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

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Mon 28.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Shay Stadium (14061 seats)

Halifax Town will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Altrincham.

Insights:
  • Halifax Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Altrincham is in the best form (5-0-1)

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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Halifax Town form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Halifax Town have to build on here at The Shay Stadium in the National League. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Halifax after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Halifax Town faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hartlepool United (1-3). Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Eastleigh.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Halifax handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and three defeats.

The Halifax fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Altrincham form and stats

Playing away, Altrincham, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in National League, have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the National League this season. Altrincham have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

There were no winners in Altrincham's previous match, a National League home game that ended 1-1 vs Stockport County (placed 9th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Chester in the Fa Trophy.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Altrincham as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Halifax won four, Altrincham won three and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HalifaxJ. Hyde
J. Hyde
4 goals
Halifax TownJ. Allen
J. Allen
3 goals
Halifax TownJ. Earing
J. Earing
3 goals

Halifax Town missing players

Altrincham missing players

Halifax Town Altrincham
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 4 8 15
5 3 0 Won W 2 4 6
4 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
6 2 1 Lost L 1 2 5
24 13 2 Scored S 3 7 14
18 8 3 Conceded C 2 6 14
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
73% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 38% 53%
53% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 20%
33% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 13%
13% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
67% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 40%
20% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 40%
27% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 12% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.6
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.9 9.7 9 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 8.1 7.6
3.3 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.5 3.5
48% 50% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 25% 26%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Altrincham has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in National League
  • Altrincham has the most clean sheets (4) away in National League
  • Altrincham has the most matches under the total-line (11) in National League
  • Altrincham haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Altrincham is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Halifax Town 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 Torquay United 15 11 2 2 33 12 8 6 1 1 17 6 7 5 1 1 16 6 21 35
2 Sutton United 13 8 2 3 23 14 7 4 1 2 14 5 6 4 1 1 9 9 9 26
3 Hartlepool United 15 7 3 5 22 18 9 4 2 3 13 11 6 3 1 2 9 7 4 24
4 Notts County 13 7 2 4 19 12 7 5 0 2 14 7 6 2 2 2 5 5 7 23
5 Maidenhead United 14 7 2 5 21 21 6 3 1 2 13 11 8 4 1 3 8 10 0 23
6 Bromley 14 6 4 4 23 17 8 2 2 4 12 13 6 4 2 0 11 4 6 22
7 Altrincham 15 6 4 5 14 14 7 2 2 3 7 8 8 4 2 2 7 6 0 22
8 Wealdstone 15 6 3 6 22 30 7 4 1 2 16 16 8 2 2 4 6 14 -8 21
9 Stockport County 12 6 2 4 18 14 4 2 1 1 6 3 8 4 1 3 12 11 4 20
10 Woking 14 6 2 6 20 17 7 4 2 1 12 4 7 2 0 5 8 13 3 20
11 Wrexham 13 6 2 5 17 14 6 3 1 2 7 3 7 3 1 3 10 11 3 20
12 Halifax Town 15 5 4 6 24 18 7 3 2 2 13 8 8 2 2 4 11 10 6 19
13 Solihull Moors 11 6 1 4 16 11 6 5 0 1 11 2 5 1 1 3 5 9 5 19
14 Eastleigh 11 5 3 3 20 14 6 2 3 1 7 5 5 3 0 2 13 9 6 18
15 Boreham Wood 12 5 3 4 13 10 5 2 1 2 4 4 7 3 2 2 9 6 3 18
16 Aldershot Town 14 5 3 6 21 19 7 3 1 3 9 10 7 2 2 3 12 9 2 18
17 Dagenham & Redbridge 14 5 3 6 11 14 5 1 2 2 2 3 9 4 1 4 9 11 -3 18
18 Chesterfield 13 5 1 7 24 18 7 2 1 4 15 9 6 3 0 3 9 9 6 16
19 King's Lynn Town 13 4 2 7 17 30 7 2 2 3 10 14 6 2 0 4 7 16 -13 14
20 Barnet 13 2 3 8 11 32 7 1 2 4 4 12 6 1 1 4 7 20 -21 9
21 Weymouth 13 2 2 9 13 23 7 1 0 6 8 16 6 1 2 3 5 7 -10 8
22 Yeovil Town 12 1 5 6 12 23 6 0 1 5 5 12 6 1 4 1 7 11 -11 8
23 Dover Athletic 10 2 0 8 6 25 6 2 0 4 5 14 4 0 0 4 1 11 -19 6

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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.