Halifax Town vs Hartlepool United match preview: Even contest expected at The Shay Stadium

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Shay Stadium (14061 seats)

Halifax Town and Hartlepool United are both riding high in the National League with their 7th and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Halifax Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hartlepool United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Halifax Town form and stats

The story so far in the National League for Halifax Town at their home stadium (The Shay Stadium) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. There’s a good atmosphere here at The Shay Stadium after three straight home wins.

The Halifax supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Altrincham in National League and win 3-2. Prior to that, an away loss at Hartlepool United.

This is expected to be a close game, with Halifax Town 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 has won seven of these, drawn three and lost five.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 8 games), Halifax's attacking play is working. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Halifax have conceded 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Hartlepool United form and stats

As the visiting team in National League matches, Hartlepool United have produced an overall stat of 4-1-2 so far.

Two travels in a row for Hartlepool, whose manager D. Challinor could celebrate last time after the National League win against Notts County. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Halifax Town.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hartlepool United playing away and similar expectations, we found 20 relevant matches. Results were seven Hartlepool wins, five draws and eight defeats.

Hartlepool have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Hartlepool have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Hartlepool United - Halifax 3-1 played earlier this season. Halifax Town-Hartlepool United H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Halifax two wins, Hartlepool United four wins, one draw. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

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

Halifax Town missing players

Hartlepool United missing players

Halifax Town Hartlepool United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 7 16
6 4 0 Won W 2 4 8
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
6 2 1 Lost L 0 2 5
27 16 2 Scored S 5 10 23
20 10 3 Conceded C 0 7 18
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 88%
75% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 75%
56% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 56%
38% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 31%
19% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
69% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 38%
19% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 38%
25% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 1.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.7 9.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 10.4 10.8
3.4 3.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 3.8
49% 52% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 43% 38%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Halifax Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hartlepool United 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 Torquay United 16 12 2 2 37 15 8 6 1 1 17 6 8 6 1 1 20 9 22 38
2 Hartlepool United 16 8 3 5 23 18 9 4 2 3 13 11 7 4 1 2 10 7 5 27
3 Sutton United 13 8 2 3 23 14 7 4 1 2 14 5 6 4 1 1 9 9 9 26
4 Stockport County 13 7 2 4 20 14 5 3 1 1 8 3 8 4 1 3 12 11 6 23
5 Notts County 14 7 2 5 19 13 8 5 0 3 14 8 6 2 2 2 5 5 6 23
6 Maidenhead United 14 7 2 5 21 21 6 3 1 2 13 11 8 4 1 3 8 10 0 23
7 Halifax Town 16 6 4 6 27 20 8 4 2 2 16 10 8 2 2 4 11 10 7 22
8 Bromley 14 6 4 4 23 17 8 2 2 4 12 13 6 4 2 0 11 4 6 22
9 Altrincham 16 6 4 6 16 17 7 2 2 3 7 8 9 4 2 3 9 9 -1 22
10 Woking 15 6 3 6 20 17 8 4 3 1 12 4 7 2 0 5 8 13 3 21
11 Wealdstone 15 6 3 6 22 30 7 4 1 2 16 16 8 2 2 4 6 14 -8 21
12 Wrexham 14 6 2 6 17 16 6 3 1 2 7 3 8 3 1 4 10 13 1 20
13 Eastleigh 12 5 4 3 20 14 6 2 3 1 7 5 6 3 1 2 13 9 6 19
14 Solihull Moors 11 6 1 4 16 11 6 5 0 1 11 2 5 1 1 3 5 9 5 19
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 15 5 3 7 21 22 7 3 1 3 9 10 8 2 2 4 12 12 -1 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 Yeovil Town 13 2 5 6 15 23 7 1 1 5 8 12 6 1 4 1 7 11 -8 11
21 Barnet 13 2 3 8 11 32 7 1 2 4 4 12 6 1 1 4 7 20 -21 9
22 Weymouth 14 2 2 10 16 27 8 1 0 7 11 20 6 1 2 3 5 7 -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

Read more about National League

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.