National League preview: Can Halifax Town edge out victory against Woking?

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Shay Stadium (14061 seats)

Halifax Town are located at 3rd, while Woking are hanging back 24 points behind in the table. Can they cut the gap?

Insights:
  • Halifax Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in National League

Little time to rest for the home side, as they had a National League fixture only four days earlier. This match was also played here at The Shay Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Woking have had more rest.

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Halifax Town form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Shay Stadium as Halifax Town have scored 31 goals to get 43 points from 18 games. The overall stats in the National League are 14-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Nothing to worry about in defence for Halifax Town, as their goalkeeper Sam Johnson has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the National League.

Halifax drew their last game, also a home match. Solihull Moors (placed 4th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

Before that, Halifax Town had a home game versus Wealdstone which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 nine games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost four.

Halifax have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Shay Stadium with 31 goals in 18 league matches. Halifax Town have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Woking form and stats

The visitors are W7-D4-L8 on the road this term. That's in the National League. Woking love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

It's the second away game in a row for Woking, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Boreham Wood (placed 8th) last time out. Woking made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Ince receiving a red card in the 68th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Woking won the match 1-0!

A 2-3 loss hosting Solihull Moors before that.

Woking are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.

The visiting Woking have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 26 goals from 19 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Woking have conceded 22 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the participants played each other earlier this campaign; Woking - Halifax Town 2-3. Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Halifax won three games, four matches ended in a draw and Woking managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Halifax TownB. Waters
B. Waters
18 goals
WokingI. Effiong
I. Effiong
13 goals
WokingM. Kretzschmar
M. Kretzschmar
11 goals

Halifax Town missing players

Woking missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Halifax Town Woking
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 19 37
21 14 5 Won W 1 7 14
7 1 0 Drew D 0 4 4
8 3 1 Lost L 4 8 19
53 31 9 Scored S 4 26 51
28 9 2 Conceded C 6 22 51
92% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 97%
64% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 68% 73%
36% 39% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 37% 43%
25% 17% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 32% 35%
8% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 21% 27%
39% 28% 17% BTTS BTTS 20% 42% 46%
47% 67% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 26% 24%
22% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 80% 37% 32%
 
4.7 5.1 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 5.3 5.4
5.8 4.6 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 4.3 4.1
1.5 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.1 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 5 6
 
9.8 11.3 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 7.9 9.4
3.6 4 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 3.7
40% 43% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 36% 38%
 
9.7 8.2 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10 8.9 8.5
3.2 2.5 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 4 4
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Halifax Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Halifax Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Halifax Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in National League
  • Halifax Town have the most clean sheets (12) at home in National League
  • Halifax Town have the most points (43) at home in National League
  • Halifax Town have the the best goal difference (+22) at home in National League

  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 35 25 4 6 74 29 17 11 3 3 34 15 18 14 1 3 40 14 45 79
2 Wrexham 35 21 8 6 71 36 17 11 5 1 35 15 18 10 3 5 36 21 35 71
3 Halifax Town 36 21 7 8 53 28 18 14 1 3 31 9 18 7 6 5 22 19 25 70
4 Solihull Moors 36 19 11 6 65 39 19 11 5 3 43 22 17 8 6 3 22 17 26 68
5 Chesterfield 37 18 13 6 62 39 19 10 6 3 33 23 18 8 7 3 29 16 23 67
6 Notts County 36 18 10 8 64 42 18 11 5 2 36 20 18 7 5 6 28 22 22 64
7 Grimsby Town 36 19 5 12 55 35 18 12 2 4 32 14 18 7 3 8 23 21 20 62
8 Boreham Wood 34 16 11 7 40 25 18 10 7 1 24 8 16 6 4 6 16 17 15 59
9 Dagenham & Redbridge 36 17 5 14 62 45 18 8 4 6 35 25 18 9 1 8 27 20 17 56
10 Bromley 34 15 9 10 47 38 16 10 3 3 28 15 18 5 6 7 19 23 9 54
11 Torquay United 35 15 8 12 55 48 18 9 4 5 31 21 17 6 4 7 24 27 7 53
12 Yeovil Town 36 13 10 13 36 38 18 6 5 7 16 20 18 7 5 6 20 18 -2 49
13 Southend United 36 13 8 15 38 51 17 8 3 6 22 24 19 5 5 9 16 27 -13 47
14 Woking 37 14 4 19 51 51 18 7 0 11 25 29 19 7 4 8 26 22 0 46
15 Altrincham 36 13 7 16 54 56 18 9 2 7 33 22 18 4 5 9 21 34 -2 46
16 Barnet 36 11 9 16 45 67 18 6 5 7 23 31 18 5 4 9 22 36 -22 42
17 Wealdstone 36 10 10 16 39 55 18 6 7 5 18 19 18 4 3 11 21 36 -16 40
18 Eastleigh 36 11 7 18 38 56 18 8 5 5 26 22 18 3 2 13 12 34 -18 40
19 Maidenhead United 37 10 9 18 39 62 19 8 4 7 28 32 18 2 5 11 11 30 -23 39
20 Aldershot Town 35 8 7 20 33 60 18 2 5 11 13 33 17 6 2 9 20 27 -27 31
21 King's Lynn Town 37 7 7 23 36 66 19 4 2 13 17 32 18 3 5 10 19 34 -30 28
22 Weymouth 35 5 7 23 32 69 17 3 5 9 17 26 18 2 2 14 15 43 -37 22
23 Dover Athletic 35 1 6 28 29 83 17 1 3 13 11 30 18 0 3 15 18 53 -54 -3

