Home advantage could prove decisive in Halifax Town - Yeovil Town battle

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Shay Stadium (14061 seats)

Having a 5 point lead in the league table, Halifax Town followers wish to see their adored players get all points from this game vs Yeovil Town.

Insights:
  • Halifax Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in National League
  • Yeovil Town have the fewest scored goals (31) in National League

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the National League. That game, against Barnet, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Yeovil Town.

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Halifax Town form and stats

8 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Halifax Town have to build on here at The Shay Stadium in the National League.

Halifax Town haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Golden scored that one. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Sam Johnson not having conceded a league goal in 350 minutes.

Halifax are returning here after visiting Aldershot Town in a Fa Trophy game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Gateshead (after extra-time) that finished 0-0.

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 8 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.

Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 12 league matches, 9 have contained zero, one or two goals.

Halifax has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Halifax Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Yeovil Town form and stats

Yeovil Town have only collected 11 points from their away games in the National League, after 1-8-8 (17 played).

Yeovil Town play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Barnet (after extra-time) (placed 5th).

A 1-1 draw at Chesterfield (after extra-time)'s stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Yeovil Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 25 of this team's latest 32 league rounds have had two or less goals.

The attacking power of Yeovil when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 17 league matches away. As opposed to that, Yeovil Town have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date reported scoreline featuring both these teams is the Yeovil Town - Halifax 1-0 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Halifax Town two wins, one draw and Yeovil Town four victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Halifax TownE. Dieseruvwe
E. Dieseruvwe
9 goals
Yeovil TownA. Fisher
A. Fisher
5 goals
Halifax TownJ. Cooke
J. Cooke
4 goals

Halifax Town missing players

Yeovil Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Halifax Town Yeovil Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 17 5 Played P 6 17 36
11 8 3 Won W 1 1 7
9 3 0 Drew D 1 8 16
16 6 2 Lost L 4 8 13
34 22 6 Scored S 5 13 31
42 19 3 Conceded C 11 23 41
92% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 86%
56% 59% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 76% 64%
31% 41% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 28%
22% 35% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 12% 17%
8% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 6% 6%
39% 35% 20% BTTS BTTS 33% 59% 50%
33% 41% 40% Clean Sheets C S 17% 18% 31%
36% 29% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 35% 33%
 
4.3 4.7 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.4 3.7
4.5 2.7 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 6.5 5.6
1.7 1.8 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
9.2 11.6 14.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 6.8 7
3.6 4.5 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.8 3.1
26% 29% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 27%
 
8.4 6.8 4.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 13 10.4
3.4 2.7 1.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.8 3.9
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 (10) in National League
  • Yeovil Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Yeovil Town have the fewest scored goals (31) 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 Wrexham 37 28 7 2 95 34 18 17 1 0 57 15 19 11 6 2 38 19 61 91
2 Notts County 38 27 9 2 96 35 19 14 4 1 43 11 19 13 5 1 53 24 61 90
3 Woking 37 20 8 9 62 38 18 10 5 3 34 19 19 10 3 6 28 19 24 68
4 Chesterfield 37 19 8 10 64 44 18 11 2 5 33 21 19 8 6 5 31 23 20 65
5 Barnet 36 19 5 12 68 60 18 11 2 5 32 26 18 8 3 7 36 34 8 62
6 Boreham Wood 36 16 13 7 44 30 17 7 7 3 20 15 19 9 6 4 24 15 14 61
7 Eastleigh 38 18 6 14 45 41 19 13 3 3 25 12 19 5 3 11 20 29 4 60
8 Wealdstone 37 15 10 12 48 55 18 9 4 5 28 25 19 6 6 7 20 30 -7 55
9 Southend United 36 15 8 13 44 36 19 9 4 6 25 16 17 6 4 7 19 20 8 53
10 Bromley 36 13 13 10 50 45 19 7 9 3 27 20 17 6 4 7 23 25 5 52
11 Solihull Moors 37 14 9 14 56 53 19 8 5 6 31 23 18 6 4 8 25 30 3 51
12 Dagenham & Redbridge 36 15 6 15 53 60 19 10 3 6 32 30 17 5 3 9 21 30 -7 51
13 Altrincham 37 13 10 14 56 66 18 9 3 6 30 24 19 4 7 8 26 42 -10 49
14 Oldham Athletic 36 12 8 16 47 52 18 9 3 6 30 26 18 3 5 10 17 26 -5 44
15 Maidenhead United 38 12 8 18 41 52 19 7 6 6 23 21 19 5 2 12 18 31 -11 44
16 Halifax Town 36 11 9 16 34 42 17 8 3 6 22 19 19 3 6 10 12 23 -8 42
17 Aldershot Town 37 11 7 19 50 62 19 5 4 10 25 30 18 6 3 9 25 32 -12 40
18 York City 37 10 9 18 44 49 18 5 5 8 22 26 19 5 4 10 22 23 -5 39
19 Yeovil Town 36 7 16 13 31 41 19 6 8 5 18 18 17 1 8 8 13 23 -10 37
20 Dorking Wanderers 36 10 7 19 51 81 18 8 4 6 30 36 18 2 3 13 21 45 -30 37
21 Gateshead 34 7 13 14 41 52 16 3 7 6 20 25 18 4 6 8 21 27 -11 33
22 Torquay United 36 7 9 20 42 66 19 4 6 9 29 36 17 3 3 11 13 30 -24 30
23 Scunthorpe United 37 7 9 21 42 70 19 6 3 10 28 36 18 1 6 11 14 34 -28 30
24 Maidstone United 37 5 9 23 39 79 18 3 7 8 19 30 19 2 2 15 20 49 -40 24

