Delightful dogfight as daring Stockport County duels with determined Halifax Town

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 06.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Edgeley Park (10832 seats)

Game week two of the National League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Stockport County - Halifax Town preview:

It's no vacation for neither Stockport nor Halifax Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Stockport County form and stats

No payout for Stockport in their previous match, an away game at Torquay United that ended in defeat 0-1. Before that match, a win away at Maidenhead United.

Heartbreak for Stockport in their last match as Torquay United's C. Lemonheigh-Evans scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

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 Stockport have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost two.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Stockport County, as the National League home game vs Dover Athletic is only four days away.

Last season, Stockport County's league statistics were 16 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the National League. Over these 39 matches they scored 51 goals and conceded 54. Playing at home last season Stockport County managed 9-3-7 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 28 conceded.

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Halifax Town form and stats

J. Earing and L. Summerfield scored in Halifax's previous match, the home game against Dagenham & Redbridge that ended 2-0. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Boreham Wood wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

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, four draws and six defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

Halifax has another fixture away, a National League game, against Boreham Wood in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Let's have a look at how Halifax Town performed last season in the National League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 7 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 19/23 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Stockport victories, three draws and zero Halifax Town wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Halifax TownJ. Earing
J. Earing
1 goals
Halifax TownL. Summerfield
L. Summerfield
1 goals

Stockport County missing players

Halifax Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stockport County Halifax Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
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% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 11
6 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 1
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 200%
Stockport County Last season Halifax Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 19   Played P   18 38
16 9   Won W   7 17
10 3   Drew D   4 7
13 7   Lost L   7 14
51 28   Scored S   20 51
54 28   Conceded C   25 51
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 92%
79% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 63%
51% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 39%
26% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   28% 29%
13% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   22% 26%
59% 58%   BTTS BTTS   44% 45%
23% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   28% 29%
26% 21%   Failed to Score F T   33% 34%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
0.9 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.5
2 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
355 165   Total Shots T S   189 470
153 67   Shots on Target S O   67 175
33% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Eastleigh 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2 Sutton United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Halifax Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Hartlepool United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Woking 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Wrexham 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Dover Athletic 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Torquay United 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 King's Lynn Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yeovil Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Altrincham 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Weymouth 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Aldershot Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Boreham Wood 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Solihull Moors 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
20 Notts County 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
21 Stockport County 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Dagenham & Redbridge 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
23 Maidenhead United 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
24 Barnet 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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 Barrow 37 21 7 9 68 39 19 13 2 4 33 15 18 8 5 5 35 24 29 70
2 Harrogate Town 37 19 9 9 61 44 19 12 4 3 32 16 18 7 5 6 29 28 17 66
3 Notts County 38 17 12 9 61 38 20 10 8 2 36 16 18 7 4 7 25 22 23 63
4 Yeovil Town 37 17 9 11 61 44 18 9 6 3 34 19 19 8 3 8 27 25 17 60
5 Boreham Wood 37 16 12 9 55 40 18 7 7 4 24 18 19 9 5 5 31 22 15 60
6 Halifax Town 37 17 7 13 50 49 20 10 3 7 31 26 17 7 4 6 19 23 1 58
7 Stockport County 39 16 10 13 51 54 19 9 3 7 28 28 20 7 7 6 23 26 -3 58
8 Solihull Moors 38 15 10 13 48 37 19 12 1 6 29 15 19 3 9 7 19 22 11 55
9 Hartlepool United 39 14 13 12 56 50 19 8 5 6 28 23 20 6 8 6 28 27 6 55
10 Woking 38 15 10 13 50 55 19 8 6 5 22 22 19 7 4 8 28 33 -5 55
11 Barnet 35 14 12 9 52 42 16 7 6 3 26 19 19 7 6 6 26 23 10 54
12 Dover Athletic 38 15 9 14 49 49 20 6 6 8 30 27 18 9 3 6 19 22 0 54
13 Bromley 38 14 10 14 57 52 19 8 6 5 37 26 19 6 4 9 20 26 5 52
14 Sutton United 38 12 14 12 47 42 19 6 7 6 31 26 19 6 7 6 16 16 5 50
15 Torquay United 36 14 6 16 56 61 18 9 2 7 27 26 18 5 4 9 29 35 -5 48
16 Aldershot Town 39 12 10 17 43 55 19 7 6 6 28 25 20 5 4 11 15 30 -12 46
17 Eastleigh 37 11 13 13 43 55 17 6 8 3 22 18 20 5 5 10 21 37 -12 46
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 37 11 11 15 40 44 19 7 6 6 29 24 18 4 5 9 11 20 -4 44
19 Chesterfield 38 11 11 16 55 65 19 6 4 9 31 34 19 5 7 7 24 31 -10 44
20 Wrexham 37 11 10 16 46 49 18 7 7 4 23 16 19 4 3 12 23 33 -3 43
21 Ebbsfleet United 39 10 12 17 47 68 19 4 6 9 23 33 20 6 6 8 24 35 -21 42
22 Maidenhead United 38 12 5 21 44 58 20 4 4 12 20 30 18 8 1 9 24 28 -14 41
23 Fylde 37 9 12 16 44 60 19 5 6 8 20 26 18 4 6 8 24 34 -16 39
24 Chorley 38 4 14 20 31 65 19 3 5 11 13 30 19 1 9 9 18 35 -34 26

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 Eastleigh 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2 Sutton United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Halifax Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Hartlepool United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Woking 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Wrexham 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Dover Athletic 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Torquay United 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 King's Lynn Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yeovil Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Altrincham 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Weymouth 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Aldershot Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Boreham Wood 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Solihull Moors 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
20 Notts County 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
21 Stockport County 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Dagenham & Redbridge 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
23 Maidenhead United 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
24 Barnet 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0

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