Table
  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 35 25 4 6 74 29 17 11 3 3 34 15 18 14 1 3 40 14 45 79
2 Wrexham 35 21 8 6 71 36 17 11 5 1 35 15 18 10 3 5 36 21 35 71
3 Halifax Town 36 21 7 8 53 28 18 14 1 3 31 9 18 7 6 5 22 19 25 70
4 Solihull Moors 36 19 11 6 65 39 19 11 5 3 43 22 17 8 6 3 22 17 26 68
5 Chesterfield 37 18 13 6 62 39 19 10 6 3 33 23 18 8 7 3 29 16 23 67
6 Notts County 36 18 10 8 64 42 18 11 5 2 36 20 18 7 5 6 28 22 22 64
7 Grimsby Town 36 19 5 12 55 35 18 12 2 4 32 14 18 7 3 8 23 21 20 62
8 Boreham Wood 34 16 11 7 40 25 18 10 7 1 24 8 16 6 4 6 16 17 15 59
9 Dagenham & Redbridge 36 17 5 14 62 45 18 8 4 6 35 25 18 9 1 8 27 20 17 56
10 Bromley 34 15 9 10 47 38 16 10 3 3 28 15 18 5 6 7 19 23 9 54
11 Torquay United 35 15 8 12 55 48 18 9 4 5 31 21 17 6 4 7 24 27 7 53
12 Yeovil Town 36 13 10 13 36 38 18 6 5 7 16 20 18 7 5 6 20 18 -2 49
13 Southend United 36 13 8 15 38 51 17 8 3 6 22 24 19 5 5 9 16 27 -13 47
14 Woking 37 14 4 19 51 51 18 7 0 11 25 29 19 7 4 8 26 22 0 46
15 Altrincham 36 13 7 16 54 56 18 9 2 7 33 22 18 4 5 9 21 34 -2 46
16 Barnet 36 11 9 16 45 67 18 6 5 7 23 31 18 5 4 9 22 36 -22 42
17 Wealdstone 36 10 10 16 39 55 18 6 7 5 18 19 18 4 3 11 21 36 -16 40
18 Eastleigh 36 11 7 18 38 56 18 8 5 5 26 22 18 3 2 13 12 34 -18 40
19 Maidenhead United 37 10 9 18 39 62 19 8 4 7 28 32 18 2 5 11 11 30 -23 39
20 Aldershot Town 35 8 7 20 33 60 18 2 5 11 13 33 17 6 2 9 20 27 -27 31
21 King's Lynn Town 37 7 7 23 36 66 19 4 2 13 17 32 18 3 5 10 19 34 -30 28
22 Weymouth 35 5 7 23 32 69 17 3 5 9 17 26 18 2 2 14 15 43 -37 22
23 Dover Athletic 35 1 6 28 29 83 17 1 3 13 11 30 18 0 3 15 18 53 -54 -3

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