The Shay Stadium: Halifax Town vs Boreham Wood National League preview

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Shay Stadium (14061 seats)

It's advantage Halifax Town so far with their 5th position in the National League table, welcoming Boreham Wood who are placed 13th.

Insights:
  • Halifax Town have the most points from losing position (18) in National League

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Boreham are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Halifax Town form and stats

Halifax Town have played 19 National League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-4-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Stockport County (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Halifax perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Halifax Town as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Halifax Town has won seven of these, drawn three and lost five.

The Halifax Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 32 goals in 19 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Halifax Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 27 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Boreham Wood form and stats

The visitors are W6-D7-L5 on the road this term. That's in the National League.

A loss against Stockport County was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, Boreham was the only team on the pitch versus King's Lynn Town in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Boreham Wood in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Boreham Wood, three draws and two defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Boreham have scored 22 goals in 18 league games away. As opposed to that, Boreham have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Boreham Wood - Halifax 0-0. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Halifax, three draws and four wins for Boreham Wood. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Boreham WoodK. Tshimanga
K. Tshimanga
17 goals
Halifax TownJ. Hyde
J. Hyde
10 goals
HalifaxJ. Earing
J. Earing
8 goals

Halifax Town missing players

Boreham Wood missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Halifax Town Boreham Wood
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 19 5 Played P 6 18 37
18 9 3 Won W 1 6 11
8 4 1 Drew D 3 7 16
12 6 1 Lost L 2 5 10
60 32 9 Scored S 6 22 45
47 27 5 Conceded C 8 18 39
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 81%
71% 74% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 61% 57%
58% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 39% 43%
32% 42% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 27%
18% 26% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 14%
63% 63% 60% BTTS BTTS 83% 44% 46%
24% 21% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 35%
21% 16% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 33% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.7 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.5 1.4
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 10.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.9 8.8
3.8 4.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.4 3.2
42% 40% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 38% 39%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Halifax Town have the most points from losing position (18) in National League
  • 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 38 23 7 8 64 35 19 11 4 4 32 18 19 12 3 4 32 17 29 76
2 Sutton United 36 21 9 6 59 29 18 11 4 3 35 14 18 10 5 3 24 15 30 72
3 Stockport County 38 20 11 7 64 28 18 8 8 2 27 12 20 12 3 5 37 16 36 71
4 Hartlepool United 38 20 10 8 57 35 19 13 3 3 30 15 19 7 7 5 27 20 22 70
5 Halifax Town 38 18 8 12 60 47 19 9 4 6 32 27 19 9 4 6 28 20 13 62
6 Wrexham 37 16 10 11 52 36 18 8 6 4 24 13 19 8 4 7 28 23 16 58
7 Bromley 37 16 10 11 56 49 20 7 6 7 29 28 17 9 4 4 27 21 7 58
8 Chesterfield 37 17 5 15 48 39 18 8 2 8 26 17 19 9 3 7 22 22 9 56
9 Eastleigh 37 15 11 11 41 36 19 9 6 4 21 12 18 6 5 7 20 24 5 56
10 Notts County 35 15 9 11 45 35 18 9 2 7 25 16 17 6 7 4 20 19 10 54
11 Dagenham & Redbridge 37 15 7 15 42 44 19 8 5 6 23 21 18 7 2 9 19 23 -2 52
12 Maidenhead United 35 13 10 12 53 46 18 7 4 7 29 25 17 6 6 5 24 21 7 49
13 Boreham Wood 37 11 16 10 45 39 19 5 9 5 23 21 18 6 7 5 22 18 6 49
14 Solihull Moors 36 14 6 16 46 44 17 11 2 4 30 14 19 3 4 12 16 30 2 48
15 Aldershot Town 37 14 6 17 49 53 17 7 3 7 24 24 20 7 3 10 25 29 -4 48
16 Yeovil Town 36 14 6 16 52 57 18 9 2 7 28 23 18 5 4 9 24 34 -5 48
17 Altrincham 38 11 9 18 40 54 18 5 4 9 20 24 20 6 5 9 20 30 -14 42
18 Weymouth 36 10 6 20 41 56 19 6 2 11 22 32 17 4 4 9 19 24 -15 36
19 Wealdstone 37 9 6 22 44 87 18 7 2 9 31 41 19 2 4 13 13 46 -43 33
20 Woking 37 8 8 21 35 55 19 5 6 8 24 28 18 3 2 13 11 27 -20 32
21 King's Lynn Town 37 7 8 22 40 81 19 4 6 9 23 34 18 3 2 13 17 47 -41 29
22 Barnet 36 6 6 24 30 78 18 3 2 13 11 35 18 3 4 11 19 43 -48 24

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 Torquay United 38 23 7 8 64 35 19 11 4 4 32 18 19 12 3 4 32 17 29 76
2 Sutton United 36 21 9 6 59 29 18 11 4 3 35 14 18 10 5 3 24 15 30 72
3 Stockport County 38 20 11 7 64 28 18 8 8 2 27 12 20 12 3 5 37 16 36 71
4 Hartlepool United 38 20 10 8 57 35 19 13 3 3 30 15 19 7 7 5 27 20 22 70
5 Halifax Town 38 18 8 12 60 47 19 9 4 6 32 27 19 9 4 6 28 20 13 62
6 Wrexham 37 16 10 11 52 36 18 8 6 4 24 13 19 8 4 7 28 23 16 58
7 Bromley 37 16 10 11 56 49 20 7 6 7 29 28 17 9 4 4 27 21 7 58
8 Chesterfield 37 17 5 15 48 39 18 8 2 8 26 17 19 9 3 7 22 22 9 56
9 Eastleigh 37 15 11 11 41 36 19 9 6 4 21 12 18 6 5 7 20 24 5 56
10 Notts County 35 15 9 11 45 35 18 9 2 7 25 16 17 6 7 4 20 19 10 54
11 Dagenham & Redbridge 37 15 7 15 42 44 19 8 5 6 23 21 18 7 2 9 19 23 -2 52
12 Maidenhead United 35 13 10 12 53 46 18 7 4 7 29 25 17 6 6 5 24 21 7 49
13 Boreham Wood 37 11 16 10 45 39 19 5 9 5 23 21 18 6 7 5 22 18 6 49
14 Solihull Moors 36 14 6 16 46 44 17 11 2 4 30 14 19 3 4 12 16 30 2 48
15 Aldershot Town 37 14 6 17 49 53 17 7 3 7 24 24 20 7 3 10 25 29 -4 48
16 Yeovil Town 36 14 6 16 52 57 18 9 2 7 28 23 18 5 4 9 24 34 -5 48
17 Altrincham 38 11 9 18 40 54 18 5 4 9 20 24 20 6 5 9 20 30 -14 42
18 Weymouth 36 10 6 20 41 56 19 6 2 11 22 32 17 4 4 9 19 24 -15 36
19 Wealdstone 37 9 6 22 44 87 18 7 2 9 31 41 19 2 4 13 13 46 -43 33
20 Woking 37 8 8 21 35 55 19 5 6 8 24 28 18 3 2 13 11 27 -20 32
21 King's Lynn Town 37 7 8 22 40 81 19 4 6 9 23 34 18 3 2 13 17 47 -41 29
22 Barnet 36 6 6 24 30 78 18 3 2 13 11 35 18 3 4 11 19 43 -48 24

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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.