Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Halifax Town - Hartlepool United!
- Halifax Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
It's no vacation for neither Halifax nor Hartlepool United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Halifax Town form and stats
Halifax Town have collected 14 points from their National League home games so far after 4-2-2. There’s a good atmosphere here at The Shay Stadium after three straight home wins.
An away draw last time out for Halifax, facing King's Lynn Town in a game that ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Halifax Town won a home game hosting Altrincham (3-2).
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.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Halifax, as the Fa Trophy home game vs Southport is only four days away.
Goals decide football matches and Halifax are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Hartlepool United form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Hartlepool United 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. Hartlepool hope to make it five in this match.
Hartlepool had fun at their own home (The Shay Stadium) last time out, beating Wealdstone 3-1. N. Featherstone, R. Oates and L. Armstrong scored. Preceding that game was the away victory against Notts County with the score of 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 20 similar matches played by Hartlepool in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Hartlepool United, 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
Halifax and Hartlepool United have met before this season: Hartlepool United - Halifax Town 3-1. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Halifax, one draw and four wins for Hartlepool United. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Armstrong 6 goals |  J. Hyde 4 goals | J. Allen 3 goals |
Halifax Town missing players
Hartlepool United missing players
| Halifax Town | Hartlepool United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 28 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 26 |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 76% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 76% |
| 53% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 59% |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 35% |
| 18% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 41% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 35% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.1 | 9.4 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.4 | 11.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 48% | 52% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 43% | 38% |
- 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 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Altrincham | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 25 |
| 5 | Stockport County | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Halifax Town | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 23 |
| 7 | Notts County | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 8 | Maidenhead United | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 9 | Bromley | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 10 | Solihull Moors | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| 11 | Boreham Wood | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 12 | Woking | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Aldershot Town | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Wealdstone | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 15 | Eastleigh | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 16 | Wrexham | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 20 |
| 17 | Chesterfield | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 19 |
| 18 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 19 | Yeovil Town | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 20 | King's Lynn Town | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 15 |
| 21 | Weymouth | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -14 | 9 |
| 22 | Barnet | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 20 | -24 | 9 |
| 23 | Dover Athletic | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -19 | 6 |