Welcome to The Shay Stadium and this game involving Halifax Town and Southend United in the National League. Here's everything you should know!
- Halifax Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in National League
- Southend United have scored in all their matches so far.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Halifax Town form and stats
Halifax Town have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the National League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
The Halifax goalkeeper Sam Johnson is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 248 minutes without conceding a goal in the National League.
Happy days for Halifax Town in their previous game, a fixture away at Rochdale (placed 8th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Sweet to taste a league win after three games without.
In the match before that, Halifax Town hosted Gateshead and drew the game 0-0.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 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.
Defensively Halifax Town have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Southend United form and stats
Things could have gone better for Southend United in their National League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Cardwell and Powell scored in Southend United's previous match, the home game against Kidderminster Harriers that ended 2-1. Powell came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Kidderminster Harriers last time out, making the manager Maher feel like a tactical genius.
Prior to that match, the Southend United manager Maher faced defeat when travelling to Bromley and losing 1-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Southend playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Southend United win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The visiting Southend United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. 4 goals have been conceded by Southend United in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the former four meetings): Halifax won one game, one match ended with a draw and Southend United have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Cardwell 5 goals |   R. Harker 3 goals | N. Husin 2 goals |
Halifax Town missing players
Southend United missing players
| Halifax Town | Southend United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.4 | 4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7.3 | 6.3 |
| 3.7 | 2 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.7 | 8.3 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 11.6 |
| 3.6 | 2.3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 28% | 43% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 45% |
| 8 | 7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2.3 | 1.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
- All of Southend United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Halifax Town have not yet lost a game at home.
- Halifax Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in National League
- Halifax Town have the most matches under the total-line (6) in National League
- Halifax Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Southend United have scored in all their matches so far.
- Southend United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barnet | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Chesterfield | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Solihull Moors | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | Hartlepool United | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Ebbsfleet United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Halifax Town | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Woking | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Rochdale | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Altrincham | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Maidenhead United | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Gateshead | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Bromley | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Wealdstone | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Eastleigh | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 16 | Aldershot Town | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Oxford City | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 6 |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 19 | Boreham Wood | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 20 | Kidderminster Harriers | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 21 | Fylde | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 5 |
| 22 | Dorking Wanderers | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 23 | York City | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 3 |
| 24 | Southend United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