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 Wrexham 37 28 7 2 95 34 18 17 1 0 57 15 19 11 6 2 38 19 61 91
2 Notts County 38 27 9 2 96 35 19 14 4 1 43 11 19 13 5 1 53 24 61 90
3 Woking 37 20 8 9 62 38 18 10 5 3 34 19 19 10 3 6 28 19 24 68
4 Chesterfield 37 19 8 10 64 44 18 11 2 5 33 21 19 8 6 5 31 23 20 65
5 Barnet 36 19 5 12 68 60 18 11 2 5 32 26 18 8 3 7 36 34 8 62
6 Boreham Wood 36 16 13 7 44 30 17 7 7 3 20 15 19 9 6 4 24 15 14 61
7 Eastleigh 38 18 6 14 45 41 19 13 3 3 25 12 19 5 3 11 20 29 4 60
8 Wealdstone 37 15 10 12 48 55 18 9 4 5 28 25 19 6 6 7 20 30 -7 55
9 Southend United 36 15 8 13 44 36 19 9 4 6 25 16 17 6 4 7 19 20 8 53
10 Bromley 36 13 13 10 50 45 19 7 9 3 27 20 17 6 4 7 23 25 5 52
11 Solihull Moors 37 14 9 14 56 53 19 8 5 6 31 23 18 6 4 8 25 30 3 51
12 Dagenham & Redbridge 36 15 6 15 53 60 19 10 3 6 32 30 17 5 3 9 21 30 -7 51
13 Altrincham 37 13 10 14 56 66 18 9 3 6 30 24 19 4 7 8 26 42 -10 49
14 Oldham Athletic 36 12 8 16 47 52 18 9 3 6 30 26 18 3 5 10 17 26 -5 44
15 Maidenhead United 38 12 8 18 41 52 19 7 6 6 23 21 19 5 2 12 18 31 -11 44
16 Halifax Town 36 11 9 16 34 42 17 8 3 6 22 19 19 3 6 10 12 23 -8 42
17 Aldershot Town 37 11 7 19 50 62 19 5 4 10 25 30 18 6 3 9 25 32 -12 40
18 York City 37 10 9 18 44 49 18 5 5 8 22 26 19 5 4 10 22 23 -5 39
19 Yeovil Town 36 7 16 13 31 41 19 6 8 5 18 18 17 1 8 8 13 23 -10 37
20 Dorking Wanderers 36 10 7 19 51 81 18 8 4 6 30 36 18 2 3 13 21 45 -30 37
21 Gateshead 34 7 13 14 41 52 16 3 7 6 20 25 18 4 6 8 21 27 -11 33
22 Torquay United 36 7 9 20 42 66 19 4 6 9 29 36 17 3 3 11 13 30 -24 30
23 Scunthorpe United 37 7 9 21 42 70 19 6 3 10 28 36 18 1 6 11 14 34 -28 30
24 Maidstone United 37 5 9 23 39 79 18 3 7 8 19 30 19 2 2 15 20 49 -40 24

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