Southend United have travelled here for an engaging fight versus the home team Halifax Town. Prepare for the game with this thorough National League preview!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Halifax Town form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first National League game of the season here at The Shay Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 17 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses from Halifax Town's 22 home games.
Halifax are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 202 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Stenson).
The Halifax Town crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Torquay United here at The Shay Stadium.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Barnet (0-2).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 12 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 1 and lost 5.
The manager Wild will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Wealdstone in only four days.
At The Shay Stadium, Halifax Town has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Southend United form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first National League away game of the season. During their previous season 22 away games resulted in 6 wins, 5 draws and 11 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Solihull Moors (placed 2nd) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
A 0-1 loss hosting Boreham Wood before that.Southend United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
A new game in only four days for Southend, the National League home match versus Oldham Athletic. Busy days.
Southend United have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Halifax Town-Southend United H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Halifax Town one win, Southend United one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Halifax Town missing players
Southend United missing players
| Halifax Town | Southend United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 7.5 | 10 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 6.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 24 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 5 | 10 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 7.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Halifax Town | Last season | Southend United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 45 | 23 | Played | P | 22 | 44 | ||
| 25 | 17 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 18 | ||
| 63 | 38 | Scored | S | 19 | 45 | ||
| 37 | 13 | Conceded | C | 34 | 61 | ||
| 93% | 96% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 98% | ||
| 67% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 41% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 23% | ||
| 7% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 11% | ||
| 42% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 45% | ||
| 42% | 61% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 23% | ||
| 22% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 34% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.7 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.5 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 40% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| 9.4 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Solihull Moors | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Barnet | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Boreham Wood | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Chesterfield | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Maidstone United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Wrexham | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Torquay United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | York City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Scunthorpe United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Wealdstone | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Eastleigh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Woking | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Maidenhead United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Gateshead | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Altrincham | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Dorking Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 19 | Bromley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 20 | Yeovil Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 21 | Southend United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 22 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 23 | Halifax Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 24 | Aldershot Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 44 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 87 | 38 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 21 | 49 | 94 |
| 2 | Wrexham | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 91 | 46 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 45 | 88 |
| 3 | Solihull Moors | 44 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 83 | 45 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 38 | 87 |
| 4 | Halifax Town | 44 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 62 | 35 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 84 |
| 5 | Notts County | 44 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 81 | 52 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 29 | 82 |
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 44 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 68 | 46 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 77 |
| 7 | Chesterfield | 44 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 69 | 51 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 18 | 74 |
| 8 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 44 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 80 | 53 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 24 | 27 | 73 |
| 9 | Boreham Wood | 44 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 67 |
| 10 | Bromley | 44 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 61 | 53 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 67 |
| 11 | Torquay United | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 66 | 54 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 66 |
| 12 | Yeovil Town | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 43 | 46 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 21 | -3 | 59 |
| 13 | Southend United | 44 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 45 | 61 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 34 | -16 | 58 |
| 14 | Altrincham | 44 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 62 | 69 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 42 | -7 | 55 |
| 15 | Woking | 44 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 59 | 61 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 25 | -2 | 53 |
| 16 | Wealdstone | 44 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 51 | 65 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 41 | -14 | 53 |
| 17 | Maidenhead United | 44 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 48 | 67 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 32 | -19 | 51 |
| 18 | Barnet | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 59 | 89 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 42 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 47 | -30 | 50 |
| 19 | Eastleigh | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 52 | 74 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 41 | -22 | 46 |
| 20 | Aldershot Town | 44 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 46 | 73 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 33 | -27 | 43 |
| 21 | King's Lynn Town | 44 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 47 | 79 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 38 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 41 | -32 | 34 |
| 22 | Weymouth | 44 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 40 | 88 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 50 | -48 | 28 |
| 23 | Dover Athletic | 44 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 37 | 101 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 41 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 60 | -64 | 1 |
