The Halifax Town & Bromley bosses Wild and Woodman are both dreading and feeling excited about this important fixture in the top part of the National League positions.
- Halifax Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in National League
- Bromley have the most points from losing position (18) in National League
Both squads have had enough rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's wish for an animated game!
Halifax Town form and stats
Halifax Town are steadily winning National League games and points here at The Shay Stadium. 9 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 12 games.
Halifax Town enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Dagenham & Redbridge's place. The match ended 3-1 with Warburton and Waters (2) scoring.
Preceding that match was the home game against Boreham Wood that was lost 0-1.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 Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost four.
The Halifax Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 12 league matches. Halifax Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Shay Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches.
Bromley form and stats
5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Bromley playing as the away team in the National League this season. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Bromley hope to make it five in this match.
The Bromley goalkeeper Mark Cousins is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 247 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Bromley are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Notts County (placed 8th).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Woking.Bromley are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, six draws and three defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bromley manager Woodman as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Southend United.
Bromley are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 14 goals have been conceded by Bromley in these games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Bromley - Halifax Town 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Halifax three wins, three draws and Bromley four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Cheek 15 goals |  B. Waters 14 goals |  J. Slew 9 goals |
Halifax Town missing players
Bromley missing players
| Halifax Town | Bromley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 41 | 23 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 42 |
| 21 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 26 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 62% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 76% |
| 42% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 48% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 28% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 20% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 52% |
| 42% | 58% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 40% |
| 23% | 8% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 18% | 12% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 5.9 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.1 | 5.6 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.1 | 11.6 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9.5 | 9.3 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 42% | 48% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 38% | 43% |
| 9 | 8.3 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.3 | 13.1 | 11.1 |
| 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
- Bromley have the most points from losing position (18) in National League
- Bromley haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Halifax Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Halifax Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Halifax Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) 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 | Stockport County | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 52 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 28 | 51 |
| 2 | Chesterfield | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 25 | 50 |
| 3 | Halifax Town | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 50 |
| 4 | Bromley | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 50 |
| 5 | Boreham Wood | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 49 |
| 6 | Wrexham | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 46 |
| 7 | Solihull Moors | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 45 |
| 8 | Notts County | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 42 |
| 9 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 48 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 42 |
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 39 |
| 11 | Yeovil Town | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 35 |
| 12 | Torquay United | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -2 | 34 |
| 13 | Southend United | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 32 |
| 14 | Woking | 25 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 38 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| 15 | Eastleigh | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -10 | 31 |
| 16 | Aldershot Town | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | -8 | 30 |
| 17 | Barnet | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -16 | 27 |
| 18 | Altrincham | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 30 | -13 | 26 |
| 19 | Maidenhead United | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 26 |
| 20 | Wealdstone | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -13 | 25 |
| 21 | Weymouth | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -21 | 17 |
| 22 | King's Lynn Town | 23 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -29 | 11 |
| 23 | Dover Athletic | 26 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 38 | -39 | -5 |
