27 12 7 8 43 32 12 6 3 3 21 14 15 6 4 5 22 18 11 43
7 Notts County 25 12 6 7 32 21 14 7 2 5 22 14 11 5 4 2 10 7 11 42
8 Bromley 27 11 8 8 45 35 15 5 5 5 26 22 12 6 3 3 19 13 10 41
9 Eastleigh 27 10 10 7 35 28 14 6 5 3 17 11 13 4 5 4 18 17 7 40
10 Maidenhead United 25 11 6 8 40 36 12 6 2 4 25 19 13 5 4 4 15 17 4 39
11 Boreham Wood 29 9 12 8 33 29 13 3 6 4 13 14 16 6 6 4 20 15 4 39
12 Yeovil Town 29 11 5 13 43 45 14 7 1 6 22 18 15 4 4 7 21 27 -2 38
13 Altrincham 30 10 8 12 34 38 12 4 3 5 14 14 18 6 5 7 20 24 -4 38
14 Aldershot Town 26 11 4 11 38 37 12 6 1 5 17 17 14 5 3 6 21 20 1 37
15 Chesterfield 25 11 3 11 36 28 13 7 1 5 23 11 12 4 2 6 13 17 8 36
16 Dagenham & Redbridge 27 9 7 11 27 35 13 4 5 4 14 15 14 5 2 7 13 20 -8 34
17 Solihull Moors 25 9 5 11 28 31 11 6 1 4 15 12 14 3 4 7 13 19 -3 32
18 Woking 26 8 7 11 30 30 14 5 6 3 17 10 12 3 1 8 13 20 0 31
19 Wealdstone 26 8 5 13 34 52 13 6 2 5 24 24 13 2 3 8 10 28 -18 29
20 Weymouth 27 6 6 15 27 42 15 4 2 9 16 26 12 2 4 6 11 16 -15 24
21 King's Lynn Town 26 6 6 14 33 53 14 3 5 6 20 24 12 3 1 8 13 29 -20 24
22 Barnet 26 3 4 19 21 63 14 2 2 10 8 28 12 1 2 9 13 35 -42 13
23 Dover Athletic 15 3 1 11 12 35 9 3 1 5 9 18 6 0 0 6 3 17 -23 10

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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.