Home advantage could prove decisive in Halifax Town - Altrincham battle

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Mon 30.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Shay Stadium (14061 seats)

Halifax Town confront Altrincham for recognition and sporting success.

These are hustling days for the home side, as they had a game only two days ago in the National League. That game was an away game at Woking, so at least Halifax are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Halifax Town form and stats

Halifax Town's first National League home game here at The Shay Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from 21 matches.

A strong away win for Halifax Town against Woking the last match, as J. Debrah, M. Woods and B. Waters were on target.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Maidenhead United (1-2).

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 Halifax have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost six.

At The Shay Stadium, Halifax Town has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Altrincham form and stats

Let's have a look at how Altrincham performed last season in the National League: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 11 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 60 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 10 with 21/32 goals scored/conceded. A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the National League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 6 wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats from 21 matches.

Altrincham play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Torquay United (placed 15th).

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Torquay United.

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

3 goals so far away for Altrincham, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Halifax Town five wins, two draws and Altrincham three 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
2 goals
Halifax TownM. Woods
M. Woods
1 goals
HalifaxJ. Debrah
J. Debrah
1 goals

Halifax Town missing players

Altrincham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Halifax Town Altrincham
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 1 1 1
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
4 1 1 Scored S 3 3 3
4 2 2 Conceded C 1 1 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5
9.5 7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 7
2.5 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 15 15 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8 8
2.5 1 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4
80% 100% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 75% 75%
Halifax Town Last season Altrincham
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
19 9   Won W   6 12
8 4   Drew D   5 11
15 8   Lost L   10 19
63 33   Scored S   21 46
54 30   Conceded C   32 60
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
71% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 71%
60% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   48% 43%
29% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 26%
17% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 12%
62% 62%   BTTS BTTS   57% 52%
21% 19%   Clean Sheets C S   19% 24%
24% 19%   Failed to Score F T   24% 29%
 
5.2 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.4
4.6 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.1
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.6
5 4   Red cards R C   1 4
 
9.8 10   Shots (avg) S (   9 9.1
3.7 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.8
41% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dagenham & Redbridge 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
2 Chesterfield 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
3 Maidenhead United 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 Boreham Wood 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
5 Notts County 2 1 1 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 4
6 Wrexham 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 4
7 Altrincham 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
8 Grimsby Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Halifax Town 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 3
10 Woking 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
11 King's Lynn Town 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
12 Southend United 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
13 Stockport County 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
14 Solihull Moors 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
15 Torquay United 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
16 Barnet 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -5 1
17 Yeovil Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Bromley 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
19 Eastleigh 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Wealdstone 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
21 Aldershot Town 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
22 Weymouth 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
23 Dover Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 -12
Last season 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 42 25 9 8 72 36 21 14 4 3 43 16 21 11 5 5 29 20 36 84
2 Torquay United 42 23 11 8 68 39 21 11 6 4 34 20 21 12 5 4 34 19 29 80
3 Stockport County 42 21 14 7 69 32 21 8 11 2 31 16 21 13 3 5 38 16 37 77
4 Hartlepool United 42 22 10 10 66 43 21 14 3 4 36 19 21 8 7 6 30 24 23 76
5 Notts County 42 20 10 12 62 41 21 11 3 7 33 20 21 9 7 5 29 21 21 70
6 Chesterfield 42 21 6 15 60 43 21 10 3 8 32 19 21 11 3 7 28 24 17 69
7 Bromley 42 19 12 11 63 53 21 8 6 7 30 28 21 11 6 4 33 25 10 69
8 Wrexham 42 19 11 12 64 43 21 10 6 5 32 17 21 9 5 7 32 26 21 68
9 Eastleigh 42 18 12 12 49 40 21 11 6 4 25 12 21 7 6 8 24 28 9 66
10 Halifax Town 42 19 8 15 63 54 21 9 4 8 33 30 21 10 4 7 30 24 9 65
11 Solihull Moors 42 19 7 16 58 48 21 15 2 4 37 16 21 4 5 12 21 32 10 64
12 Dagenham & Redbridge 42 17 9 16 53 48 21 9 6 6 27 22 21 8 3 10 26 26 5 60
13 Maidenhead United 42 15 11 16 62 60 21 7 4 10 30 34 21 8 7 6 32 26 2 56
14 Boreham Wood 42 13 16 13 52 48 21 5 9 7 26 28 21 8 7 6 26 20 4 55
15 Aldershot Town 42 15 7 20 59 66 21 8 3 10 30 33 21 7 4 10 29 33 -7 52
16 Yeovil Town 42 15 7 20 58 68 21 10 3 8 31 25 21 5 4 12 27 43 -10 52
17 Altrincham 42 12 11 19 46 60 21 6 6 9 25 28 21 6 5 10 21 32 -14 47
18 Weymouth 42 11 6 25 45 71 21 7 2 12 25 36 21 4 4 13 20 35 -26 39
19 Wealdstone 42 10 7 25 49 99 21 7 2 12 32 51 21 3 5 13 17 48 -50 37
20 Woking 42 8 9 25 42 69 21 5 6 10 27 36 21 3 3 15 15 33 -27 33
21 King's Lynn Town 42 7 10 25 50 98 21 4 8 9 28 39 21 3 2 16 22 59 -48 31
22 Barnet 42 8 7 27 37 88 21 5 2 14 16 39 21 3 5 13 21 49 -51 31
23 Dover Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dagenham & Redbridge 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
2 Chesterfield 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
3 Maidenhead United 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 Boreham Wood 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
5 Notts County 2 1 1 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 4
6 Wrexham 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 4
7 Altrincham 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
8 Grimsby Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Halifax Town 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 3
10 Woking 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
11 King's Lynn Town 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
12 Southend United 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
13 Stockport County 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
14 Solihull Moors 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
15 Torquay United 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
16 Barnet 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -5 1
17 Yeovil Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Bromley 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
19 Eastleigh 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Wealdstone 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
21 Aldershot Town 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
22 Weymouth 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
23 Dover Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 -12

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