Evenly matched teams: Halifax Town vs Solihull Moors match preview

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 21.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Shay Stadium (14061 seats)

Home team gets the points, the away team steals it or a point each? Anything can happen when the mid-table teams Halifax Town and Solihull Moors battle at The Shay Stadium.

Insights:
  • Halifax Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in National League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Halifax Town and Solihull Moors.

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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 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Halifax Town are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at The Shay Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.

The home team returns to The Shay Stadium after drawing with Boreham Wood (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

Heartbreak before that as Halifax lost 1-2 at Southend United's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Halifax Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the National League game versus Maidenhead United in only four days. This game is also played here at The Shay Stadium.

Halifax Town has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. On the other hand, Halifax have conceded 17 goals.

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Solihull Moors form and stats

As the visiting team in National League matches, Solihull Moors have produced an overall stat of 6-3-7 so far.

Solihull Moors's last game was the home draw against Chesterfield (0-0).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Boreham Wood.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Solihull Moors playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Solihull Moors win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this club's 12 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

Solihull have another fixture that requires travelling in just four nights, a National League game versus Altrincham. A back-breaking itinerary for the visitors!

Solihull Moors are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 23 away goals from 16 games (in the league). Solihull Moors have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet this season, as the records show this recent fixture: Solihull Moors - Halifax 0-1. Head-to-head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Halifax Town won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Solihull Moors managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.

Top Goalscorers

Solihull MoorsA. Dallas
A. Dallas
12 goals
HalifaxE. Dieseruvwe
E. Dieseruvwe
8 goals
Solihull MoorsJ. Sbarra
J. Sbarra
7 goals

Halifax Town missing players

Solihull Moors missing players

Halifax Town Solihull Moors
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 14 4 Played P 3 16 32
10 7 3 Won W 1 6 11
6 2 1 Drew D 1 3 8
15 5 0 Lost L 1 7 13
28 16 7 Scored S 6 23 46
40 17 3 Conceded C 4 25 45
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
58% 57% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 84%
32% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 56%
23% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 22%
6% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 31% 19%
42% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 44% 53%
29% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 19%
32% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 34%
 
4.3 5.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5 5.6
4.8 2.9 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.9 4.9
1.6 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9.1 11.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.1 10.7
3.6 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.2 4.8
25% 26% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 34% 30%
 
8.6 7.1 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15 12.5 11.2
3.7 2.9 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.3 4.6
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Halifax Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Halifax Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in National League
  • Halifax Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Notts County 33 24 8 1 84 30 15 11 4 0 32 7 18 13 4 1 52 23 54 80
2 Wrexham 31 23 6 2 81 30 14 13 1 0 49 13 17 10 5 2 32 17 51 75
3 Woking 32 17 7 8 56 35 15 8 4 3 29 17 17 9 3 5 27 18 21 58
4 Chesterfield 30 16 6 8 53 37 15 11 0 4 31 18 15 5 6 4 22 19 16 54
5 Barnet 30 16 5 9 57 49 14 9 2 3 23 17 16 7 3 6 34 32 8 53
6 Southend United 30 14 8 8 41 26 17 9 4 4 24 13 13 5 4 4 17 13 15 50
7 Bromley 31 12 11 8 46 38 17 7 8 2 26 16 14 5 3 6 20 22 8 47
8 Eastleigh 31 14 5 12 38 36 16 11 2 3 23 12 15 3 3 9 15 24 2 47
9 Boreham Wood 30 11 12 7 36 29 14 4 7 3 16 15 16 7 5 4 20 14 7 45
10 Wealdstone 30 12 8 10 38 42 15 7 4 4 22 20 15 5 4 6 16 22 -4 44
11 Dagenham & Redbridge 31 12 6 13 46 51 16 8 3 5 28 24 15 4 3 8 18 27 -5 42
12 Solihull Moors 32 11 8 13 46 45 16 5 5 6 23 20 16 6 3 7 23 25 1 41
13 Altrincham 31 10 9 12 45 55 17 8 3 6 26 23 14 2 6 6 19 32 -10 39
14 Aldershot Town 33 11 5 17 46 54 18 5 3 10 24 29 15 6 2 7 22 25 -8 38
15 Halifax Town 31 10 6 15 28 40 14 7 2 5 16 17 17 3 4 10 12 23 -12 36
16 Oldham Athletic 30 9 8 13 41 46 16 8 3 5 29 24 14 1 5 8 12 22 -5 35
17 Maidenhead United 31 9 6 16 33 45 14 5 4 5 16 16 17 4 2 11 17 29 -12 33
18 York City 31 8 8 15 36 42 15 4 4 7 18 22 16 4 4 8 18 20 -6 32
19 Yeovil Town 29 6 14 9 26 32 16 5 7 4 16 16 13 1 7 5 10 16 -6 32
20 Dorking Wanderers 30 8 6 16 44 71 15 6 3 6 25 33 15 2 3 10 19 38 -27 30
21 Gateshead 30 6 11 13 37 48 13 2 6 5 17 22 17 4 5 8 20 26 -11 29
22 Torquay United 30 7 8 15 34 53 16 4 6 6 26 30 14 3 2 9 8 23 -19 29
23 Scunthorpe United 31 6 8 17 38 61 17 5 3 9 26 35 14 1 5 8 12 26 -23 26
24 Maidstone United 32 5 7 20 35 70 15 3 5 7 16 25 17 2 2 13 19 45 -35 22

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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.