Football match preview: Solihull Moors vs Halifax Town

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Damson Park (3050 seats)

Halifax Town journey to Solihull Moors and Damson Park full of confidence, but the hosts is no muppet. More information on the match here!

Insights:
  • Solihull Moors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Solihull Moors have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Halifax Town have scored away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Solihull Moors form and stats

When playing at home in the National League, Solihull Moors have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games. Solihull are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ryan Boot not having conceded a league goal in 270 minutes.

A strong away win for Solihull Moors against Hereford the last match.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting King's Lynn Town.

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 Solihull have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won eleven times, drawn one and lost three.

There will be little rest for Solihull after this match as they are travelling to Altrincham for a National League game in only three days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (13 in 6 games), Solihull Moors's attacking play is working. Solihull have conceded 9 from these games.

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Halifax Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Halifax has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Pontefract Collieries for a FA Cup game that ended a draw (0-0).

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Weymouth in the National League.

Halifax are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

A new game in only three days for Halifax Town, the National League home match versus Dagenham & Redbridge. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Halifax have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. Halifax have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Solihull-Halifax Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Solihull Moors two wins, Halifax Town five wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Halifax TownB. Waters
B. Waters
9 goals
SolihullJ. Sbarra
J. Sbarra
7 goals
Halifax TownJ. Slew
J. Slew
4 goals

Solihull Moors missing players

Halifax Town missing players

Solihull Moors Halifax Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 2 5 11
5 3 1 Won W 1 2 7
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 2
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
17 13 3 Scored S 3 6 20
15 9 1 Conceded C 3 5 10
82% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 91%
73% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 40% 73%
55% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 55%
36% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 36%
18% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 18%
64% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 45%
36% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 45%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 18%
 
6.5 6.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.6 4.5
4.3 4.7 8 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 7.6 6.4
1.5 0.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.1 13.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.6 8.8
5.4 7.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 3.5
29% 30% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 46% 53%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Solihull Moors's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Solihull Moors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Solihull Moors have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Halifax Town have scored away.
  • Solihull Moors have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Solihull Moors 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 Grimsby Town 11 8 2 1 25 11 5 5 0 0 16 4 6 3 2 1 9 7 14 26
2 Boreham Wood 11 7 3 1 17 9 6 4 2 0 9 3 5 3 1 1 8 6 8 24
3 Halifax Town 11 7 2 2 20 10 6 5 0 1 14 5 5 2 2 1 6 5 10 23
4 Chesterfield 11 6 4 1 22 10 4 2 2 0 10 6 7 4 2 1 12 4 12 22
5 Bromley 9 6 1 2 20 10 6 5 0 1 15 4 3 1 1 1 5 6 10 19
6 Dagenham & Redbridge 11 6 1 4 24 16 5 3 1 1 17 10 6 3 0 3 7 6 8 19
7 Altrincham 10 6 1 3 19 13 5 4 0 1 12 6 5 2 1 2 7 7 6 19
8 Solihull Moors 11 5 4 2 17 15 6 3 2 1 13 9 5 2 2 1 4 6 2 19
9 Notts County 11 5 3 3 20 15 5 3 1 1 9 9 6 2 2 2 11 6 5 18
10 Stockport County 10 5 2 3 9 11 5 2 1 2 4 7 5 3 1 1 5 4 -2 17
11 Woking 9 5 0 4 18 11 4 2 0 2 6 5 5 3 0 2 12 6 7 15
12 Wrexham 9 3 4 2 12 11 4 2 2 0 4 2 5 1 2 2 8 9 1 13
13 Eastleigh 10 3 3 4 14 17 5 2 2 1 11 9 5 1 1 3 3 8 -3 12
14 Yeovil Town 9 3 2 4 9 10 6 1 2 3 3 7 3 2 0 1 6 3 -1 11
15 Torquay United 11 3 2 6 16 22 5 2 0 3 8 10 6 1 2 3 8 12 -6 11
16 Wealdstone 11 2 4 5 10 18 6 1 3 2 5 6 5 1 1 3 5 12 -8 10
17 Barnet 11 2 4 5 13 22 5 1 2 2 4 9 6 1 2 3 9 13 -9 10
18 Maidenhead United 10 2 2 6 11 17 5 1 1 3 8 10 5 1 1 3 3 7 -6 8
19 King's Lynn Town 10 2 2 6 11 18 6 0 1 5 2 8 4 2 1 1 9 10 -7 8
20 Southend United 10 2 2 6 7 16 5 1 1 3 5 10 5 1 1 3 2 6 -9 8
21 Weymouth 11 2 2 7 13 23 5 1 2 2 6 7 6 1 0 5 7 16 -10 8
22 Aldershot Town 10 2 1 7 11 17 4 0 0 4 2 7 6 2 1 3 9 10 -6 7
23 Dover Athletic 11 0 3 8 6 22 6 0 2 4 2 6 5 0 1 4 4 16 -16 -9

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The National League is the fifth highest level of the English football league system. 24 professional and semi-professional teams play a total of 552 fixtures to top the league table. The National League is the top division of the National League System which contains division levels five to eleven.