Oldham Athletic vs Halifax Town match preview: Even contest expected at Boundary Park

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Boundary Park (13512 seats)

Loyal fans at Boundary Park haven’t witnessed many victories this season, with Oldham Athletic languishing in the 20th position. The guesting Halifax Town will attempt to defend their higher league spot in this fixture.

Insights:
  • Oldham Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Halifax Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in National League

Halifax Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Fa Trophy game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Harrow Borough, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Halifax Town.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

6-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the National League numbers at home for Oldham Athletic so far this season.

Oldham travelled for their previous game, a trip to Aldershot Town that ended 1-1.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting York City in a game that was won 2-0.

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 Oldham Athletic have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Dagenham & Redbridge are coming to town in three days.

A decent goal production from Oldham Athletic in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 12 league matches. Oldham have conceded 19 from these games.

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Halifax Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Halifax Town's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 14 away games in the National League. Halifax Town only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws. A depressing four defeats in a row for Halifax Town in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Bromley.

It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Harrow Borough in their previous outing. The Fa Trophy duel ended 2-2.

It was a National League defeat before that one as the away game against Notts County wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Halifax in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Halifax Town, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Barnet in just three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Halifax Town as they have only managed to score 9 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Halifax have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved met each other previously this match year: Halifax Town - Oldham Athletic 2-1.

Oldham Athletic missing players

Halifax Town missing players

Oldham Athletic Halifax Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 5 14 27
7 6 3 Won W 1 2 9
7 2 0 Drew D 2 3 5
12 4 1 Lost L 2 9 13
33 21 8 Scored S 4 9 24
41 19 5 Conceded C 4 20 34
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
85% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 57% 56%
58% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 21% 30%
27% 42% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 22%
19% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
62% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 43% 37%
15% 17% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 14% 30%
31% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 43% 37%
 
4.3 4.2 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 3.6 4.4
4.8 5.3 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.4 4.6
2.2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.7 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9 9.2 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 6.3 8.6
4.2 4.1 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 2.8 3.4
31% 43% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 23% 26%
 
10.8 10.2 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.4 9.9 8.4
4.1 4.2 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.6 3.7
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Oldham Athletic's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Halifax Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Halifax Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in National League
  • Halifax Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Halifax Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Oldham Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Oldham Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Halifax Town have scored away.
  • Oldham Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 29 20 8 1 72 26 14 10 4 0 28 6 15 10 4 1 44 20 46 68
2 Wrexham 27 20 5 2 70 23 12 12 0 0 44 10 15 8 5 2 26 13 47 65
3 Woking 27 16 5 6 48 26 14 8 3 3 27 15 13 8 2 3 21 11 22 53
4 Chesterfield 25 16 4 5 50 30 13 11 0 2 29 13 12 5 4 3 21 17 20 52
5 Barnet 26 14 5 7 49 41 14 9 2 3 23 17 12 5 3 4 26 24 8 47
6 Bromley 28 10 10 8 41 36 15 6 7 2 23 15 13 4 3 6 18 21 5 40
7 Boreham Wood 26 10 9 7 31 25 11 3 5 3 13 13 15 7 4 4 18 12 6 39
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 26 11 6 9 40 41 14 7 3 4 26 22 12 4 3 5 14 19 -1 39
9 Southend United 26 10 8 8 34 24 14 6 4 4 19 12 12 4 4 4 15 12 10 38
10 Eastleigh 28 11 5 12 35 36 14 9 2 3 21 12 14 2 3 9 14 24 -1 38
11 Wealdstone 27 10 8 9 33 38 13 5 4 4 18 19 14 5 4 5 15 19 -5 38
12 Solihull Moors 27 10 6 11 41 38 14 5 4 5 23 18 13 5 2 6 18 20 3 36
13 Altrincham 28 9 9 10 40 50 14 7 3 4 21 18 14 2 6 6 19 32 -10 36
14 Aldershot Town 30 10 4 16 40 49 15 4 2 9 18 24 15 6 2 7 22 25 -9 34
15 York City 28 8 8 12 33 34 14 4 4 6 16 19 14 4 4 6 17 15 -1 32
16 Halifax Town 27 9 5 13 24 34 13 7 2 4 15 14 14 2 3 9 9 20 -10 32
17 Maidenhead United 28 9 5 14 31 41 13 5 4 4 15 14 15 4 1 10 16 27 -10 32
18 Yeovil Town 27 6 13 8 23 26 14 5 6 3 13 10 13 1 7 5 10 16 -3 31
19 Dorking Wanderers 28 8 6 14 44 67 15 6 3 6 25 33 13 2 3 8 19 34 -23 30
20 Oldham Athletic 26 7 7 12 33 41 12 6 2 4 21 19 14 1 5 8 12 22 -8 28
21 Torquay United 28 6 8 14 31 50 14 3 6 5 23 27 14 3 2 9 8 23 -19 26
22 Gateshead 27 5 10 12 33 45 13 2 6 5 17 22 14 3 4 7 16 23 -12 25
23 Scunthorpe United 29 5 8 16 34 56 15 4 3 8 22 30 14 1 5 8 12 26 -22 23
24 Maidstone United 30 5 6 19 33 66 15 3 5 7 16 25 15 2 1 12 17 41 -33 21

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